Does pittsburgh tools have a lifetime warranty?

[James-W]

I have a set of Pittsburgh Metric impact sockets and never have had an issue with them. But I don't use them everyday either. I might use one of them a couple times a year. I have always said that Harbor Freight has adequate tools for people who rarely use them. If you are going to need the tool every day in order to make a living, then you should get a higher quality tool.

 

[Jagmandave]

The are warrantied for life.....they just never say whose life!

 

[jdsac]

I have bought many broken HF tools at the flea market and returned them for brand new ones without receipts. They have never once asked me for a receipt.

Not sure I agree with your ethics

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Not sure I agree with your ethics

Lol I have done the same thing with Snap-on before


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[Rickster55]

If you give them your email address, when you purchase something, they send you an email of the receipt. File the email and never have to worry again. furthermore, they also have a record of your purchase. So, again, no problem.

 

[sberry]

I have a set of Pittsburgh Metric impact sockets and never have had an issue with them. But I don't use them everyday either. I might use one of them a couple times a year. I have always said that Harbor Freight has adequate tools for people who rarely use them. If you are going to need the tool every day in order to make a living, then you should get a higher quality tool.

Just out of curiosity how would you know a guy needs a better tool to make a living?

 

[56Mark]

Just out of curiosity how would you know a guy needs a better tool to make a living?

And how do you know it is a guy and not a gal?

 

[jonesg]

It’s way worse than controversial. It amazes me the completely dishonest things people will admit to in a public forum. Even boast about it.

I've done worse.
Used to wear my ignorance like a badge of honor.

 

[joshmodelskidoo]

i had a Pittsburgh exhaust pipe expander that broke on the first attempted use and the manager wouldnt warranty it unless i was part on he track club. i had anouther manager upgrade my pittsburg body hammers to maddox. its a hit and miss deal.

 

[Ton ton]

Have hf email your receipt to you. That's what I do. Very convenient.

 

[csp]

Not sure I agree with your ethics

Maybe they have changed in the ten years that have elapsed since that comment you quoted was originally made.

 

[James-W]

Just out of curiosity how would you know a guy needs a better tool to make a living?

Well, I don't know that for a fact. Just because a tool is not very expensive does not necessarily mean it is very low quality. On the other hand, it is difficult to get a high quality tool for a very small price. My point was, if my livelihood is dependent on having certain tools in good working order at all times, I figure my chances are better with a higher end tool than a much less expensive one. This is not to say that a high end tool can't break the first time you use it. But the chances of that, in my opinion at least, are much less with a high end tool than with a much less expensive one.

I have a few Harbor Freight tools and they work quite well. But I don't use these tools all day every day. I wonder, how many full time mechanics are using all Harbor Freight tools? I suspect nobody, but I also suspect most of them will have maybe one or two Harbor Freight tools in their box.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Well, I don't know that for a fact. Just because a tool is not very expensive does not necessarily mean it is very low quality. On the other hand, it is difficult to get a high quality tool for a very small price. My point was, if my livelihood is dependent on having certain tools in good working order at all times, I figure my chances are better with a higher end tool than a much less expensive one. This is not to say that a high end tool can't break the first time you use it. But the chances of that, in my opinion at least, are much less with a high end tool than with a much less expensive one.



I have a few Harbor Freight tools and they work quite well. But I don't use these tools all day every day. I wonder, how many full time mechanics are using all Harbor Freight tools? I suspect nobody, but I also suspect most of them will have maybe one or two Harbor Freight tools in their box.

I am a mechanic at a dealership and I use Harbor Freight impact sockets and have a few chrome ones as fill ins they work fine I haven’t broke one yet in 5 years of ownership and 3 of using them professionally I actually have a lot more than just sockets I have their pickle forks and their jacks and a lot of other things I even had the boss buy us the Daytona jacks for work because they are such high quality and I also use their rubber gloves too. Their screwdrivers for the professional though are absolute junk so I don’t use those and their wrenches bend easily so I use those at home and not work. Also I use their Earthquake brand impacts and they are absolutely amazing too so yes they do have good things and bad things for us professionals but pretty much anything there is good for just a homeowner/ diy guy


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[anndel]

I didn't and just shucked it into the recycle bin. I would have to pay $20 to ship it from Hawaii to HF to warrant a $15 breaker bar.

 

[Noworries]

Pretry much all of the pittsburgh line is lifetime warranty.. no receipt is required. Someone above said " whats the point.. at 16 bucks thats throwaway prices" seriously??? Fukn people! For A LOT of people, young guys, disabled vets on fixed incomes, cheap bastards.. 16 bucks IS a lot of money. Climb off your high horse.. the next time, mr mega bucks, you go to light your cheap 40.00 cigar with a 20 dollar bill... think about where you were at 20.. bet you werent dumping 390.00 for impact sockets

 

[Ton ton]

There's an ancient thread on Garage journal about a full time mechanic that used HF tools. Pre icon days.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

There's an ancient thread on Garage journal about a full time mechanic that used HF tools. Pre icon days.

Wow really? Lol but no judgement from me on that almost everyone I work with has at least one HF item in their box including me.


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[Ton ton]

A mechanic named John is the title of the thread. I think. I don't dare to bump it because it is so old.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

A mechanic named John is the title of the thread. I think. I don't dare to bump it because it is so old.

I can understand that lol


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[Ton ton]

i suggest u hide now i said something similar once and almost had my nuts bit off.

Crunch- crunch.

 

[sberry]

I don't know one model from another but I like the hf screwdrivers about as well as any I have used. I got a box full of dull Klein cost 10 a piece 25 yrs ago, maybe more. New hf are a buck fitty today .

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

I don't know one model from another but I like the hf screwdrivers about as well as any I have used. I got a box full of dull Klein cost 10 a piece 25 yrs ago, maybe more. New hf are a buck fitty today .

Which ones do you have from there? I have broke about all of the orange and black handled ones and the black handled ones are ok seem stronger than the other ones and the ones with the rubber handles seem to be stronger.


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[sberry]

I don't have ant old, only the new rubber handled. I bought a couple, they worked, I got some more, about a dozen.

 

[zendriver]

I've never owned any other HF screwdrivers, than these.

Fantastic quality. Yet to break one or deform tip.

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-pie...REnqinVhgL4vpNTltCys2wvA3SCx10MBoCH7wQAvD_BwE

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

I don't have ant old, only the new rubber handled. I bought a couple, they worked, I got some more, about a dozen.

Yeah those are the good ones the less expensive ones are junk those ones here are good.


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[BlakeTheCarGuy]

I've never owned any other HF screwdrivers, than these.



Fantastic quality. Yet to break one or deform tip.



https://www.harborfreight.com/8-pie...REnqinVhgL4vpNTltCys2wvA3SCx10MBoCH7wQAvD_BwE

Those are the good ones.


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[Rabid Badger]

Why should you need the receipt?? Who else sells PITTSBURGH tools?

Because people do this:

I have bought many broken HF tools at the flea market and returned them for brand new ones without receipts. They have never once asked me for a receipt.

 

[lardy1]

High integrity on parade.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

I have done the same thing lol it doesn’t say warranty to the original purchasers only or at least if it does then I haven’t seen it but I buy enough there that they probably don’t mind doing it for me a couple times heck I have rarely broken anything besides their screwdrivers and pliers


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[sberry]

A 4 inch slotted was only 1.50. 6 was 2$, 4 inch number 2 Phillips 1.50 and they are sharp. Biggest lamp is cutting pliers, nice design, clones cept for dull cutters. I bought a better pair of their dykes, not bad. There are as good or better combo wrenches. The impact stuff has been good.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

A 4 inch slotted was only 1.50. 6 was 2$, 4 inch number 2 Phillips 1.50 and they are sharp. Biggest lamp is cutting pliers, nice design, clones cept for dull cutters. I bought a better pair of their dykes, not bad. There are as good or better combo wrenches. The impact stuff has been good.

Which brand of their Dykes did you buy? I have used the Doyle ones and Quinn ones they aren’t bad from there.


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[Patos]

The policy is that you need a receipt because of people like below.

This is a very old thread I know but in case others end up here I wanted to pose a statement/question.

If Pittsburgh, or any brand tool, coat hanger, knife, etc, offers / has a lifetime warranty and a person takes said item in for exchange what difference does it make where or how the person obtained it?

If someone buys 3 Pittsburgh impact sockets at a yard sale for $1.00 and exchanges them for 3 new ones, or an individual was the original purchaser of the same 3 sockets and exchanged them it's the same thing. The warranty goes with the product and not who bought it first.

Some may say it's being deceitful in some way and I say no. What if you bought a set of Pittsburgh sockets and you used them 5 times, then they sat in your toolbox for 10-15-20 years and you died and your son or daughter ends up with all your tools, they go to use the sockets and it breaks,they go to exchange it. They are not the original purchaser but the socket should not have broken on it's second use so the son/daughter are only utilizing the option that the company has in place which is a lifetime warranty. Both examples given,neither are the original purchaser but that's what the company offers so why does it matter who was the original purchaser?

If HF/Pittsburgh has no problem with it then why are you down on this guy for doing it?

Another example. What if you bought a set of metric impact Pittsburgh sockets and never used them and 6 months later you went to use them and noticed the set did not have the size you needed so you went to Tractor Supply and bought a set of Dewalts for the job. You then sell me the Pittsburgh set for $15 a week later,but you have no receipt, I use them 2 days later and one breaks. In your eyes I'm wrong for going in to HF to exchange it? I wasn't the original purchaser but the item has a lifetime warranty and broke on first use. But even if it was the 432 nd use it does not matter because they believe in and back that item with a lifetime warranty.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

This is a very old thread I know but in case others end up here I wanted to pose a statement/question.



If Pittsburgh, or any brand tool, coat hanger, knife, etc, offers / has a lifetime warranty and a person takes said item in for exchange what difference does it make where or how the person obtained it?



If someone buys 3 Pittsburgh impact sockets at a yard sale for $1.00 and exchanges them for 3 new ones, or an individual was the original purchaser of the same 3 sockets and exchanged them it's the same thing. The warranty goes with the product and not who bought it first.



Some may say it's being deceitful in some way and I say no. What if you bought a set of Pittsburgh sockets and you used them 5 times, then they sat in your toolbox for 10-15-20 years and you died and your son or daughter ends up with all your tools, they go to use the sockets and it breaks,they go to exchange it. They are not the original purchaser but the socket should not have broken on it's second use so the son/daughter are only utilizing the option that the company has in place which is a lifetime warranty. Both examples given,neither are the original purchaser but that's what the company offers so why does it matter who was the original purchaser?



If HF/Pittsburgh has no problem with it then why are you down on this guy for doing it?



Another example. What if you bought a set of metric impact Pittsburgh sockets and never used them and 6 months later you went to use them and noticed the set did not have the size you needed so you went to Tractor Supply and bought a set of Dewalts for the job. You then sell me the Pittsburgh set for $15 a week later,but you have no receipt, I use them 2 days later and one breaks. In your eyes I'm wrong for going in to HF to exchange it? I wasn't the original purchaser but the item has a lifetime warranty and broke on first use. But even if it was the 432 nd use it does not matter because they believe in and back that item with a lifetime warranty.

I agree. I’ve done that many times. I buy tools at the pawn shop they are guaranteed for life so I want it replaced if it breaks which some have and I’ve never been denied warranty from any brand. Heck most of them don’t even require the tools to be sent back.


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[zendriver]

Items are sold with a lifetime warranty, as a selling point and a benefit to the original purchaser not to make sure that the tool loose to infinity and beyond.

A lot of tools used a lifetime warranty because they are rusted or for cosmetic reasons which I think is ********

Buying used tools and simply swapping them out for new ones is the scum bag move but I have been guilty of it myself on occasion.




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