Who the !#/% is Tachlife

[6PTsocket]

A drill review popped up on my news feed this morning. I had never heard of them. A quick search and I found they have a rather extensive line. They have been sending stuff out to get reviews on Youtube. It looks like they are in the same slot as Ryobi, Black & Decker , Skil and maybe HF. Are they only online or carried by any stores? Has anybody here actually seen their stuff? Just askin'.

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[Rabid Badger]

I saw that same article this morning. They're a reseller of the cheapest Chinese **** available. I would put their product on par with the HF Drillmaster stuff.

 

[driftpin]

Never tried any of the Tachlife stuff.

I did use a HFT left-hand drill bit set to rescue a Yamaha V-4 motorcycle carb body that someone had messed-up an air jet (pilot screw) in. I don't recall the drill bit set cost but it wasn't much, and I do know the cost of a new single carb body from Yamaha, $649! It has four of 'em. Fortunately, only one of mine was buggered, and the left-hand bit spun right-out the remaining brass threaded needle jet, when the bit caught a purchase on the brass.

#1: carb body needing a fix
#2: the brass debris
#3: at 12 o'clock, the white 'dot' is the cleared passageway

While it's sometimes fashionable on here to disparage Harbor Freight products, I found the left-hand bits to be a real aid in this repair, saving me from an expensive replacement.

 

[Tallpilot]

Well I would hope any old steel drill bit would successfully deal with brass. Nothing wrong with low end tools for lots of jobs. This thread was just seeking to see where this particular rebrander fell in the pantheon.

 

[Rabid Badger]

While it's sometimes fashionable on here to disparage Harbor Freight products, I found the left-hand bits to be a real aid in this repair, saving me from an expensive replacement.

It wasn't my intention to disparage all of Harbor Freight, but rather to give an accurate description of the quality of Tacklife products. I do see that some of my hostility toward Tacklife appeared to be directed toward HF, so let me clarify my position.

Drillmaster tools are disposable junk, but HF doesn't pretend that they're anything else. Cheap tools can come in handy when you're in a pinch away from home or doing something you don't want to subject a quality tool to.

Tacklife tries to pass off their junk as quality tools by inflating their product ratings with fake reviews.

 

[driftpin]

It wasn't my intention to disparage all of Harbor Freight, but rather to give an accurate description of the quality of Tacklife products. I do see that some of my hostility toward Tacklife appeared to be directed toward HF, so let me clarify my position.

Drillmaster tools are disposable junk, but HF doesn't pretend that they're anything else. Cheap tools can come in handy when you're in a pinch away from home or doing something you don't want to subject a quality tool to.

Tacklife tries to pass off their junk as quality tools by inflating their product ratings with fake reviews.

I'm not likely to purchase their stuff, but thanks for the warning about their practices.

 

[Stuey]

They've emailed me 15 times trying to get me to review their products.

 

[Stuey]

Their invites look like:

is absolutely a great platform where lots of real deals and super good reviews get involved. We really appreciate your achievements in sharing helpful and valuable deals and tools reviews there. Tacklife also aims to provide top quality tool products with its low price.

In short, we could offer you the cool stuff for reviews and great deals for exposure. What we really wish is to set up a long-term partnership with you. Are you interested?

and:

We have been attracted to your wonderful tool reviews on your Facebook page for a long time.These amazing social media have shared so many valuable instructions and the creative inspiration which exactly appeal us with the deep impression. And we expect to have a cooperation with your team about our Tacklife tool review.

and:

I wonder if you know that Amazon changed their review policy recently? They no longer allow Amazon reviewers receive free products in exchange of reviews unless they are with the Vine Voice Program. That was exciting news for us since finally someone could stop our no name company competitors from using mean methods to fight off good products.

Tacklife Tools may be nameless now but we are trying our best to improve our products in every possible way. We are reaching out to you because we want to hear from someone trust-worthy, someone who has a say in this field.

Most products are made in China nowadays because the cost of everything is cheaper, this way we develop our tools with limited capital.

Please reconsider our offer, your review means more than you know to a start-up brand.

I never really took them seriously, but they *seem* popular on Amazon, but so do so many other straight-from-China brands I've never heard about before.

 

[Stuey]

Why won't you?

Wouldn't you do this as part of your tool review review?
What if they have a hidden treasure?
What if they really **** across the board?
If your review is valuable, you're kinda obligated I'd think.

I'm reading that most here have a preconceived, unverifiable, biased opinion of them.
Verify it for us.

I get a lot of these requests. There are so many generic brands, with new ones popping up all the time.

I just don't see the appeal, even when I shop for tools based on price.

 

[Tallpilot]

Tacklife tries to pass off their junk as quality tools by inflating their product ratings with fake reviews.

That’s the difference between cheap and fraud. Walmart made a lot of money selling cheap junk but never pretended it was anything but. Now online platforms are filled with fake Chinglish reviews for every piece of self destructing garbage. Enough is enough.

Thank you for allowing me this curmudgeon moment.

 

[Stuey]

I got it now. I didn't know how it works.

I've looked into them every time they emailed me, but I can't tell if they're putting their name on tools, or developing their own.

I guess it's like the difference between Cheerios and grocery store brand "circle-shaped oat cereal." Sometimes they could be good, other times it's just motor, switch, and chuck slapped inside a drill-shaped plastic housing.

Tacklife has a website, but it doesn't seem to be very detailed.

So, as far as I can tell, it only exists on Amazon.

Vendors can easily manipulate Amazon listings and product ordering these days, and so it's impossible to tell what's "really" popular.

They don't seem to be worth my time and attention just yet.

 

[Rabid Badger]

I'm reading that most here have a preconceived, unverifiable, biased opinion of them.
Verify it for us.

Rotary Tool:

https://www.amazon.com/TACKLIFE-Accessories-Attachments-Variable-Multi-Functional/dp/B07FXQYNHP

https://www.banggood.com/40Pcs-150W-Electric-Hand-Drill-Rotary-Tool-Mini-Electric-Grinder-Cutting-Polishing-Tools-p-1307175.html

Multimeter:

https://www.amazon.com/Multimeter-Auto-Ranging-Electrical-Resistance-Capacitance/dp/B075CYZ4N5

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BSIDE-ADM08Pro-True-RMS-Digital-Multimeter-AC-DC-Voltage-Current-Temperature-Frequency-Resistance-Capacitance-NCV-Multi/32906246500.html

Distance Meter:

https://www.amazon.com/Tacklife-Classic-Measure-Distance-Pythagorean/dp/B01N9TPP4V

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HOUSEDM-Digital-Laser-distance-meter-measuring-40M-60M-80M-100M-rangefinder-range-finder-trena-Laser-tape/32732596351.html

 

[Joe From NY]

These amazing social media have shared so many valuable instructions and the creative inspiration which exactly appeal us with the deep impression

You would figure that they would hire at least one native english speaking media guy to do outreach like this.

Their website is even worse. Spelling errors and random capitalization. example:

Our designer

We have about two hundred professional desingers to make the development of the new range product to meet more needs.Customer Also the best designer for us. We always get feedback and suggestion from People to make more adjustment for our Tools.Designer always talk with the customer directly and listen to them.In the near future,our designer team will grow up to be 300-400.



What a joke!

 

[Parrothead]

I think at least some of their stuff is likely useable. Here’s an example:

The Tacklife random orbital sander certainly looks like it’s made in the same factory as the Bauer. That’s a reasonably decent entry level sander. The reality is there’s a company in China making orbital sanders and they’ll change the logo and colors to fit whatever the buyer wants. In my example it the Bauer and the Tacklife, but the truth is Menards sells that same sander too under the Performax name. I’m sure there’s more.

 

[ItsNemo]

I have precisely one thing from them, a cheap AC line splitter for clamp ammeters. It works fine, it doesn't feel stupidly cheaply built...like the plastic is reasonable. Their tools are probably coming out of the exact same lines as those making other chinese tools or at least clones of name brand designs built to a cheaper price.

That said, would I ever actually recommend buying their tools? Nope.

 

[californiaHank]

I think it might be a 'captive' Amazon house brand. I don't see the name anywhere but Amazon, and it always seems to show up at the top of Amazon's search results no matter what brand name you typed in your search query. If you go to the Tacklife tools web site, their 'contact us' page asks 'which Amazon web site' are you using, so it appears that they're not sold anywhere but Amazon.

 

[crabjoe]

I think it might be a 'captive' Amazon house brand. I don't see the name anywhere but Amazon, and it always seems to show up at the top of Amazon's search results no matter what brand name you typed in your search query. If you go to the Tacklife tools web site, their 'contact us' page asks 'which Amazon web site' are you using, so it appears that they're not sold anywhere but Amazon.

I was thinking the same, but why? Amazon has their own house brand called "Amazon Basics".

 

[KnurledNut]

One of their bot-like posts is what resurrected the NCVT thread today. It was a new member with what appeared to be an american name and picture. It was talking about how great there version is in the same broken english. Its been deleted now so i guess the mods caught it.

 

[64merc]

I ordered a Tacklife stud finder once, since it performed well on Project Farm's tests. I ultimately returned it since the results were sometimes not repeatable. It was just going to be a backup anyway. It felt to be as good as any other made in China digital stud finder. They have a bunch of different products.

 

[mv213]

From what I can tell, all of their products are generic and available (on Amazon at least) under several other ‘brand’ names. “Nocry” is another one, and some are just random letters thrown together. But all exactly the same ****.

 

[dnschmidt]

I've got their laser distance meter and for the cash it's the absolute bomb. Very accurate and seems as well made as the next guys. The rest of their **** I know absolutely nothing about but the distance laser meter works great.

 

[cjarvis]

I have a set of their SAE/Metric hex bit sockets. The bits are S2 steel and the sockets are nicely machined and chromed. I took a chance on them because I don't use them professionally, but they've worked very well for me so far.

 

[Bacon!]

I think at least some of their stuff is likely useable. Here’s an example:

The Tacklife random orbital sander certainly looks like it’s made in the same factory as the Bauer. That’s a reasonably decent entry level sander. The reality is there’s a company in China making orbital sanders and they’ll change the logo and colors to fit whatever the buyer wants. In my example it the Bauer and the Tacklife, but the truth is Menards sells that same sander too under the Performax name. I’m sure there’s more.

Maybe. There's probably over a dozen factories in China making orbital sanders, half of which are just cloning someone else's design so they can save the R&D costs associated with developing their own from scratch. Gotta luv lack of intellectual property enforcement.

Notice how a lot of items at Harbor Freight, have multiple SKUs for what looks like the same thing, so they can track where they came from.

Even on a tool that looks the same, they could easily swap the weakest links in it, use a different major brand motor, bearings, switch, higher quality power cord, etc.

I don't own any Tacklife tools but would slot them in between HF low end and Black & Decker.

 

[jacked_72]

I read in a review of multimeter that I bought that it was an Amazon brand. I kind of doubt it though.

 

[duneslider]

I have a tacklife rotary hammer drill. I used it to drill 1/2" holes in concrete for 1/2" wedge anchors. I used it with a bosch brand drill bit. I was traveling and needed the drill to be onsite when I arrived, didn't have time to try to find a rental and didn't want to spend a lot of money on a tool for limited use, I didn't plan to keep it either.

However, it drilled all the holes like butter, just as good as the makita, bosch, dewalt drills we have of the same size. The case it came in was too small to get it back into easily but other wise is did great. Our installers all have nice equipment so I wasn't going to take it back to work for them but I did take it home for me to keep as it is WAY better than the milwaukee hammer drill that I have. I need to drill holes in concrete at home maybe once a year and I am sure this will work great for that sort of use.

All said I was pretty impressed with the work it did. I have one or two HF items and don't care for them. I would put this above HF for sure but not pro level by any means. The last B&D drill I had started on fire.

 

[Jake_J.]

I'd like to know who comes up with these no longer generic Chinese brand names, that are often english sounding nonsense like tachlife. I was shopping for a coffee grinder on Amazon a while ago, and found a bunch of these nonsense brands names like Sboly, CHARDOR, StoK, and Suewow. If you can't think of a good name brand for a coffee grinder just pick a generic German last name or the name of some village in Italy.

 

[qqzj]

I heard it is Aukey. Depending on the item, they can be good or bad. E.g. impact sockets are easiest thing to make, so I think they are fine. Screw bits, maybe not.

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