I've bought some Harbor Freight tools and had problems with torque wrenches and a screw extractor set. And scan your receipts, because some fade (though giving them your phone number on purchase and warrantying bypasses the need for warranty exchanges, though I always like paper documentation in hand). FYI, their customer service phone line takes the better part of an hour to contact. Flat rate, 3-5 business day shipping is $7, which is cheaper than gas/bridge toll for me, so I use that to avoid having to make a special trip just to shop Harbor Freight.
#Kobalt vs husky tool box free
There are free items, now flashlights, tarps, and tape measures for any purchase and 20% off coupons all the time for most items. And sign up for their e-mail/text alerts about sales. Just in case, try to buy only lifetime warranty stuff there, which isn't hard to do. There's a sale now for a basic tool set, 3/8" 6-15mm for $4 with lifetime warranty. GarageJournal wisely warned me to avoid anything electric or electronic at Harbor Freight, although the free LED lights work okay (so far). That said, I've only broken one chrome socket, a no-brand name about 10-13mm made in Taiwan in the mid 2000's, but can't recall the circumstances. I never use impact tools on non-impact, chrome sockets. Honestly, if Kobalt works well for you, continue on buying it. Nothing wrong with it, but the bar isn't super high. IMO Kobalt, husky, etc are just store brand stuff. USA williams are something I've been buying more lately - very high quality stuff. For home use, I can't imagine much out there would not meet your needs. Most everything I've used works as expected. IMO there aren't any major losers out there. Low $40s for that set via toolsdelivered. The "all numbers" part number williams are good stuff too.
I'd consider other brands but the USA williams is so cheap and I have had spotty tool-truck service in the past. 8-19 via tools-delivered was in the low $60s. I replaced them with USA williams to treat myself, and compare. It's like $15 out the door for a 10-19mm set. IIRC, the color can be washed off with brake clean if you so desire. 4 maybe? I'm a mechanic, so I wear out basically anything and everything.
#Kobalt vs husky tool box pro
Pittsburgh pro sockets are of good quality, I used the goofy multi colored ones daily for several years before I wore a few of them out.
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