First time at harbor freight!

[geologist]

What did you think of the smell? No other place smells like HF.

It's almost a mix between embalming fluid and new car smell.

 

[tube_guy]

I can tell you the smell is less than 50% of what it used to be. It would knock you down 5-6 years ago. Today it is barely noticeable.

You know what happens with smell? Maybe it's really the same in there and you're just getting used to it.

 

[MD11]

i went in there for the first time this summer while on vacation and honestly, i was looking forward to it as alot of members had good things to say about some of the products. I got there and to be honest, most everything looked junky, i ended up buying a set of 8$ screwdrivers as a cheap throwaway spare to have in the travel trailer along with a tube of super lube. Nothing else looked to be worth buying. I have bought several things over the years at Princess Auto here in Canada and for the most part, their stuff seems to be higher quality offshore stuff at a reasonable cost. Prices weren't even really that good either, most stuff looked overpriced for offshore. the smell, well its pretty much the same as Princess Auto - i'm used to it.

I guess you and I are just elitists and backhanded insulters then.. cause that's exactly how I saw their inventory and yet I was made to feel bad for stating how it looked to me.