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Originally Posted by Dargo It took me quite a while to figure that my time is worth something and taking tools back that broke during their first use aren't worth a plug nickel to me, I do have a couple of things I bought there that I still have and think they were worth what I paid for them.
From dozens and dozens of items I bought, I like the yellow handled claw hammer and the welding magnets. I think that about covers it. I can't say that anything else I've purchased there I'd ever purchase again.  |
Dargo I think it depends on what you are doing with stuff from HF. If I am buying an item that I am going to use a lot I go for top of the line equipment. If it is something I am going to use rarely and dont have justification for spending a lot of money I go with harbor freight. To give you a small list of very succesful harbor freight purchases.
1. Auto darkening welding helmet. 49.00 and works really good.
2. Steel Cutting band saw. 159.00 on sale Everyone I work with that has a welder has one of these band saws and we have one at work. It works really well
3. Rock and tile wet saw. 189.00 on sale I have tiled lots of rooms in houses and it works very good.
4.10,000 pound 12 volt winch. Not nearly as good as some of the brand name winches but for the rare times I use it a good buy for 359.00
5. Plastic trays that hang on the wall for holding small items 10.00 very handy cheaply made but they work
6. corner tool holder (rakes brooms etc) 10.00 and works good very handy.
I have bought items that I were not as happy with and I may have taken one or two items back. But the stuff I have listed above has not given me any trouble other than the winch but that was something I did wrong and I was able to get the new parts to fix it with from Harbor Freight.