I'm half joking but I no longer buy more expensive items there.

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Oct 13, 2017
2:15:31pm

mudpupper All-American

I'm half joking but I no longer buy more expensive items there.

I've had too many failures with their brand on major items (Compresssors, saws, etc)

Small tools I'm fine with.

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mudpupper

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Should I buy a generator for $400 at harbor freight?

idacoug

10/13/17 2:06pm

Do you need a generator?

molodyets

10/13/17 2:06pm

Not really but I think I should have one.

idacoug

10/13/17 2:08pm

The one question HB doesn't bet on you asking yourself.

10/13/17 2:14pm

This needs to be a poll question. Easier to tabulate answers.

Eddie

10/13/17 2:06pm

do you need to use it more than once?

mudpupper

10/13/17 2:09pm

Is harbor freight that bad? Really?

idacoug

10/13/17 2:12pm

I'm half joking but I no longer buy more expensive items there.

mudpupper

10/13/17 2:15pm

I'll buy their plug-in power tools, but not battery powered ones.

Eddie

10/13/17 2:21pm

Harbor Freight is for disposable tools.

10/13/17 2:25pm

Harbor freight sells some decent stuff and some not so decent

Jericho

10/13/17 2:12pm

Buy 12 of them at Amazon and then send back the ones you don't want.

foofcoug

10/13/17 2:13pm

Only works for luggage.

kalifi

10/13/17 2:28pm

You'd be better off buying a nice generator from a pawnshop

Superman21

10/13/17 2:15pm

If it's not a Honda, then no. IMHO, generators usually get used infrequently

babybroker

10/13/17 2:16pm

So...buy a 10 pack of carbs with your cheap generator?

buffgato

10/13/17 2:18pm

If he is just storing it for CHTF or something like that it shouldn't be an

Jericho

10/13/17 2:20pm

Perhaps. I like how quiet the Honda's are too. Eco throttle, the whole bit.

babybroker

10/13/17 2:24pm

I have a Honda generator. I don't use it much but it is mostly for

Jericho

10/13/17 3:00pm

Our issue is hurricanes. I keep one to run the house and another for a small

babybroker

10/13/17 3:12pm

I bought a Honda generator from the pawnshop this spring. $400

Superman21

10/13/17 2:22pm

If money's an issue, this is what I'd do.

babybroker

10/13/17 2:23pm

It was a $1200 generator if I bought the new one from another retailer.

Superman21

10/13/17 2:28pm

And the thing is, it'll run forever with a little TLC.

babybroker

10/13/17 3:14pm

I bet you that both the Honda and the HF come out of the same factory

Left Shark Coug

10/13/17 3:31pm

Dunno. I've got generators, mowers, weedeaters, etc. Been happy so far, I hope

babybroker

10/13/17 4:03pm

Harbor freight stuff is garbage. You will regret it

Backcountry

10/13/17 4:10pm

The 8750/7000W one? Its like $520 with the coupon. Normally $600. Where

supertux

10/13/17 9:46pm

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