Coming Soon To a Harbor Freight Near You

"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
11/04/2018 at 03:22 • Filed to: None

They’re really itching to break into the actual professional mechanic tool market. Can’t wait to see this stuff show up in the stores. I don’t mind paying more than Pittsburgh or Pittsburgh Pro money, IF the quality is there. Supposedly all Taiwan-made.

DISCUSSION (8)

Tristan > atfsgeoff
11/04/2018 at 03:27

This should be interesting. With the death of Craftsman, there really hasn’t been a lower priced decent quality brand to fill the void. I’ve been impressed with HF’s incremental moves towards quality.

atfsgeoff > Tristan
11/04/2018 at 03:37

Yeah, if they can provide say, 75 % of Snap-On quality at 25% of the cost, I think they’ve got a winning combination.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > atfsgeoff
11/04/2018 at 03:58

Those look like some people blatant rip offs of snap designs. But if the quality is there, I’m not going to complain. A lot of my snap on stuff has been breaking lately and their prices are getting worse and worse all the time.

Flavien Vidal > atfsgeoff
11/04/2018 at 05:32

Teng Tools is pretty good too from what I've been told... Not sold here though.

sdwarf36 > Tristan
11/04/2018 at 08:19

Craftsman ain’t dead—they will be carried by Lowes. And for a really nice box for very little money, check out Home Depot. (Seems strange saying that-yes.) I bought this Husky box for only $800! https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Industrial-52-in-W-x-21-7-in-D-15-Drawer-Tool-Chest-and-Cabinet-Combo-in-Textured-Black-H52CH6TR9HD/302962883 You can’t touch anything realistic for that money.

Tristan > sdwarf36
11/04/2018 at 10:55

Craftsman was bought by Stanley and it's all made in China junk now.

lone_liberal > Tristan
11/04/2018 at 11:22

It was bought by Stanley but they are actually now moving to US assembly as opposed to the cheap crap Sears was pushing.

https://toolguyd.com/craftsman-20v-cordless-power-tools-brushless-made-in-usa/

Urambo Tauro > atfsgeoff
11/04/2018 at 12:44

I wonder if that Daytona jack was just testing the waters to see if it was worth doing a whole line of pro-grade tools. HF initially got into some trouble with Snap-On over that jack , but they were reporte d to have reached a confidential settlement that didn’t involve HF having to pay Snap-On a dime.