Sadly my favorite screwdrivers of old are beginning to show their age. Not much life left in the few that haven’t gotten lost or broken. While searching the web for a good ratcheting driver, I found a very interesting screwdriver. It is called a double drive screwdriver. Kobalt makes it and Lowe’s carries it. After reading about it I may have drooled a bit. It is a ratcheting drive that turns the screw when you twist the grip. It also turns the screw when you twist the grip the other way. It looked very plastic and aluminum, but it also looked solid, so I had to try it out. I am a technician by trade, so I use a screwdriver constantly. A good screwdriver is a must have tool.
The price was a bit high, around 25 dollars, but it looked like a pretty nice leap in tool art. It if worked as advertised, it would also save me time.
For comparison, I also obtained an HDX screwdriver set from Home Depot. This costs about $7. I had already tried these out and found them to be fairly nice. They don’t ratchet, but they have interchangeable bits and still end up working as well as a fixed bit screwdriver. I had already converted several to wooden handles and found them to be a real pleasure to use.
I was very exited to try out the nifty blue screwdrivers. fortunately I had a magnifying lamp and an air conditioner that I needed to put back into working order.
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