Harbor Freight Tools

One of my favorite locations. Not the cleanest bathrooms, but it’s a hardware store, so man-​up! Lol! Friendly and helpful staff, but are often overwhelmed on busier days. I do believe it’s one of the busiest locations.
It is best to turn in at the Potomac near Scooters Bar and drive through the parking lot. One of the other things I love about this location is the proximity to a Dollar Tree.
BTW, if you have them add your phone number (or any 10 digits if you’re paranoid, but they never call), and your email, all receipts will be emailed to you! You will also receive about 3 – 5 ads a month, many with offers on free tarps, flashlights, measuring tape, batteries, and other useful crap.

This is a very good place for the new or casual user. They have a lot of variety. The prices are reasonable to inexpensive. For the experienced professional they may not be the go to for tools one uses regularly.
However, the prices are very good. The service and sales excellent. This is a good learning experience for the casual user. I have had excellent results. The parking is easy and plentiful, for a strip mall. The selection is good.

Buying stuff here is simple, understand what comparable items cost and then buy an acceptable substitute for a fraction of the cost. don’t listen to the people who complain, they always complain, reasonably sturdy stuff dirt cheap compared to many other stores
just don’t be stupid and expect a Ferrarri for the price of a bicycle.

Price wise harbor freight can’t be beat. They also offer a lifetime warranty on hand tools (awesome). On electric tools and anything with an edge (cutting tools, drill bits, ext.) be wary. The metal used is low quality.

I been purchasing tools for the past 8 years from Harbor Freight.
These are not tools for the professional these are tools for the do it yourselfer .
Cheap probably half price than a lot of other tools they last pretty long as long as you take care of them. But if you are a professional and do a lot of work these are not the tools you’re going to buy .
If you like just a do it yourself type of person these are great tools. You’re not going to purchase tools this cheap and expect them to last forever go to Sears, Home Depot or some other place if you want good quality tools but you will pay through the nose for them.

This particular Harbor Freight is not one of the better ones. I prefer the Englewood location, but my boyfriend uses this one a lot so I often tag along. The selection is limited here and the location is in a run down strip mall in Aurora. I don’t feel safe coming here at night. Lots of questionable people hanging out in the parking lot. The staff here are helpful and if they don’t have what you need they will hold it for you at another location, which is nice, but it would be nicer if they were in a larger store so they could have more of their products available when you visit.

A compressor I bought lasted only 2 days then they tell me I have to drain the oil to return it. Couldn’t tell me how to drain or where.
It’s not my fault there tools broke!
I had to put this foreign junk together!
I will not be buying anymore cheap crappy tools!

This is not a store for quality products. This is cheep tools and product. There are what I call an occasional diamond in the rough. They also have adds that come in the news paper for free stuff. You don’t have to buy anything to get it. But it is only one item per costumer. And don’t forget to bring your freaking coupon because they do not have any of the free product coupons in the store. And they also don’t care if your a mother with kids with you accidentally left the coupons at home. If you don’t have the coupon then your screwed. So having to come back another day. This place is always busy. If you get a defective product which happens to be quite often then return it. Do not try to talk to the manger of wait for special parts. Because it was cheep to begin with. You could try exchanging for a different one but no guarantee it won’t be a piece of cheep as well. Lol. Some of the smaller stuff is fine/​ok. Like bungee cords, rope, hammer, metal carving tool, things with no working parts with the exception of locks for a locker or fence.
Overall cheep quality product from china. With an occasional find.

STAY AWAY!!! I Don’t quite understand how a place like this doesn’t get investigated by the Atty General for the «lifetime warranty» on the tools. but when you break one (and you will) they will try everything to avoid helping you. And god help you if you don’t have your reciept, because the answer is NO, even though it’s obvious that the piece ‘o crap is their brand! Just go to NAPA!!!

There’s something not quite right about these stores. I had a problem with s air compressor I bought here. I couldn’t get tech support on the phone. Had to send an email. They sent a response telling me to take it to the store. Well I couldn’t get a manager to come up and talk to me about it. My suggestion is to stay away from this chain of stores. Go to Home Depot, Lowes, Sears, or Walmart. I get a weird feeling in this store.

1^st time in a Harbor Freight. I usually buy my tools from a reputable place. We just bought a house that has a pond that I needed to drain. I bought a submersible pump, opened it at home and the housing was broke. I took it back a day later and was automatically charged a 20% restocking fee (I never used the pump and it was broke). The manager told me that many people think they’re a rental place, the reason for the 20% restocking fee. I told him to open the box and see if the pump had been used. He ended up waiving the fee. Basically, I was the «usual» customer and got the automatic «slap», rather than the crew doing their due dilegence to see if I’d even used the tool… last time in Harbor Freight!

Its just like K mart but for tools. If you haven’t heard about this place and you do a lot of home improvement projects definitely check this place out. A lot of times, I will go by and be like, «oh man», I can’t believe I paid 14 dollars for the pry bar when I could have bought it for 7. That being said, the selection is not always great, but these tools are cheap. I’ve never had a problem with the quality, but I’m talking just basic tools. I saw a machete for sale for 5 dollars. Not that I need a machete or anything, but I watch a lot of survivor man on television.

This is a great place to go for things that sometimes you ahve to get special order from the bog box home stores.
I needed a Tarp to cover my boat. I knew I would be able to get one here. I called to see if they ahd the size I needed and it was even on sale. The location is always busy and things fly out of there so if you don’t see what you need, ask. It’s probably in the back.

If you’re satisfied with «good enough,» then this is the place. Everything’s made in China and they cut every corner imaginable. I wish the tin snips I bought here could cut corners like HF cuts corners. It’s as if they did away with the quality control staff at every factory they buy from, said «OK» to using mild steel instead of tool steel most of the time, and resigned themselves to making the image of a tool rather than the genuine article.
However, if you’re not a tradesman that uses their tools every day, buy it at HF. You’ll never find a cheaper hammer, screwdriver, push broom, needle nose plier set, or specialty auto mechanic tools. If you’ll only use it a few times a year for 5 years, buy it at HF.
If you’re an apprentice, these may cut it for the first year until your pay level’s bumped up to the next level in the union. If you’re a journeyman or better, eat peanut butter sandwiches for a few months and get the good stuff.

Another hubby’s favorite! Things that he can get cheaper than Home Depot from all the improvement tools he have been eyeing for years. Almost every week they have massive deals to purchase. Hubby is indeed a happy camper whenever he has the chance to purchase stuffs from this Harbor Freight store.