Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[5030]

I did forget to post a while back that the Braun foldable LED light my wife got me for my birthday has a very high quality Toshiba Li-Ion cell in it and it's replaceable as well.

 

[newbury]

HF email April 9 said all recent coupons are extended.

Extending Existing Coupons / No Price Increases
All Harbor Freight Product Coupons and 20% OFF Coupons that expire in April or May 2020 are now valid until June 30, 2020.

Any update on this?

 

[California]

Any update on this?

Looks like the coupon extensions to 6/30 ended. A recent email linked to this set of coupons expiring 7/31.

Harbor Freight Coupons – Get New Coupon Codes on Generators, Air Compressors, Tool Storage, and More at Harbor Freight Tools

 

[5030]

Looks like the coupon extensions to 6/30 ended. A recent email linked to this set of coupons expiring 7/31.

Harbor Freight Coupons – Get New Coupon Codes on Generators, Air Compressors, Tool Storage, and More at Harbor Freight Tools

Got the same thing today in the mail and had to update my email address. No big deal. I wonder if the paper 'deals' flyer is ending?

 

[5030]

DeWalt, Milwaukee and Ryobi will all do the same.

Aaron Z

Good to know. Interestingly, my wife's Barun Li-Ion spot light petered out today. Was working fine and flat quit. Plugged it into a USB cable until the light turned green and all is good again. Must be anything Li-Ion does that.

 

[California]

...Li-Ion spot light petered out today. Was working fine and flat quit. Must be anything Li-Ion does that.

I've read that anything Li-Ion, has protective circuitry to shut down before damaging the cells.

 

[hunt4570]

Yes, Li-Ion will just shut off and not slowly go dim..

 

[Ford850]

Does that reduce the life of Li-Ion batteries by draining them to the shut off point? Are they better off maintained with a mid to upper charge range, occasionally topping them off rather than fully draining them?

 

[5030]

Does that reduce the life of Li-Ion batteries by draining them to the shut off point? Are they better off maintained with a mid to upper charge range, occasionally topping them off rather than fully draining them?

Not sure. I've read (elsewhere) that Li-Ion batteries have no 'memory' but don't like to be drawn down to no power. So far so good with mine. Certainly better than my Ni-Cad Dewalt packs that peter out and need replacement because they won't charge. I have not replaced a HF Li-Ion pack yet and I have quite a few. Have the full assortment of Bauer 20 volt tools and use them constantly.

Especially the 'tool only' 4.5" angle grinder. It gets used daily, a year old now and zero issues. It has removable intake air screens so I clean them regularly. With angle grinders the death part is the grinding dust that gets in and eats the motors up. Do a lot of grinding on the parts I make for my bike website. Just ran off 10 units yesterday. The Hobart Handler 190 got a workout.

 

[hunt4570]

Does that reduce the life of Li-Ion batteries by draining them to the shut off point? Are they better off maintained with a mid to upper charge range, occasionally topping them off rather than fully draining them?

They go off because they have protection built in so that they do not drain all the way.. I normally run them till they shut off and swap batteries. If I finish a job and there is juice left in them , then I just top them off to be ready for next time.