Harbor Freight Ultra

[Kenskip1]

I was surfing and managed to view this. For the price and warranty this could be hard to pass up.

 

[Garcky]

I was surfing and managed to view this. For the price and warranty this could be hard to pass up.

Thing looks like it weighs about 12 pounds. Where's the air hose?

 

[Kenskip1]

Thing looks like it weighs about 12 pounds. Where's the air hose?

Don't tell anyone but it's nuclear powered. Just watch the video. It's impressive.

 

[dnschmidt]

Another example of HF heading toward world dominance. Those of us old enough to remember when American printers (IBM, Digital, and Printronics) ruled the printer world remember when Epson printers were considered cheap Jap garbage that would never displace the establishment. Five years later and Epson, Okidata and others ruled the printer world. The start off selling cheap **** then move up market tactic that Eric Smidt is employing always worked before and is working for HF now. Other companies can ignore this at their own peril.

 

[WWheeler]

Torque Test Channel took a look at these a while back (just before Dewalt released their DCF900 high torque that beat everything)

 

[zendriver]

Another example of HF heading toward world dominance. Those of us old enough to remember when American printers (IBM, Digital, and Printronics) ruled the printer world remember when Epson printers were considered cheap Jap garbage that would never displace the establishment. Five years later and Epson, Okidata and others ruled the printer world. The start off selling cheap **** then move up market tactic that Eric Smidt is employing always worked before and is working for HF now. Other companies can ignore this at their own peril.

No one else sells very good quality Asian imported tools?

I have some 19.2v Chinese Craftsman that still work great over 12 years now (batteries too). When HF tools were junk everything made in China was junk. No longer the case with almost every tool from over there.

HF is very popular because they have retail stores in nearly every ****** shopping center, so wealthy Americans can hit them, Big lots, Dollar General, Super cuts and Papa Johns, all in one trip.

No one is going to open retail stores to compete with them , so maybe they will rule the world - what's left of it.

 

[IRQVET]

China will produce whatever the company wants in terms of build quality v. cost. Unfortunately, its the later that most companies focus on these days, which unfortuantely describes Craftsman today . . .

 

[WWheeler]

China will produce whatever the company wants in terms of build quality v. cost. Unfortunately, its the later that most companies focus on these days, which unfortuantely describes Craftsman today . . .

How much "Craftsman today" is made in China?

Most of the Stanley Craftsman hand tools I've seen are currently made in Taiwan and the quality has been a noticeable improvement over late Sears Craftsman's made-in-China offerings. Power tools though are a completely different story.