Has anyone tried these HF a/c gauges?

[ToocoolZ28]

I need a set of these, anybody say yay or nay on them.
http://www.harborfreight.com/a-c-ma...dium=email&utm_campaign=2613b&utm_source=1051

 

[Bronson]

Are You planning to use them in a Commercial setting, or at home?
If You are a Tech, I would invest in a higher quality set.
For home use, the price would be hard to beat.

 

[LEVE]

I have a set for use at home. I only use them two to three times a year. So, they mostly sit. For my usage, they work fine.

 

[ToocoolZ28]

Are You planning to use them in a Commercial setting, or at home?
If You are a Tech, I would invest in a higher quality set.
For home use, the price would be hard to beat.

For home use only, a few times a year.

 

[John316]

Mine have been flawless. ahemm... one use so far ;-) The seem like they will hold up fine for home use.

 

[CWP1616L]

For home use only, a few times a year.

Which type of refrigerant are you working with?

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

you must be hard up for money

 

[oldtools]

I also have one. Only use it several times at home. So far seem to work. It is no Snap On quality, but it doesn't have Snap On price either.

 

[CWP1616L]

I wouldn't get anything less than liquid filled gauges and they'd have to be USA.

 

[Bikes&Bowties]

I would drop more so they last forever as a DIY guy and not 2 years..

Master cool $63 bucks
http://www.tooltopia.com/mastercool-66661.aspx

 

[crewchief888]

one of our guys at the shops has the HF set.

the quick disconnects are horrible

 

[Tarheelgarage]

Just get a Mastercool or Robinaire set and have a manifold that will last for many years.

Check out the pawn shops. I saw a snap on manifold with hoses a couple weeks ago for $75

 

[ToocoolZ28]

you must be hard up for money

Why would you say that???

 

[rockwithjason]

i have had a set similar to those for six years. they work fine for home use, not perfect by any means but they do everything a home guy needs to do.

 

[rockwithjason]

Why would you say that???

because he is being a ****, that's why. don't pay him any mind.

 

[doan]

I need a set of these, anybody say yay or nay on them.
http://www.harborfreight.com/a-c-ma...dium=email&utm_campaign=2613b&utm_source=1051

I have them, they are fine, just fragile.

 

[the1nonlyjl]

because he is being a ****, that's why. don't pay him any mind.

agreed. proally he is speaking for himself.

 

[ToocoolZ28]

because he is being a ****, that's why. don't pay him any mind.

Yeah, so I see. There's at least one on every forum. Either being a **** or wishing he had one.


I just ordered the MasterCool set. I'll use them for 134 only.

 

[Don AJ]

I have them and they work fine.
Use the 4-5 times per year... and so far, so good.

Have used them with R-12 and R-134a (although you shouldn't do that).

 

[GSteg]

Back then, I was thinking about getting the HF gauges, but for $10 more, I went with the FJC 6761 R134a which got much better reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D003AS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

The quick disconnects on these are great and don't leak at all.

 

[kkroger]

Have a set of these and use them all the time, So far so good, US General branded. Sold through Harbor Freight. Have their Vacuum Pump too.
Seems to work just fine. I am no production shop for sure. Can't remember what my old R12/22 manifolds were, Back when there were no recovery machines!

 

[bsdam]

I've got the Yellow Jacket 41312 manifold set. Good quality set, not sure if it's US made, a fair amount of the Yellow Jacket tools are.

 

[Higgins]

Six or seven yrs old, still working for us! No problems!!

AL

 

[gj67stang]

Sorry for the hijack, but can anyone recommend a good AC reference that falls somewhere between the instructions that come with the HF gauges and a HVAC textbook?

 

[crf_kdx]

No issues for the HF gauges for home use over 4ish.