Originally Posted by
ScottCommutes
The reason this came up in my life is I just saw them when I was shopping for some additional sizes of e-torx sockets to change a car water pump.
Apparently, T-25 is around the limit of using your regular Torx bits on Torx Plus. Any bigger than that, and you risk cam out.
I can't find any advantage in the design of regular Torx. Torx Plus is apparently just superior - and superior enough for many to make the switch.
Get your Torx Plus now, before E-Torx-Plus catches on and you need those too!
Torx plus allows for higher torque of the fasteners with less chance for damaging the torx plus socket you are putting the tool in. So it is a big deal for the things that need high torque. Like the tiny cutting edges that might fit on a milling tool that use a t-8 or smaller. to the much larger applications several times the size of your T-25.
And Torx Plus isn't new. It was introduced and used in the previous century. Where have you been?