Big Clive‘s screwdriver - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Srbel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 08:18:31 am
content: Can anyone give me an ebay/alliexpres link to the metal screwdriver that bigclivedotcom from youtube is usig? If it has security bit set. If it is just for regular screws then nothing...

author: StuUK
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:17:33 am
content: Which video/time does he use it?

author: StuUK
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:20:44 am
content: Is it one like this? If so it's a Poundland special!!

author: Srbel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:35:36 am
content: Yes, it is that one. He uses it in almost ever video. So, can not be found anywhere else? And it costs 1 pound? I thought that it is a high quality one. :/

author: StuUK
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:42:51 am
content: Quote from: Srbel on October 27, 2016, 09:35:36 amLike most of these things it's imported from China, so you may be able to find it on Aliexpress but I would not describe it as high quality, just functional. I keep one in my work case for emergencies only. it comes with 6 attachments that cover most use cases but not tamper proof torx or anything like that.

author: Srbel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:56:33 am
content: I see. Thank you.

author: HwAoRrDk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 08:27:45 pm
content: Easy to find many listings on AliExpress - just search for "pocket screwdriver pen". Here's a few from the first page:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Quality-4pcs-8-in-1-Pocket-Precision-CRV-Torx-Philips-Slotted-Pen-Screwdriver-for-Laptop/32728099230.htmlhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/8-In-1-Pocket-PEN-style-Precision-Screwdriver-Bit-Set-Torx-Star-Phillips-Repair-Tool-Kit/32729096288.htmlhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-8-in-1-Precision-Magnetic-Pen-Style-Screwdriver-Bit-Set-Torx-Star-Phillips/1347522583.htmlBanggood also have it:http://www.banggood.com/Mini-8-In-1-Pocket-Precision-Screwdriver-Pen-Set-Phillips-Bits-Repair-Tools-Kit-p-1042543.htmlDoes not appear to have security bits - or anything other than philips and flat-head - despite what some of the listings say (some of the above have 'torx' in the title).

author: setq
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 08:57:38 pm
content: By the time you've got broken twenty of them you could have got a nice Wera set...

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:21:18 pm
content: Quote from: setq on October 27, 2016, 08:57:38 pmOr Wiha.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:23:14 pm
content: Quote from: nanofrog on October 27, 2016, 09:21:18 pmReminds me of that cheap soldering iron that Dave reviewed. the Yuiha Haiko knockoff.Does Clive ever visit the forums? I would dance and sing (maybe not) if he came and said hi on occasion.

author: Don Hills
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 11:52:32 pm
content: I found some on sale in a "Stevens" chain kitchenware store...

author: Srbel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 05:53:56 am
content: Thanks.

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 04:48:15 pm
content: I asked him, he got it at poundland.

author: NottheDan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 05:58:20 pm
content: Seen them at Poundland, The Range, Maplins...

author: setq
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 06:01:18 pm
content: Probably £9.99 in Craplin...

author: NottheDan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 07:13:55 pm
content: Quote from: setq on October 28, 2016, 06:01:18 pmNah. Had them for a quid right at the register last I looked.

author: setq
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 09:07:24 pm
content: Bloody hell. Don't think I've been in maplin for about five years and that was driving around London like a mentalist just to empty them out of miniboxes when they were EOl'ed. Have they stopped eviscerating people now?

author: NottheDan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2016, 05:02:35 pm
content: Certainly not. The floor's still slippery with the blood of their victims.Actually, I went in and had a look earlier today. They have two models. The black one on the wall with the other screwdrivers and the red one in a jar by the register.http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/6-in-1-precision-screwdriver-a18quhttp://www.maplin.co.uk/p/9-in-1-pen-screwdriver-n16qn

author: setq
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2016, 05:31:12 pm
content: That's the sort of screwdriver my dad buys and then actually bothers to drive 25 miles to take it back and get a refund when he breaks it after five minutes. Or if he's feeling generous, gives to me and suggests he's doing me a favor because he thinks I'm a pauper (I'm just happy playing with rancid old stuff and driving an old crate around). I got given some maplin AA rechargeable batteries and a charger which he said was 'awesome but he hadn't used for a few months' (translated: these were shit but it might hurt my pride saying it) that used some weird electrolyte/electrode combination I'd never heard of a couple of months back. Measured the voltages... 1.6v looking good, 1.3v hmm a bit low, 1.6v another good one.... The rest were under 0.4v and got very hot and outgassed a bit when I decided 'what the hell' and stuck them in the charger.Straight in the bin, charger and all.And that's why I haven't been in maplin for 5 years and buy eneloops and nice wera screwdrivers (or wiha if you're into that)

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2016, 05:33:48 pm
content: Quote from: setq on October 29, 2016, 05:31:12 pmI'm surprised the chinese haven't come out with Weha screwdrivers yet.

author: setq
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2016, 05:36:05 pm
content: That's a regular running joke in my family. occasionally we'll buy a genuine something and it'll be incessantly called a hypothesised Chinese rip off name for a couple of months. Recently we had Dur-o-cell, Zoonoosi, Nootorola and Lemoovo.

author: NottheDan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2016, 10:30:38 am
content: Quote from: setq on October 29, 2016, 05:36:05 pmLenovo is already Chinese and owns Motorola now.Also, Mootorollo.

author: SteveyG
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 31, 2016, 01:06:00 pm
content: Quote from: NottheDan on October 30, 2016, 10:30:38 amIndeed. The original (good) IBM Thinkpads are a thing of the past. Lenovo laptops are total craptastic now.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2016, 01:20:29 pm
content: Quote from: SteveyG on October 31, 2016, 01:06:00 pmNah, the enterprise grade ones are still pretty good but if they'd only realise that CTRL and Fn shouldn't be *that* way round (Fn+C doesn't work as well as CTRL+C) and that the primary purpose of the function keys was to be function keys (F1, F3 etc.) instead of putting the machine to sleep or turning the volume up.

author: setq
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2016, 01:30:51 pm
content: Lenovo's recent offerings aren't terrible. They went through a crazy patch and seem to have got some sense now.I hope they bring this to market:http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-time-machine