I own all these items:These are coupon prices, shown on harborfreight.comPancake Compressor 100-PSI $39. Best for tires up to about 60-PSI. It'll air 16" to 75-80, but agonizingly slow. Outstanding with brad nailer.Electric (120-VAC) Impact Wrench. Amazed how well it handles Ford lug nuts at 140-ft-lb. The 7/8" socket called for is NOT one of the individual sizes HF sells individually. Got one from Amazon Prime $8. Best to use a six-point deep black impact socket directly on the wrench.Multifunction Oscillating Power Tool $15. I was glad to get one at $39 a couple years ago, they started out at $59. Indispensable problem solver. But it's a little like an inkjet printer - a couple blades cost as much as a new tool.1/2" HD VSR Hammer Drill $26. Mine is an orange one they dropped then came out a couple years later with this one. It's heavy but butt-kicking heavy duty. I'm talking 1/2" holes in steel, 20 passes through a brick wall with long 5/16" masonry bit.18-gauge 2-in-1 Nailer/Stapler $16. This and the pancake compressor make you Master of Baseboards. IF, however, you do not plan to ever Staple, and I haven't yet, the anvil leaves a much larger mark on the wood surface than the one in a Nailer Only tool will do. Nailer looks like you used a Nail Punch to set the nails. This one looks like you used a small screwdriver. GET NAME BRAND FASTENERS

Timely post...My DW told me I had to go to Harbor Freight to get the blue tarps that are on sale for a $2.69 with a coupon. I told her real men don't use coupons.See ya at Harbor Freight, I'll be the wimp with blue tarps in my hand and coupons in the other.

I must have coupons 1/4" thick. There WAS a Free Tarp w/purchase, don't know if it expired yet. We're planning to use a HF Tarp instead of a carpet under our awning.

I have had good and bad luck with HF.The hydraulic crimp tool for heavy wire, like 2AWG....amazing deal at HF. Same goes for the nail gun mentioned.Things like roll around stools...two of the wheels snapped off with normal sitting in under a month of use. The bolts look like something even the Chinese would reject.

Wonder if any truth to this. One of the workers years ago, said if you have an old sale paper of theirs from a while back, Harbor Freight will honor the prices listed.I know one time about 6 months ago, I went in to get a 3 ton rapid pump auto jack, it was listed at $99.00 & I ended up getting it for $79.99 & was the low profile model, which was higher priced than the regular non low profile unit.I believe they will make you a customer even if they got to cut prices to do so.Neil

On the bottom end of my list is This Thing. Supposed to be a 1-HP shallow well pump. Wouldn't pop two sprinkler heads. The Myers I bought at ACE for 3x the $ will pop eight.On the other hand, the marine contractors (dock builders) around here are buying They can get three for the price of one Honda pump and the Hondas last three times as long. The problem is that either pump gets drenched in salt water, dropped overboard, left out in the rain. Long before either is worn out. Honda isn't enough better to survive that.C-Leigh - HF seems to have gotten much more date-conscious. I've given them an expired coupon in error and it comes up Tilt when the scan it. Ah, the Extended Warranty... Used to be you could do anything to a tool any number of times and they'd replace it. I bought a megaphone for $29 on sale and the 2-year extension since I use it on the water. About six months into that, the switch got sticky. So why not go swap it? Took me an hour, half the ones I tried were worse, they had to call their extended warranty provider, and the replacement carried a 90-day warranty. No better than most other extended "warranties."

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Ron3rd
Explorer III
Mar 15, 2015
fj12ryder wrote:
Some of it is better******than their other crap. Ya gotta be choosy. Skip their combo hand wrenches, and most of their sockets, they're 12-points and will ruin more bolts than they'll remove.

Good and bad at HF, some real "finds" and some junk too. I like their Chromoly impact sockets, 1/2" drive. I've been using them for years and at $15 for a full set, hard to beat. BTW, Craftsman has been turning out some real junk too lately.
deandec
Explorer
Mar 15, 2015
Three of my best HF purchases:

6' Portable scaffolding for $150 with coupon. Great for working on upper part of MH. $210 at Lowes or HD.

Oscillating, variable speed, Multi Tool for $29.

Paint gun for $9.

But...I do not make my living using any of the above tools.
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Mar 15, 2015
One big issue I have with HF drills is the chuck. How the heck can a weak person like me gouge out the chuck key hole with very limited use? This is the 3rd different drill. And the chuck jams so once loosened cannot be spun by hand even when 3n1 oil was used all it's life?
j-d
Explorer II
Mar 15, 2015
FRIGHT was not a typo on my part. A number of their products and several of their policies have disappointed me.

I'd love to have a stable of BOSCH tools. Can't justify it. Not even RIGID. I just went RYOBI 18V Lithium for 3/8" Drill, Little Circular Saw and Impact Driver. I've used the Drill and it seemed like a corded one. I'd used DeWalt's on a volunteer job and they were cordlike too. And OH do I love my new impact driver!!!

HF had a 1/2" NiCd drill on sale when I bought the RYOBI and decided I didn't feel all that lucky. Dirty Harry Moment. That drill Does Have good Ratings on the HF site, though, and probably a steal at $39 with coupon.
I didn't list the $39 1/2" because I haven't used it.
Executive45
Explorer III
Mar 15, 2015
obgraham wrote:
Executive wrote:
I buy my American Flags and dog leashes there....:W.....Dennis
Aren't those just cheap Chinese knockoff dog leashes? My wife refuses to use hers!

Two things..the $6 leashes last about a year and a half. IMHO that's pretty good considering how often we use them....and

The flags are made in China but they get the colors right and the stars in the correct positions....:B:B.....Dennis
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Mar 14, 2015
I buy GE CFL bulbs at WallMart. For folks in Mexico. I'd better go to Macy's or Abercrombie & Fitch I guess.
SaltiDawg
Explorer
Mar 14, 2015
gbopp wrote:
I don't buy anything at HF unless I have a 20% off coupon and a coupon for something free.

Kind of like Bed Bath & Beyond.
2oldman
Explorer II
Mar 14, 2015
Walmart sells some 'good stuff' too, depending on your definition of good.
hypoxia
Explorer
Mar 14, 2015
westend wrote:
FWIW, I use a Bosch 1/2" hammer drill. I've had it for years and it will bore 5/8" holes in old concrete to a depth of 12" or so all day long.

I also have a Bosch 1/2" hammer drill but it doesn't compare to a rotary hammer.
Rubber_Ducky1
Explorer
Mar 14, 2015
If you will notice the title of this post is "Good Stuff on Sale at Harbor FRIGHT". Some of the stuff they sell is OK and some is FRIGHTening!! LOL

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