Harbor Freight Tools

Everything is super cheap when compared to Home Depot or Lowes and as long as you understand that most everything here is not made in the USA and may break eventually, you’ll be fine. I’ve honestly never had any serious problems and I’ve been shopping here for years. Always look for 20% off coupons in your mail as well as free item coupons for items like flashlights, screw driver sets and tape measures.
This place is great for so many things. Even though it’s not all made in America, that doesn’t mean that it is all sub par quality. In fact, a good amount of the products are just as fine as you’d get at the big box stores.
Go check it out, bring a coupon, I promise you’ll leave with something you didn’t know you needed/​wanted.

I shop Harbor Freight quite a bit. I purchased a work bench Drill Press, then proceeded to lose the Chuck key. Guess what? They do not carry a replacement key for their Drill Press. Nor will their home office supply you with the name of their manufacturers so you can buy one from there. Also, the Chuck is a non-​standard size, so other keys will not work. The headquarters suggested I purchase a complete chuck, which cost more than the entire drill press cost in the first place. Thanks Harbor Freight… for nothing.

Yay! Who doesn’t love those free product coupons?! Of course I could use another cheap crappy LED flashlight! :-) It’s really difficult to find specific coupon products, we walked around the entire store a few times looking for an anti-​fatigue mat. Finally, we tracked down an employee that showed us where it was located, it ended up being a cheap kinda crappy looking mat (figures…), didn’t end up picking it up. The cashiers were ridiculously slow, maybe it was just the customer in front of me trying to carry on a conversation while paying with exact change but it made me feel excruciatingly impatient. Definitely the place to go if you want to build a DIY emergency kit for cheap though.

We love Harbor Freight. I do a decent amount of little knick knack projects. Nothing major, but things that you need tools for but you don’t need the fanciest, most expensive tools, and this is the perfect place for me. Good prices and a decent selection.

They have everything. They do not carry Name Brands and therefore do not charge Name Brand prices. It is pretty much you scout around, find what you are looking for, and bring it up front.
At some of their prices, if you lose or break it, if stops working you cannot get too awful upset because you paid for what you got.

My bf took me here because I wanted a power drill. He thinks they have better prices than Home Depot & Lowe’s. Selection was decent, with a good ranges in prices. Browsed the store to see what else they got. Flashlights, power tools, tool boxes, saws, etc. Hmm… might consider this place for my next home improvement projects! HA. But seriously, good selection of handy dandy tools. I got what I came here for, without spending too much. Happy camper.

Head cashier (s) and managers do nothing but stand and do not help when the lines are long. Come here during the work day or you’ll have to wait in long lines.

There are more tools here than I have a need for but whenever I’m in the middle of a home project or need just a roll of duct tape, I head to Harbor Tools. Being of the fairer sex, I don’t always know the difference between a miter saw and 3\4 in. sockets so I appreciate the assistance from their fairly knowledgable associates.
However, the check-​out staff is another matter. These ladies are always too busy chatting and gossiping and tend to ignore the stares of customers waiting to be rung up. And don’t ask them questions about anything because they never have a clue and can get snippy and rude about what aisle a certain item is as if the customer should automatically know.
Do sign up on their company website for coupons and mailers. They usually have handy little giveaways, like compact flashlights and work gloves. You can never have enough of those!

I’m posting the same review for the two locations I shop at because it applies to both.
Harbor Freight is a US Company that offers tools (hand tools and power tools alike) at a very affordable price. Admittedly, this is done by importing products primary from China but some stuff comes from other parts of the world.
Many of the tools bear US sounding names like Pittsburgh, Chicago, US General, etc. But these are not actual companies and are just the brand that HF slaps on their products.
If you know how to shop at HF properly then its a great store otherwise you’ll be very frustrated with it.
Basically if your life or income depends on it; don’t buy from here. You’re fairly safe buying their hand tools with lifetime warranty as you can take them back and replace them no questions asked. Also, many power tools carry a very short (30 day) warranty so only buy what you plan to use in case it breaks the first use. Also on power tools I never buy their lowest price. Typically, they’ll have bushings which will wear out quickly. The «higher end» models will have ball bearings and should last a long time. Lastly, these tools don’t have parts kits you can buy so once it bellies up you’ll be buying a new one. However, if you use a tool enough to break it or wear it out… probably time to spend some $$$ on a more professional quality tool.
If you sign up for their emails you can get coupons which offer many of their good products for silly prices. Example, their $ 30 torque wrench for $ 13.
Their non-​durables are also a good buy. Non-​durables being saw blades, grinder wheels… IE anything that is an accessory for power tools.
Sometimes (but I’ve had good luck) an item won’t work right and you’ll need to return it for a working one… this is more common on the very very cheap power tools, etc. But again, for the price I don’t think you can complain too much.