On Apr 15, 3:14*am, "John" wrote:

beware you get what you pay for...
I have bought stuff there also, but the quality leaves something to be
desired.
After buying a lot cheap chinese tools at harbourfreight, I have gone back
to buying nothing but Craftsman. *I brought a 30 year old breaker bar, that
I broke by jumping up and down on, *back to Sears - they gave me a new one,
and it was much better built than my original.

I find that generally, for the home mechanic, the quality of harbor is
just fine. They also provide a free lifetime warranty on hand tools
and you can buy inexpensive warranties on other items. If I were
buying tools for professional use I would probably be careful of what
I buy at harbor but for home use, I think I'm good.
I used to rent coil spring compressors until the local shop stopped
renting them. They said its cheaper to go to harbor and buy the $15
spring compressor. It broke on me after 3 uses but it took me 10 years
to get 3 uses out of it.

-Robert