What's the opinions out there about harbor freight tools? I get their adds, seen their website, and am considering taking a drive to one shortly that's on my way back from work.
I see on their website fairly interesting tools, starting with a 70$ drill press that has 'four stars' with 'positive reviews' which at most websites I ignore items with no negative reviews. However they are at least man enough to have all the 'one star' reviews on their obviously low quality $2.99 clamps.
So I look at other review websites and hear about the ugliness of the stores and the third rate quality of the tools. However these reviews tend to finish with "If you put in the time and look really hard you can find a bargain on a mid level quality tool" which is probably HFT's business model in the first place.
I also see some positive and negative things about specific HFT tools here at BT3, so really my question is, should I bother? (And if someone finds an awesome deal on a good bench top drill press for less than $100 please let me know.)
I see on their website fairly interesting tools, starting with a 70$ drill press that has 'four stars' with 'positive reviews' which at most websites I ignore items with no negative reviews. However they are at least man enough to have all the 'one star' reviews on their obviously low quality $2.99 clamps.
So I look at other review websites and hear about the ugliness of the stores and the third rate quality of the tools. However these reviews tend to finish with "If you put in the time and look really hard you can find a bargain on a mid level quality tool" which is probably HFT's business model in the first place.
I also see some positive and negative things about specific HFT tools here at BT3, so really my question is, should I bother? (And if someone finds an awesome deal on a good bench top drill press for less than $100 please let me know.)
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