Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[fatjay]

Busting out 'ol reliable once again. I have probably 1000 bags of concrete through this thing.

 

[jjeff]

Busting out 'ol reliable once again. I have probably 1000 bags of concrete through this thing.

For the price you can get them for it has paid for itself many times over in my case I added a few grease fittings as my buddy said I have a problem have a problem with wanting to grease stuff .

 

[KubotainNH]

Sure can't any more I've had them almost a decade, bought from a dedicated tool supply website

Pictures help, looks like it's this 8 piece set. A bit above my budget right now though.

https://www.amazon.com/KNIPEX-00-20-04-SB/dp/B005EXNT38/ref=sr_1_2?crid=A16NL8METOEI&keywords=knipex+snap+ring+pliers+set&qid=1668025136&sprefix=knipex+snap+ring%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-2

 

[jjeff]

Pictures help, looks like it's this 8 piece set. A bit above my budget right now though.

https://www.amazon.com/KNIPEX-00-20-04-SB/dp/B005EXNT38/ref=sr_1_2?crid=A16NL8METOEI&keywords=knipex+snap+ring+pliers+set&qid=1668025136&sprefix=knipex+snap+ring%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-2

I believe they had a set where four of the pliars were bigger than that those may be to small imo, anyways a few more 4 letter words, flying lost rings into uncharted depths of your garage, and busted knuckles that 200 bucks will be worth it in my experience.

 

[KubotainNH]

I have the Astro Pneumatic Tools brand snap ring pliers and they look identical to yours.

I don't see any Astro snap ring pliers that look just like the Knipex ones. They have a 10 piece set that looks kinda cheap and 2 four piece sets that look strong but not quite the same aside from the red grips. I do have some Astro tools that are holding up well.

 

[KubotainNH]

I believe they had a set where four of the pliars were bigger than that those may be to small imo, anyways a few more 4 letter words, flying lost rings into uncharted depths of your garage, and busted knuckles that 200 bucks will be worth it in my experience.

LOL, may be but I just don't use them that often.

 

[KubotainNH]

Busting out 'ol reliable once again. I have probably 1000 bags of concrete through this thing.

I have the same cement mixer that I bought used. Mixed 2 pallets of concrete with it in a weekend. It needed some tightening here and there but did the job and still works. I got my money out of it already. Was a sore puppy for a few days though.

 

[jjeff]

LOL, may be but I just don't use them that often.

80 bucks for four good ones none have 45s though apparently you can visit the knipex store or jb tools. Unsure what icons are going for and unlike my knipex, can't speak from experience on how good they are.

 

[RalphVa]

My beloved HF air gauge combo quit on me this morning. Had to go to Lowes. Found a similar Kobalt one there.

 

[5030]

My beloved HF air gauge combo quit on me this morning. Had to go to Lowes. Found a similar Kobalt one there

I prefer my Milton inflator actually. I've had it for at least 30 years, just keeps on going. Made in USA too.

 

[5030]

I have a bunch of hf black oxide impact ones I used them extensively when I used to build semi custom truss framed floating docks. Drop one in the lake or river not a big deal,at that price, plus as mentioned they'd never break and being 6 point rarely stripped out nuts, bolts, or lags.

I have noticed HF impact socket sets minus one or two in the reduced sale rack at HF before. I presume they robbed a set for some failed ones, not that mine ever fail. I beat on them extremely hard.

 

[California]

My beloved HF air gauge combo quit on me this morning. Had to go to Lowes. Found a similar Kobalt one there.

My first one failed, disintegrated where the output hose screws into the gauge part. Chinesium pot metal apparently.

The second one works fine. Just HF random quality!

 

[Travelover]

OK guys, the free blue flashlights are back. LINKY

 

[newbury]

I might be buying a set of these for my SIL, for Christmas. Trouble with buying him tools is that he loses them as fast as I can buy them. Grandson looks to have the same trait...

Does HF have any tools with a built in Location Finder?

Does he really lose them or just misplace them in his working areas?
That was one reason I went heavily to HF hand tools for years.

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With 5,000 sq ft of "shop" and switching between Virginia and Mississippi every few months I found it to save me a lot of time by just having extra sets of sockets, wrenches, screwdrivers etc, Especially 25' measuring tapes.
It was better to have a tool needed close by, than walk 50 yards for it.

 

[Oaktree]

Here's a "doesn't suck very much" tool, the Chicago Electric 1/2" impact wrench. Didn't want to spend a lot of money on one since it's not something I use very often, but it's nice to have when removing lug nuts from a trailer or something like that. Wrench itself is fine, but sockets don't stay on it, there's no ball to grip it. Gets old having to pick the socket up off the ground and put itback on every nut.

 

[5030]

My first one failed, disintegrated where the output hose screws into the gauge part. Chinesium pot metal apparently.

The second one works fine. Just HF random quality!

I try to avoid anything at HF that has any Chineseum rubber parts including tarp straps and hoses as the Chineseum rubber deteriorates quickly (and it stinks).

 

[5030]

Here's a "doesn't suck very much" tool, the Chicago Electric 1/2" impact wrench. Didn't want to spend a lot of money on one since it's not something I use very often, but it's nice to have when removing lug nuts from a trailer or something like that. Wrench itself is fine, but sockets don't stay on it, there's no ball to grip it. Gets old having to pick the socket up off the ground and put itback on every nut.

Sounds like it's missing the spring 'hog ring' at the business end. They either come with a retention ball or a 'hog ring'.

 

[5030]

OK guys, the free blue flashlights are back. LINKY

The only issue with them is when the batteries expire you cannot take them apart to renew the batteries. I've tossed a couple already.

 

[jjeff]

Here's a "doesn't suck very much" tool, the Chicago Electric 1/2" impact wrench. Didn't want to spend a lot of money on one since it's not something I use very often, but it's nice to have when removing lug nuts from a trailer or something like that. Wrench itself is fine, but sockets don't stay on it, there's no ball to grip it. Gets old having to pick the socket up off the ground and put itback on every nut.

Put a little grease on it might hold your socket on better if you don't mind getting your hands a little dirty. It makes me feel anyway, like I did something besides sit behind a computer, pushing papers.

 

[jjeff]

OK guys, the free blue flashlights are back. LINKY

I still have a lot of those use the hook to hang them in lowlight areas most notably my RVs "basement".they usually work when I need them to plus they Stop working it's so easy to toss free hf stuff.