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[–] Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also (for the same reasons) Torx heads don't have to be as deep for the same torque as an Allen. More space efficient.

Torx is a lot less likely to strip out the tool or the fastener than Allen, especially at smaller sizes. Torx comes in a smaller variety of sizes than Allen does, so it's more difficult to choose a slightly wrong size. Especially with Allen being offered in both metric and moon landing fractionals, there's like, M0.8, and 14/93", one of which fits slightly loosely in the other and will sorta work, until you turn real hard on a stubborn bolt and round out the screw and/or driver.

In other words, it is my experience that you'll have a large pile of allens that you can't realistically tell apart, and a set of like 8 Torx tips from which you only use like three.