Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,671  
I bought the jiggler syphon from hf yesterday. I was going to buy the standard syphon tube with the ball in the middle that you squeeze. I never heard of a jiggler syphon so for $7, what the heck.

Itç—´ a good idea with poor execution, imho. You see a lot of that, good ideas are like opinions. Great execution is.....hard to find!

Problem was the packaging. The 5 ft tube was not only too short, my fault, but it was also mashed into an almost flat oval. Thatç—´ because when they roll it up they attach it to the cardboard with zip ties and its 100 degrees out.

I let it sit in the Carolina sun yesterday trying to un mash it but, no way.

Of course the oval shape won稚 carry the volume a circle will. I won a bet on that once.

The metal gadget on the end that makes it work is probably worth the $7 dollars and since the tube was was too short anyway, no harm done.

So.............

I went to Loweç—´ last nite, 8:30 pm, Friday nite, always raining. Thatç—´ the only time to go, imho.

They had a 20 ft roll of clear plastic tubing, perfect. $24. I don稚 blame them but, Nope.

I致e learned. I used to think, make a quality product and sell it as cheap as you can and Own the market. Nope.

The truth is, in general, make an product that people will swallow and sell it for as much as you possibly can!

The syphon sort of worked and I think if I find a decent tube, it will work fine. Kinda neat idea!

But to spend $7 for the gadget and $25 more, just to make it work? Nope

But you know that when you go to harbor freight.


I have a couple of those jiggle syphons that I think I got from a boat supply place years before I even heard of H.F. and they work great. I don't remember what I paid for them but I'm sure it was less than $7 each, maybe that for both. When we had our first boat a buddy and I would take a pair of plastic 30 gal drums to the gas station and get boat gas because the marina fuel dock was so high. It's amazing how fast a pair of them will drain a 30 gal drum.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,673  
Practice makes perfect! :laughing:

Yeah but we "practiced" a little too much and the marina dock master came along and let us know that it was strictly against the marina's rules as well as Coast Guard regs. due to the spill hazard and that if caught again we would be thrown out of the marina. Great while it lasted and I still use them putting fuel in my RTV and wife's golf cart. I can't hold a full 5 gallon can anymore for those side fill rigs and this works great.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,674  
My daughter and husband have a good sized boat at a small yacht club. They have 2 large gas tanks that feed the 2 engines that are not cross linked to balance fuel. They have a guy who comes to the club to fill up boats. Hose reel from truck goes right to the boats.
Don't know the legality though.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,675  
A guy like that probably has a devise to attach to the hull right below the vents to catch any over flow, much like the marina fuel docks have. We always carried a spray bottle of Simple Green when fueling and spraying that on the sheen that spilled fuel leaves breaks it down and it disappears. Of course that's a big no no too.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,676  
I see that the Daytona 3 Ton Low Profile Super Duty Floor Jack (item # is on sale for $30 off with coupon # 20068411 good until Sept 20 online or in store.

I bought mine 6 months ago, and have been very happy with it. The 23 1/8" lift is great for working on my Dodge M37 (antique Korean War military pickup). 3 year warranty beats what is offered on most of their other jacks.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,677  
I also bought one of their palm nailers.

Compact Palm Air Nailer

It was about $26 after coupons. Wow, it actually works very nicely for putting in truss nails in the brackets in tight spaces. Dirt cheap and works. That's just crazy talk.

My old palm nailer died last month after about 15 years. I bought the Bostitch from Lowes and the Harbor Freight version. While the HF version is a little smaller, the Bostitch was much faster, less vibration, and actually drove the nails faster. I'm keeping both though since the HF version just because it is a tiny bit smaller. The Bostitch was $50 at Lowes.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,678  
I see that the Daytona 3 Ton Low Profile Super Duty Floor Jack (item # is on sale for $30 off with coupon # 20068411 good until Sept 20 online or in store.

I bought mine 6 months ago, and have been very happy with it. The 23 1/8" lift is great for working on my Dodge M37 (antique Korean War military pickup). 3 year warranty beats what is offered on most of their other jacks.

I tried to buy the yellow Daytona jack 3 times, always out of stock and would never sell the display model. The hf kid, young guy, said the javks were all the same, just different colors. Nope. They all are slightly different and the Daytona had a longer warranty.

So far, so good.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,679  
Big thumbs up for the Atlas 40v weed trimmer. It's ergonomic, powerful, and the battery charge lasts a very long time. Really a good job on product development. I'll keep my Husqvarna gas trimmer for backup, but the Atlas is an absolute winner. Thinking I'll try the chainsaw this fall.
 
   / Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck #13,680  
Has anyone ventured a try with the Bauer 20 volt liquid transfer pump, pumping diesel? Kind of want to get one but don't know if it's compatible with ULSD?
 

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