On Nov 14, 6:11*pm, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
MiamiCuse wrote:
I have bought from them quite a few times during the life of my never
ending, ever expanding remodeling project.
My experience is their hand tools are really good, at least to a
layman like me, I like it, and I like their prices too.
However, their power tools are junk. *Prices are attractive, but you
really get what you pay for. *Much heavier than the competitive
brands, bulkier and not as functional.
Well, they're a good way to find out if you need the tool. I bought an angle
grinder for, like, $7.98 or something. My Lord, I never imagined the uses to
which I could put the tool! I've used it for:
* Removing the concrete nails from carpet tack strips (actually just cutting
them off).
* Cutting window screen frames
* Undercutting trim to lay flooring such as laminate or tile
* Trimming branches - a lot less trouble than a chain saw
On "Black Friday" I'm gonna find out how well their $40.00 knock-off of a
MultiMaster works.
I'll second that angle grinder motion. Mine has lasted several years and
I must use it on something or other about once a month. With the right
wheel installed I can even do a pretty fair occasional job cutting and
shaping a ceramic tile or two.
I have bought some "not too often needed" tools like a set of glass
drills from them, but I swear the most useful tools I've bought from
them are their sets of two strap wrenches. I just ordered a bunch more
of those from them for stocking stuffers this year.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40198
OTOH sometimes their tools are real ****e. I added a set of stubby
ratchet handles to an order earlier this year thinking they'd come in
handy as space under the hoods of my cars shrinks. They were awful. One
didn't even ratchet and the ratchet action on another of the three was
intermittant at best. I returned 'em and got full credit.
Jeff
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I swear the most useful tools I've bought from them are their
sets of two strap wrenches...
Just so we get both sides of that story, I bought a HF strap wrench
and the strap broke the first time I used it. I wish I could remember
what I was using it on but I don't. It was way too many projects ago.
The only powered tools I've bought from them was a Drill Doctor
knockoff (sucked big time) and a rechargable screwdriver set with six
million bit and sockets. The battery lasted about 30 seconds, which
was longer than the magnet that holds the bits stayed inside the
shaft.
Oh wait, I forgot. I bought a nose hair trimmer at one of their
sidewalk sales. Been using it for years. Fine tool.
I also bought an air compressor similiar to this - does that count as
a power tool?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93796
It seems to work fine, but the capacity is just about useless, at
least for what I use it for. I can't even blow the dust out of a
single computer or off of a project without recharging the tank 2 or 3
times, at about 10 minutes per charge. I did blow up - and I mean
*blow up*! - a basketball with it the other day. My daughter is not
happy, It was her best outdoor basketball. I guess we'll be going to
Dick's this weekend.
As far as gloves (work and vinyl), wire brushes, tarps and other throw-
away items, their prices are the best, especially if you can catch one
of their deeply discounted sidewalk sales.