Customer Reviews

Northern Industrial Tools (Vanadium) Security Drill Bit Set - 32 Piece

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This 75-bit security set is a great value for the price. I bought it after running into a Phillips-like screw used to assemble a dining room chair, and thought I needed a medium torq set bit. Turns out that I needed a #2 pozidriv bit instead, which fortunately is also included.

The only drawback to these bits is that they are suitable for light to medium duty work only. After removing and reinstalling 10 pozidriv wood screws and 16 #2 phillips screws on two chairs, both bits showed definite signs of wear in the form of slight gouging of the flutes due to occasional slippage, even though I was using a torque limiting power screwdriver. This is a common problem with this type of bit, which is why special hardened bits are available elsewhere for the more commonly used ones (but not these specialty security bits).

The set of security bits were of good quality and I received several different kinds of bits to cover almost any type of security screws. A good choice of security bits for the money.

These bits are an awesome buy. I was able to fix a costly item, so this set has already payed for it self. They are a very high quality. Many of the security bit sets out there cost more than this item shipped, and you only get a third of the bits.

this set contains every bit you could possibly ever need, and then some. nice, heavy, solid bit set, with decent delivery time too!

very impressed with this product. was not expecting anything quality for the price. was very impressed with how heavy the set is, and how quickly I received it. I would definitly recommend this product to others needing these types of bits.

I needed to do some body work on a 360 controller and rather than be foiled by a Torx security (#8) screw, I picked these up Harbor Freight. The screws are set deeply (as they often are for such electronics), but the bits have a decent depth before they revert to the full hex shaft. A bit overkill for one use, but I might go tear apart a public restroom or unleash some other form of mayhem.

Fast shipping. Ordered on Wednesday, received the following Tuesday. I was quite happy with the variety and quality of the bits. Nice long bits. I ordered it for the Torx Security Bits, so I could remove my MAF (Mass Air Flow), and be able to clean it. My "Check Engine" light was on and my truck was stalling and running poor. The bit did the trick, I removed, cleaned and reinstalled my MAF, and my 2000 Ford Ranger is running like new.

Light duty, perhaps, but a happy customer, nevertheless.

I was leery about buying this product after reading a review on how this set of bits wears out so easily but for home use it works perfectly and I see no evidence of wear and tear. I've taken apart and put back together my Xbox dozens of times (using the Torx 10 and 20 security bits) within a short amount of time and it has been very useful. My only concern is how hard it is to take the bits out of the case. I had to get a pair of pliers to remove any of the bits and it took a large amount of effort to remove the corner bits too. After removing and replacing the bits in the case repeatedly it does get easier and I hope that soon I won't even need to use a pair of pliers at all! Given the price it is a very, VERY good buy.

I bought this Security Drill Bit Set so that I could get into my telco box outside my house. I wanted to install a phone line splitter for my DSL. Also I have many coin-operated arcade games that have security screws on them.

First of all, the holder is great. You could shake it upside down pretty hard and the bits still wouldn't fall out. Anybody who has spilled 32 drill bits all over the place knows what I'm talking about.

So far the bits have performed well. I'm mostly using them for low-torque types of jobs so I haven't had problems with the bits being too soft. I've used them once or twice with a power drill, but mostly by hand.

Again, for the price - well worth it for me.

Comes in handy to open any box that needs repairs.