Harbor Freight Reviews

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you have used a Harbor Freight item or considering buying one. Write a reveiew, or read what others say. Might help others, or save yourself some grief. I'm not the webmaster, and I didn't come up with the idea.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon
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Probably will have a lot of complaints

Reply to
LouB

Bought one of their wrist-mounted blood pressure gizmos a month ago, on sale for $12.99 I think, we're very happy with the device, it works great once you learn how to mount it properly on your wrist. Other small stuff I've purchased seems to be ok, not high quality, but great for the price.

Reply to
hrhofmann

Anyone who expects a BMW for the price of a Yugo will be disappointed. Harbor Freight has a LOT of loyal customers who buy with that understanding. Meanwhile, I have many things from HF that turned out to be MUCH better than I expected.

A few disappointments, too, but it was never a costly mistake. :-)

Reply to
salty

I'm careful about what I buy there but I sometimes will post a review. Not so much to whine about how crappy it was but to share with others how I adapted it to make it better. It saves them some aggravation and I get some good ideas from other's reviews.

Here's one I wrote:

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Jay

Reply to
Jay Hanig

Some, but there were also a lot of complimentary reviews. Many reviews said "junky, but for the price pretty good."

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Looks like with that. You aren't going fast, and you're not going far. Who cares if it's a 1 7/8 ball. I saw some guys move 1 7/8 hitch boats around with a 2" ball on a fork lift. Just don't clamp the toggle down. Low, slow, and not very far. Sounds like a waste of work to replace the ball.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

You are aware, of course, that the site you referenced is not associated with Harbor Freight.

The disclaimer reads as follows:

"Harbor Freight, Harbor Freight Tools and related trademarks are registered trademarks of Central Purchasing Inc., which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this site."

Since the Harbor Freight site has a "Customer Reviews" tab right on the product page for every item, why the need for an "off-site" site for reviews?

Now don't go all "conspiracy theory" on me and say that they don't keep negative reviews, because they do.

Reply to
DerbyDad03

I have a lot of stuff from HF. For my use, which is occasional, light duty use, they work great, and I can afford them.

Some things from HF are absolute junk, some things are decent enough, and some of it is darn good and a steal for the price.

Jon (who lives one mile from the local HF store)

Reply to
Jon Danniken

DerbyDad03 wrote the following:

The site you viewed is like the Stuccocompany and its reinvented homeownershub sites. They steal the reviews from other sources, in this case,.the HF site and repost them. The idea is to drum up sponsors for the thieving site. It's way out of date anyway. They must not have the web search bot that the aforementioned SC and HOH sites have so they have to search the site by hand to find new reviews. I know because they don't have a review I posted to HF over a month ago.

Reply to
willshak

Stormin Mormon wrote the following:

Stormin, it is another stuccocompany type site. They steal the reviews from the HF site. I'm losing faith in you.

Reply to
willshak

It's nice to have a web site that's not affiliated. So they don't pick and choose the reviews. And delete the bad ones. Or, delete "some" of the worst of the bad ones.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

It is possible that HF REviews copies reviews off the HF site. Who can tell? I'm guessing that's not the case.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

I'll admit, I've never posted a review on the HF site. Don't even have a log and pass. I should review a few things on HF and see if they show up on the other site.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Stormin Mormon wrote the following:

If you read some of the reviews on the HF site, you would know that is not true. How about some that say "Don't waste your money", or "A piece of crap"?

Reply to
willshak

Thanks to both of you

Reply to
LouB

I bought a bunch of things and have never been disappointed that I remember. I bought one of the 4x8 trailers for 200 or 250, had it delivered to my brother's in Texas, assembled it there, and drove back with some of my old furniture on it. Worked fine, still have it, but have not much need for it. Oh yeah, the wiring to the lights was complete, but very flimsy, and the clips that clipped it to the frame didn't work well, and the wires dropped out and got cut. I bought a new harness, from them, packaged seaprately. . I should tape it on or better yet drlll holes and use wire holders. Maybe I will.

Reply to
mm

re: "...have never been disappointed that I remember."

You mean you weren't disappointed that "the clips that clipped it to the frame didn't work well, and the wires dropped out and got cut"?

What would it have taken to disappoint you?

Reply to
DerbyDad03

All good very helpful purchases here...though I must add, I have not perused their near fine services lately. 'Nothing Last Forever :\ R.

Reply to
Randy

Once got some Fun Gifts for friends n family there too. I'll check back in on that HF review php later. R.

Reply to
Randy

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