Here we’ll explain all the key technical features you need to consider and suggest some of our favourite screwdriver sets. Read on and you’ll find everything from screwdriver sets for the reluctant DIYer to the most proactive home improvement enthusiast. Precision-machined tip delivers strength, performance and long product life. Ensures optimum dimensional fit, accuracy and control, and reduces cam-out. Sand-blasted for protection against corrosion and wear This is a specialised set of electrical screwdrivers, all fully insulated. You get two handles, and 17 inserts, all 154mm long, to go in them, plus a matching pair of pliers and insulation strippers. All the blades are extra-slim for working with sunken screws or those that are kept down by springs, and you get a selection of straight, Phillips, Pozidriv and Torx ends, none of them particularly big. Manufactured at the STANLEY® Arbois factory in France to rigorous standards and specifications for outstanding usability, durability and reliability Everything about this set is sensibly designed, from the shot-blasted tips that reduce breakage, to the ergonomic shapes and smooth domed ends to the handles that allow them to spin easily. Colour-coded ends mean you’ll soon be able to identify the tool you want without having to peer at the tip.

Sand-blasted for protection against corrosion and wear, Part of the next generation Stanley FatMax® professional screwdriver range SCREWDRIVER TYPE: Parallel 3mm X 100mm, 3.5mm X 75mm. Flared 8mm X 150mm, 5.5mm X 100mm. Pozi PZ0 X 75mm, PZ1 X 100mm, PZ2 X 125mm Stanley always makes good-quality tools, and this set is no different. The blades are moulded directly into the handles to make them “virtually unbreakable”, and the handles themselves are large, with soft rubber for an excellent grip. COMPATIBLE WITH NEXT GENERATION RANGE: Part of the next generation STANLEY® FATMAX® professional screwdriver range NARROW WAIST AND SMOOTH, DOMED END: Deliver excellent torque, speed, control and ease-of-use in challenging fastening or loosening applications, ideal for driving wood screws

The best screwdriver sets you can buy in 2023

Large soft-grip, tri-material ergonomic handle designed to reduce fatigue and increase comfort in repetitive applications tip life* CNC precision-machined tip delivers strength, performance and long product life. Ensures optimum dimensional fit, accuracy and control, and reduces cam out. Sand-blasted for protection against corrosion and wear. There’s also an eight-piece precision screwdriver set that includes four Torx drivers, perfect for taking laptops apart, and even a pair of offset screwdrivers, with a different bit at each end, for those really awkward spots. It comprises 17 screwdrivers, including three Torx, plus sets of imperial and metric Allen keys, and a universal handle with ten interchangeable ends. There’s something here for almost every kind of job. Sizes range from a big 8mm to 2mm straight-slot, with similar Phillips and Pozidriv options. TETHERING HOLE: Integrated into the handle, ensuring tools are never mislaid or dropped, and delivering additional safety for users when working at heights

Yes, the design of the screwdriver itself can make a big difference. Some are simple cylinders, while others are shaped for extra grip, with rubberised patterns for you to hold on to. Some have a nut moulded into the haft so you can turn them with a spanner. Others have a hole through the middle so you can insert another screwdriver for extra force. Tethering hole integrated into the handle, ensuring tools are never mislaid or dropped, and delivering additional safety for users when working at heights. These FatMax screwdrivers are built to last, constructed from heavy-duty carbon-silicon steel for strength, performance and longer life Something a little bit different. Wera launched its handle shape in the 1960s, basing it on the contours of the human hand. And despite a few tweaks, it’s stayed basically the same ever since. Human hands, Wera says, haven’t changed in that time either. The Stanley 5-65-426 with its colour coded ends make it easy to identify the correct screwdriver for each screw type. 12 solidly constructed screwdrivers with soft grip bi- material handles which are securely bonded to chrome vanadium steel bar shafts. Comes complete with a mixture of parallel, flared, phillips and pozi screwdrivers in a carry case. Features:Everyday DIY is one thing, but screws are as common as nails in woodworking, and if you’re into building electronics the need for a specific tiny driver with an unusual head is a regular occurrence. Thankfully, you have plenty of choice when it comes to screwdriver sets that are suitable for any eventuality. Is 58 screwdrivers enough? Could you make do with 12? Does each one need a handle, or will a series of interchangeable heads work? Do you need them to be insulated? Or magnetic? What about hex, truss or Torx heads? If we showed you a set of 100 screwdrivers, would you think that was overkill? Is it possible to build a toolkit without screwdrivers? We don’t think so. In the average home, you’ll find a vast array of different screws, all of which will – as sod’s law dictates – require the screwdriver which isn’t the one you’re holding in your hand. This is why it pays to invest in the best screwdriver set you can afford, so you’ll always have the right tool for any screw – be it Posidrive or Phillips, Torx or truss head.

It’s worth noting that metric bits have almost completely replaced Imperial-sized ones, but screws put in 50 years ago haven’t heard about this. Still, it’s possible to use a driver that’s slightly too small to loosen a screw, so it’s not worth worrying about having every possible size in your collection. A choice of the most common sizes, in both flathead and Phillips (cross-shaped) will do for most day-to-day jobs. The Stanley FMHT65426-0 is a 12 piece FatMax screwdriver set containing a variety of different sizes of Parallel, Phillips, Pozi and Flared screwdrivers. These screwdrivers are colour coded for ease of tip identification and feature precision-machined tips for strength, performance and long product life. They are also sand-blasted for protection against corrosion and wear. Features: Constructed from heavy-duty carbon silicon steel for added strength, performance and longer product lifeScrew drive type: Parallel 2.5mm X 50mm, 4mm X 100mm, 5.5mm X 150mm. Flared 5.5mm X 100mm, 6.5mm X 30mm, 8mm X 150mm. Philips PH0 X 75mm, PH1 X 100mm, PH2 X 125mm. Pozi PZ0 X 75mm, PZ1 X 100mm, PZ2 X 125mm Colour-coded with specifications and drive type clearly marked on the surface for easy identification of the appropriate tool for each job COMFORTABLE ERGONOMIC HANDLE: Large soft-grip, tri-material ergonomic handle designed to reduce of fatigue and increase comfort in repetitive applications

A halfway house between the Stanley Fat Max set and the cheaper ones, this set from Draper Tools offers a good range of different blades. COLOUR-CODED: With specifications and drive type clearly marked on the surface for easy identification of the appropriate tool for each job Handle moulded direct to bar virtually unbreakable bond. Highly reliable and providing an extra long life Large soft-grip, tri-material ergonomic handle designed to reduce of fatigue and increase comfort in repetitive applications

Buy one of these screwdriver sets and you’ll be ready for DIY duties and beyond

Narrow waist and smooth, domed end deliver excellent torque, speed, control and ease-of-use in challenging fastening or loosening applications, ideal for driving wood screws Tethering hole integrated into the handle, ensuring tools are never mislaid or dropped, and delivering additional safety for users when working at heights Sets that comprise a universal handle with many interchangeable tips are popular because they’re light and easy to carry, but once you lose one of the tips it tends to stay lost – they’re not very big and are often dull in colour. Lose too many and you’ll have to buy a new set of tips, or potentially replace the whole set. Can’t I just buy any old cheap screwdrivers? Before you buy the biggest set you can find, ask yourself what your priorities are – if you just want a set for occasional DIY, then you don’t need a 100-piece set with every possible head. Equally, if you need a set for specific technical jobs, in addition to everyday home DIY, then it pays to make sure you buy a set that covers every eventuality, and has a suitably wide range of head types and sizes.