Gents, We are very concerned to pick this thread up
Our Triton XLS screwdrivers have proven to be very robust - we have sold hundeds of thousands and have an exceptionaly low returns rate
The manufacture of all screwdrivers blades is covered by European standards that prescribe the minimum torque the screwdriver has to deliver before failure - our screwdrivers exceed that requirement by up to 90%
As with everything a screwdriver is an engineering compromise - we have to achieve the tricky balance of making the blade hard enough to resist wear, yet not so hard it becomes too brittle
For smaller sized screwdrivers, it is always possible to overpower them, particularly with the modern high grip handle materials now used - For instance it is completely possible to apply a torque of 15Nm by hand (NASA published research) yet say a 4mm slotted screwdriver (according to the minimum standards prescribd by ISO2380-2) needs only to cope with 2.6Nm.
In tests our TritonXLS blades achieve 4.95Nm - so those of you with muscles like Popeye are going to get through a lot of screwdrivers - no matter what make!
In general, failures such as chipping are the result of using the wrong size screwdriver for the screw being driven or using it as a chisel or can opener, nevertheless we take this issue very seriously. If Toml sends a PM we will arrange for collection of the screwdrivers, put them through our QA process and will happily replace them.
C.K Tools
