In most theatrical shops you can find bins and bins of screws. They're useful for just about any project, and they are dependable... Most shops are fond of using drywall screws for most projects. We fit nicely into that group. I am however always on the look out for something better... Well there is something better, but the cost is pretty much prohibitive... When you think drywall screw, you should be envisioning a black, or gray screw with a bugle head, and a Phillips drive... That is the classic drywall screw... Well you can get screws with all manor of drives these days, and the one in question today is the square drive... Yes, its a way better way to put force to the screw... Yes, its far less likely to can out on you, ruining the head, and your driver... Here's the catch... They're freaking expensive!... You can not convince me that it costs the screw manufacturer that much more to make square drive heads over Phillips drive heads... You can not justify the increased cost by saying that it is a superior system... We're talking about drywall screws here folks, not fine woodworking screws... The things that you put in by the hundred and thousand hanging drywall, and we use in similar quantity building scenery... These things need to be one step off free, and yet, the square drive drywall screws are very close to three times the cost of their Phillips drive brethren... For that much extra money, I want the damn things to screw themselves in to the wood...
As much as I hate to say it, screw square drives!
(oh, I just couldn't resist that one...)