Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[hunt4570]

In spite of the fact that many times they are.


Hard to admit you spent 10 times as much for the same result.

You do not spend 10 times as much for the SAME result!

 

[Diggin It]

I've been pinged by 110 so often I can light a bulb like Uncle Fester.


New ad says you get a free bucket with a $25 purchase. Whippee! I get a free bucket when I buy driveway sealer. Or do I buy the bucket and get the sealer free?

 

[Fallon]

I fail to see the issue it's takes very little voltage to kill you.
If you are that worried do you use any plug in tools? that 115 VAC is going to jump right out and get you.
Think about all the suburbanites out there in the damp grass with the corded 115 VAC weed wackers.

Ya, was about to say the same thing. There are different risks with DC vs AC, but really not particularly notable in the difference the danger of electrocuting yourself with either.

To get higher battery voltage you need more cells. That pretty much means more cost. You can mess with the volts & amps to keep the same wattage, but generally more volts means more oomph for the tool. Higher voltages are less affected by voltage drop across wiring. Higher voltage at the same wattage also means you can use thinner wiring to save weight & cost.

 

[Industrial Toys]

The Voltage thing is more Marketing than anything practical. As is "Brushless".

I have been watching too much of this guy. Really smart and funny too. Buys tools and disects them. BOLTR: Harbor Freight Bauer vs. Hercules | THERE WILL BE SMOKE! - YouTube

It's sad. Sometimes there is a GREAT low cost tool, but they cheaped out somewhere making it worthless. Same for High Quality, High Cost Tools. Like a ****** switch or something.

 

[LD48750]

I've been pinged by 110 so often I can light a bulb like Uncle Fester.


New ad says you get a free bucket with a $25 purchase. Whippee! I get a free bucket when I buy driveway sealer. Or do I buy the bucket and get the sealer free?

Did you notice that the lid cost $2 in another part of the add?

 

[5030]

The Voltage thing is more Marketing than anything practical. As is "Brushless".

I have been watching too much of this guy. Really smart and funny too. Buys tools and disects them. BOLTR: Harbor Freight Bauer vs. Hercules | THERE WILL BE SMOKE! - YouTube

It's sad. Sometimes there is a GREAT low cost tool, but they cheaped out somewhere making it worthless. Same for High Quality, High Cost Tools. Like a ****** switch or something.

I haven't experienced that with my Bauer drill, maybe I have an improved version but I will say that when you do a locked rotor high amp draw on anything motorized, you will find the smoke. I don't care what brand or how much it cost.

Besides, the Canuk has a vulgar mouth....eh

 

[5030]

Got my 5000 pound Badland RTV winch on sale, $139 clams with remote. I put one on my wife's new Kubota side by side and it was totally plug and play easy. Nice winch. Gear train is a bit noisy though. Come with mount plate and roller fairlead. Got the Chief 4.5 air angle grinder on sale too. I may have to make a pilgrimage to HF this week. Been lusting for a 4.5" air (no smoke out) angle grinder. $79.95. Pretty hard to find the smoke in an air tool....:laughing:

 

[5030]

Ya, was about to say the same thing. There are different risks with DC vs AC, but really not particularly notable in the difference the danger of electrocuting yourself with either.

To get higher battery voltage you need more cells. That pretty much means more cost. You can mess with the volts & amps to keep the same wattage, but generally more volts means more oomph for the tool. Higher voltages are less affected by voltage drop across wiring. Higher voltage at the same wattage also means you can use thinner wiring to save weight & cost.

What it is, 500 Ma across your ticker puts you in the Obit column.....

 

[California]

... Pretty hard to find the smoke in an air tool....:laughing:

I was amazed at the torque of a 1/2" air drill a neighbor brought (plus portable compressor), on a shared a fencing project. The drill could only be stalled with extreme pressure - maybe 150 lbs of force pushing it into a hole in the steel well casing that we used for fenceposts. But that didn't hurt it. It would take a good-sized shop drill press or a plumber's hole hawg to exceed what this hand tool could do. Impressive!

 

[Industrial Toys]

I use a 1/2" IR air drill that I bought thirty years ago at a garage sale. I like it because it's torqy enough for heavy drilling but if you stall it, no harm done. Friends have been using Ridged 18V drills commercially and have given up on them for failing in such stalling applications.