Harbor Freight tools that DO suck

[dragoneggs]

Don't waste your hard earned cash on the new HF line of clothes . There athletic supporters aka jock strap supposed to hold two nuts but in actuality only holds one . Of course made in china ! Only item in store with a no return policy .

Sounds like a ballbreaker, bullbreaker. Sorry but I can't help to think that is your handle and more than once have double checked your alias. :laughing: Ballbreaker was the nickname of our High PE/Coach.

 

[lilranch2001]

Your PE coach was high?

 

[dragoneggs]

Your PE coach was high?

Oops... somehow left out school. :confused2: I don't think he was ever high but he acted like a drill sergeant.

 

[5030]

The $20 Click Type torque wrenches that were perpetually on coupons for $9.99 are now on clearance for $11.99. How does that work? And why on clearance:? What are they replacing them with?

The cheap ones are just that. Cheap and not accurate but then neither are the others sold on Amazon and elsewhere. Torque repeatability and torquing accurately to a set point is paramount.

In life you usually get what you pay for but in the case of tools in general, the markup is usually extreme. Bought one of their cheapo wrenches and too it apart. Just as cheap inside as the price is.

 

[5030]

Don't waste your hard earned cash on the new HF line of clothes . There athletic supporters aka jock strap supposed to hold two nuts but in actuality only holds one . Of course made in china ! Only item in store with a no return policy .

Didn't know HF was selling clothing. Guess I'm out of the loop. Probably like Cabelas. selling Chinesium made clothes but in Cabelas stores the prices are stupid inflated.

One nut athletic supporter... that is funny. Must be made for professional football players, they seem to be nutless today.

 

[lilranch2001]

:thumbsup:

 

[dragoneggs]

Didn't know HF was selling clothing. Guess I'm out of the loop. Probably like Cabelas. selling Chinesium made clothes but in Cabelas stores the prices are stupid inflated.

I didn't either... been awhile since I visited HF. Used to make unplanned stops the the whole Covid thing and origins has made me pause.

 

[crazyal]

The $20 Click Type torque wrenches that were perpetually on coupons for $9.99 are now on clearance for $11.99. How does that work? And why on clearance:? What are they replacing them with?

I would guess that they found a different factory to make something similar. Factories in China are a maze of subcontracting stuff. I've been looking into having some small brass hinges being made and 3/4 of the companies I've contacted are just acting like a middle man and getting a quote from one of the few companies that make them and then marking it up. If I was HF I would only be buying from the actual companies making the goods. They can afford to have a purchaser stationed in China who's job is to keep on top of stuff like this.

 

[California]

The cheap [$20 Click Type torque wrenches] are just that. Cheap and not accurate

Trust, but verify. (A famous quote). A few times in each project I bring out two old beam torque wrenches, a Craftsman I bought new in 1960 and a Thorsen, to verify torque attained with the $9.99 HF cheapie.

All three have always shown identical results.

But I wouldn't use the HF on anything critical without this occasional double-check.

 

[newbury]

Just blew another wad on another new drone, this time a waterproof one.

Didn't know HF was selling clothing. Guess I'm out of the loop. Probably like Cabelas. selling Chinesium made clothes but in Cabelas stores the prices are stupid inflated.

One nut athletic supporter... that is funny. Must be made for professional football players, they seem to be nutless today.

I have not been to HF in months! Are they now selling drones and clothes?