Test To Failure: Stanley’s Demolition Screwdrivers
By Chuck CageSummary/Conclusions
There are times when you need to do something with a screwdriver that you really shouldn’t. This is the driver for those times.
Stanley’s demolition screwdrivers are indeed tough as hell. You can beat the living crap out of ‘em, use ‘em as pry bars, and pretty much abuse ‘em in any way necessary to get the job done. I’m sure it’s possible to break ‘em, but you’d have to do something way, way, way out of line to take it that far.
We wholeheartedly recommend these and are glad to have a set of ‘em — even if marred a bit — in the shop, and we imagine that they’ll see pretty common use.
The two-piece set’s available all over for just under $15. They’re worth it.
2-Piece FatMax Xtreme Demolition Driver Set [Stanley]
Street Pricing [Froogle]
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March 14th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I want to see these drivers fail. You said “test to failure,” but, in your words, “they’re fine.” C’mon Toolmongers—you can break these durn things. Go to the junkyard and pry open a car door with ‘em, carve your names in some granite or something, but please, please BREAK THEM. Thank you.
March 14th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Why would you waste a perfectly good set of screwdrivers? TM proved they’re tough, and that’s cool enough for me. More than most other “tests.”
March 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
No, it’s not more than other tests. More than other tests would be actually testing the things to failure.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
The guys are right, if you are going to TTF you need to make the tool fail. Other than that, it took a lot of abuse and the test was at least entertaining. I will probably pick up a set of these–I heard that they can also be used to drive screws, too.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
I’ve got these and really like the flahead and beat the crap out of it on a regular basis. Haven’t found a time or place to beat the crap out of the phillips, any suggestions?
March 15th, 2007 at 9:21 am
My main question is how well do they operate as an actual screw driver? What about after the test to failure. There is nothing worse than a screw driver that doesn’t turn screws.
March 15th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Crashin, have you actually seen screwdrivers that are in good condition not able to drive screws? For me, the difference between screwdrivers is how long they stay ‘in good condition’ and these look like they’d last a LONG time. Then again, I’m using some craftsmen screwdrivers I got from my father and he got from his. They are probably 60 years old. They still drive screws great.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Bravo Kurt & Crashin. Whatever happened to the credo “use the right tool for the job.” Cold chisels, hammers, wrecking bars and Stanley’s own FUBAR are for hammering, prying and beating the crap out of stuff.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:02 am
[...] Lowe’s is currently offering Stanley’s 2-piece demolition driver set for a hair below $10. In case you don’t remember, these drivers can take a serious pounding. As part of the the set, you get a 5/16″ flat driver and a #2 Phillips driver — both massively overconstructed and ready for abuse. For reference purposes, street pricing on this set is about $15. [...]
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Just bought a couple of them, but can’t decide if one of them is faulty. There seems to be a bit of free play in the handle to blade point. I know someone mentioned this in an earlier post, but is it part of the design or have I bought an over priced dud? I welcome your thoughts,
Andrew