"If it wasn't for Harbor Freight tools, I wouldn't have no tools at all..."

The quality of their stuff has improved dramatically in the last five years,
in my opinion. My approach is to buy it there first, then if it turns out
that I use the tool a lot, I will often upgrade it later. E.g.., I bought
their 1/2" impact wrench, then bought an Ingersoll Rand later on. Likewise,
I started with an HF portable air compressor and then upgraded to a big 220v
Campbell-Hausfeld. And to your point, in each case, I bought both tools at
the HF store...

I really enjoy my compact bender, ring roller, blast cabinet, floor jack,
and horizontal bandsaw. To buy the domestic, name brand equivalents would
have been at least three times the cost. I know there are people out there
who are blessed with tool budgets three times what I can spend, but I would
rather buy steel...

When I win the Lotto I'll buy nothing but the best...but until then, HF has
been my main supplier, EBay has been my second choice, and Home Depot and
Lowes are tied for third...

Just my opinion...

"DeepDiver" wrote in message
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"RainLover" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 May 2005 11:51:46 -0700, Clark Magnuson
wrote:

The one thing no one mentioned is when you find a HF that DOES
sell those named-brand tools.. they are all either reconditioned
or factory seconds.


The reason I didn't mention it is because it's not true. Yes, they do sell
reconditioned brand-name tools. No, that is not all they sell. I've bought
some brand-new, not reconditioned, brand-name tools from Harbor Freight.

By the way, the last time I was in HF, I saw an entire hanging aisle
display of Estwing hammers. How many of those do you think were
reconditioned?

Look, if some of you guys never want to shop at Harbor Freight, that's
fine by me. But don't spread falsehoods about them.

- Michael