Zachary! When they axe me if I want to buy the extended warranty I tell them if the factory warranty isn't good enough maybe I shouldn't buy it.

I look at most things that Harbor Freight sells as disposable anyway. If I am looking for a high quality long lasting product that I am going to use regularly, I'm shopping elsewhere. But that's fine, I know that going in and things are priced accordingly.   And I do have my share of Harbor Freight things and, for the most part, they've been fine.

I never get the extended warranty on anything.  They've been proved to be a money maker for the seller, nothing more.  What I will say about HF though is that anything I've ever broken I've just taken it back to the store, said "This broke, I don't have my receipt, can I just go grab another one?"  I've yet to be told no. 

Several years ago (so long it was the old forum) I talked about buying a non-contact thermometer from HF.  Someone on here said it was a waste of money buying it from them as it would be dead in a couple of years from dryed out capacitors and diodes and such.  Anyways, I will report that it still works great today!  That has been one handy and useful tool!   That said, I've broken a few HF things,   I've also broken a lot of craftsman sockets over the course of my life as well.   I do have a set of HF impact sockets, I've only broken one.  A 17mm.  They replaced it.   You just got to be prudent about what you buy, and then temper it with caution as you use it.  There are good thing in that store alongside the unkjay.
Edit:  one thing their cheap wrenches and sockets are great for is when you have to modify a tool for a special job.  No guilt.

Last edited by Greg B (3/23/2020 3:09 PM)