seriously-- I have tons of their stuff. The only things that I've worn out are their old straightline sanders. The old ones have been replaced with a 3x the price model, but never bought one. Oh, and the mini-lathe I bought in '02, the motor finally fried last weekend. Otherwise, I have: 3 of their $10 angle grinders, an air sander, a 100lb. pressure pot sandblaster, a pencil sandblaster, 2 airbrushes, 5 and 30 gallon air compressors, respirator mask, several soft toolboxes, an old 'biggest they have' tool set, a few smaller tool sets, many small tools, a car-computer reader, a needle scaler, cement mixer, 4 dust collectors, a palm sander, at least 2 drills, their little-giant ladder clone, a hammer-drill, soft-start buffer, and I'm sure a lot more stuff I can't remember at the moment...
Why I buy their stuff--for one thing, everything I have works!
For another, right now I need 5 blast gates for my 'nighttime' blower running.
Best price on Amazon, $8.31 each; best price on eBay, $8.56 each...
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Harbor Freight, $2.99, plus shipping, which is $6.99 for 5 of 'em,
which brings the each-price to $4.39, total with sales tax, $23.03
The others:
$8.31 x5 = $41.55 + $3.32 tax= $44.87
$8.56 x5 = $42.80 + $3.43 tax= $46.23
-- and these are the cheapest others, the average seems to be around $13 each, or around $70 for 5 to my door-- vs. $23 -? No contest...
I do realize the value of GOOD tools, especially if your living depends on them. And HF does offer some questionable stuff, like, I'm not particularly impressed with their Diablo air hoses (although HD also sells Diablo stuff), I expected more than 2 years of outdoor exposure before the outer casing started cracking badly.
But the cheapa** in me just loves HF (and no, I don't work there)