Harbor Freight tools that DO suck

[5030]

Had one of the orange air hoses and the end blew off from it. Bounced off the concrete wall hard, glad it wasn’t my noggin.

The last two freebie blue lights I have gotten have really weak magnets.

10-4 on that but free is free.

 

[Travelover]

........The last two freebie blue lights I have gotten have really weak magnets.

I noticed that they cheapened up the magnets a long time ago. The original ones had a great magnet it would pull out of the glue that held it to the light.

 

[Deere Dude]

I am having fits with replacement electrical cord ends. Those yellow ones. I made the huge mistake of buying a lot of them to fix all my extension cords. All are junk in that I need to plug them in just right to make a connection and most times if it moves a little bit the connection is lost. They weren't cheap by any means and look nice but they sure don't have a firm connection. Or is there a fix of some sort?

When I connect a two pronger to it, it is really annoying. Three prongers are almost as bad.

 

[TMGT]

30 inches of mercury vacuum for at least 30 minutes is necessary for automotive and ag units. Never did a residential init so I don't have a clue about them. All I know is the cheap HF air powered pump is junk. The single stage powered one is ok for what I do as is the 2 stage. Analog is fine for my uses. Just so long as the gauge shows vacuum to 30" or better.

Max vacuum that can be achieved if altitude dependent, so dependent on elevation, you might not be able to reach 30" (well 29.92") unless you're below sea level.

 

[TMGT]

Sure you aren't Covid positive? I heard that if you are asymptomatic, one of the first things to go is your sense of smell?....

I might, I'm considered essential and have a number of coworkers that have tested positive, most recovered but some I haven't heard anything for a while since they've been on ventilators.

Actually waiting to hear if I was in the contact trace for the latest coworker case that was confirmed positive today.

But I've had this hose for a couple years so pretty sure it doesn't stink.

 

[defranks]

"I am having fits with replacement electrical cord ends. Those yellow ones. I made the huge mistake of buying a lot of them to fix all my extension cords. All are junk in that I need to plug them in just right to make a connection and most times if it moves a little bit the connection is lost. They weren't cheap by any means and look nice but they sure don't have a firm connection. Or is there a fix of some sort?

When I connect a two pronger to it, it is really annoying. Three prongers are almost as bad."

That's interesting. I bought several of them to replace damaged connectors on some tools and extension cords, and they've worked perfectly. I wonder if HF buys from multiple sources.

 

[5030]

I might, I'm considered essential and have a number of coworkers that have tested positive, most recovered but some I haven't heard anything for a while since they've been on ventilators.

Actually waiting to hear if I was in the contact trace for the latest coworker case that was confirmed positive today.

But I've had this hose for a couple years so pretty sure it doesn't stink.

Essential until you 'essentially expire'. That essential stuff is BS in my opinion. Got a bunch of HF tarp straps hanging in the garage that have slowly degraded all winter. The stink and won't stretch anymore without snapping. Good stuff there....

 

[TMGT]

Essential until you 'essentially expire'. That essential stuff is BS in my opinion. Got a bunch of HF tarp straps hanging in the garage that have slowly degraded all winter. The stink and won't stretch anymore without snapping. Good stuff there....

So you don't think police/fire/medical is essential?

Maybe you should just throw away those tarp straps if you hate them so bad.

 

[5030]

So you don't think police/fire/medical is essential?

Maybe you should just throw away those tarp straps if you hate them so bad.

I'm not gonna comment about that except to say it's a personal choice. Out here we handle our own 'protection' but then you are living in 'that state'. I'm not. They are headed to the trash 'burn pile', minus the hooks. I can use them for other things.

 

[TMGT]

I'm not gonna comment about that

Guess there's a first for everything!