Moody Tools 58-0670 6-Piece Slot/Phil/Screw Extractor Combo Reversible Driver Set

I had a 1.0mm Philips screw to remove from a SLR camera lens I got on EBay. The previous owner had tried to take the lens apart to clean out a fair amount of lint on the inside of the lens (enough to affect the picture quality). He completely coned out the head of the screw so that there was nothing left for a Philips screwdriver to grab. He then tried to remove the screw with some needle nose pliers. The screw was completely messed up. I figured there was less than a 50 percent chance that I would ever get that screw out. I put a fair amount of downward pressure on the extractor and it slipped about a ¼ turn. I applied more pressure and slowly turned the screw out. The screw didn't have any Loctite on it. So as soon as it broke it loose, it came right on out. One of the things I never did figure out by reading the product description or looking at the Moody Tools website was what exactly did these extractors look like, and how did they work. Looking at the business end of the extractor, it looks like they machined a "V" notch across it, turned it 90 degrees, and cut another notch across it. So what you have are 4 sharp teeth that can dig into the screw. The steel tips are harden high quality steel, so they should last a long time. The blue handle is aluminum and the black spinner on top is plastic. I probably would have preferred metal spinners, but these plastic ones work really well. The silver shirt pocket clips on the side are just plain annoying. Luckily, they are easy to slide off. Overall, these are high quality, and well made USA tools. I don't think they will save you every time, but they definitely put the odds in your favor. There are some tools you should never skimp on and these are one of them. By saving the lens, they have already paid for themselves. I am now a happy, happy, happy camper.

I asked my auto repair guys, went to the Toyota dealer, some nice guy at Home Depot went into the back and tried for 10 minutes to help me out. No luck anywhere. The problem was a remote entry car key fob where the screw on the back had been stripped so I couldn't open it to replace the battery. Therefore, I couldn't lock or unlock my car. Pretty annoying. The problem most places had was that it was simply too small of a screw. I think it was around 3mm to 4mm and no one had any idea. A replacement key fob was $130 even on eBay so I was willing to give this $22 set a try. I opened up the bag, squinted as I tried to identify the smallest one and went to work. It was not easy keeping a firm pressure down and twisting since I had to keep the key fob flat as well. Also, if you believe it, I googled how to use an extractor and got all these bolt extractor vids that were much more complicated. For these, you just put force down and twist left to take out screws. I worked at it for a couple minutes without much luck. I wasn't expecting much anyway considering how no one, not even the dealer was able to help. But then I tried the extractor one size up. It's kind of tough to tell the difference but it's slightly larger. Anyways, the screw was out in 30 seconds. So I suppose this kit is able to get even smaller screws out. I can only imagine it'll be the ones used in glasses or something. So this tool kit saved me a lot of money and as far as I can tell, is pure quality. Like some other reviewer stated, I took off the clip thing. It does get in the way and I don't know when I would ever need to clip these to anything. Careful when taking them off though because they can leave scratches. The tips are reversible so this is a 12 in 1 kit and although I've only needed one so far it's paid for itself a few times over already and since I often work with electronics and computers I'm sure the other tools will come in handy too.

I really wanted to remove two stripped screws from the interior of my Macbook Pro. Unfortunately after significant effort the Moody tool set did not work. Your mileage may vary. These will not work for every stripped screw. I had bad luck I guess. The screw bits are well manufactured and seem like they will last for as long as you need them. However, the blue handles are extremely bad. First of all they are too thin to get any grip. Second of all they leave a nasty blue paint stain on your skin. At least they were made in the USA, so it's hopefully not Chinese lead paint, but who knows. Also the metal clips are super annoying and get in the way so I took them off. Overall, I am pretty disappointed in this toolset. For me, this was a waste of twenty bucks. For you, it might not be. Who knows. Best of luck. PS. Apple is partly to blame for using screws made out of such soft metal!