![]() Great tools can be manufactured in China. ![]() I am not going to rant on about how you should only buy US made and how China sucks, because that is not the case. ![]() There are plenty of great quality tools designed and made by great companies from all over the world (including China). You just have a cheap piece of crap and you can now afford to buy more crap. Selling cheap crap tools for cheap doesn’t mean you have a valuable product. Having an article like this further pushes the notion, how much can I get and how cheap can I get it. The American way has always been to build and purchase great quality products while maintaining an affordable level of cost. There is no quality in harbor freight tools, it is just cheap prices. Value should be attributed to the cost and quality of a tool. Harbor freight tools are a disgrace to the values of this country. Wow this article is absolutely atrocious (just like my writing). Where else can you get new moving blankets for $3? And for the record some of Harbor Freights products are made in the USA. The brands that are selling out will only lose consumer confidence and places like Harbor Freight will flourish. Work is hard to find and people don’t have the extra cash to spend for a premium brand unless it really is a premium tool and their trade requires it. Todays economy is a tough place, especially for tool manufactuers. Now you see their tools in a bargain bin for $1.99 at a local hardware store. For years now the name Thorsen, has been disgraced by selling Chinese junk. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh or PittsburghĪnyone Remember Thorsen tools? They were a good USA made tool back in the day. For the person that uses a drill maybe once a month it is great deal. But for $39 it will usually get the job done and might even last a few more jobs. ![]() A $39 Harbor Freight drill is not going to compare to a high end $200+ modern brushless drill. Yes, the tools are cheap and the quality is cheap, but the value to the consumer is unmatched. No fancy marketing smoke and mirror scheme. Bottom line is Harbor Freight tells you how it is. I might only use them once or twice, but for $10 are good to have. I bought a few tow slings there the other day for $10 and felt like I got a great deal, leaving with a smile. Harbor Freight however is not about fancy brand names, it is about good deals, you know up front that you are buying cheaply produced goods, but not overpaying for it. That left a bad taste in my mouth and now will avoid the brand. I had no sense of value from this purchase and I just felt like I got bent over. I couldn’t believe my eyes, Snap-On had sold out and I just paid $30 to have a Snap-On name slapped on some cheap Chinese products. I could have got the exact same thing from Harbor Freight for under $5. I noticed it was just licensed by Snap-On and both of the products were just cheaply made Chinese junk, branded with Snap-On logos. I spent $40, as I carefully inspected the Snap-On packaging. Recently I bought a Snap-On flashlight and gloves at Costco. I wouldn’t really go as far as getting a power tool from there, but we did get a multi-tool for review. The list goes on and on, even I am addicted and find myself leaving there with totally useless stuff like a big box of wing nuts or box of cotter pins. You can get an entire impact socket set for $9.99, a reciprocating saw for $22.99, a pancake compressor for $59 and even a 3-D Empire State Building puzzle for $2.97. Even if you only spend $20 there, you come out with a great sense of value. My Dad recently has now become addicted and goes there at least twice a week. They go there in droves and spend a lot of time in shopping and looking around. It is basically a dollar store for men, cheaply produced products at cheap prices. A Harbor Freight recently opened up here in my home town and it has been all the talk recently. If you are reading this, you obviously love tools.
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