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Originally Posted by smithrngr  i will only buy something from there if it will not harm me or anyone using it. i just can't see spending good money on cheap junk tools just to have to spend even more in the long run for the hospitol visit.would much rather spend some extra for a good quality tool and a good name. |
I have been to the ER and the tool that sent me there was a standard carpenter's claw hammer (not HF but I have some HF hammers.)
Later a Makita brand table saw ate a big chunk of my thumb and sent me to the ER. I have oodles of HF power tools, hand tools, clamps, etc. None have been the cause of serious injury. Maybe I'm just not as wild as some (ha, not likely) but although I have had HF tools fail, powered and manual, none caused or came close to causing injury, small or large.
I'm sure HF has tools capable of causing sever injury but not anymore so than any other brand when misused.
Do you refer to some sort of catastrophic disassembly/parts explosion where a tool with fast moving parts slings chunks at you or do you mean busting a knuckle if a so so wrench slips off a nut or distorts and slips of a bolt or nut?
I have had no more problems with HF than with Craftsman (less actually.) Take for example the Craftsman 8 inch "crescent" wrench. The Craftsman jaws are thicker and open to a max size that is less than the Crescent brand in the same size. This is so the soft steel the cheap piece of junk Craftsman is made of will stand a chance. They limit the max opening to keep you from using it on tough jobs and make it much heavier to compensate for cheap soft metal. The Crescent brand in the same size is way lighter, the jaws are thinner, open wider, and distort much less under heavy use. I find the HF equivalent to be intermediate to Craftsman and Crescent.
HF also sells junk that I wouldn't use if they gave it to me for free but much of their tool selection does a pretty good job and a great job for the price.
Pat