Buyer Beware: Cheap Power Strips Hold Hidden Horrors - We’ve got a love-hate relationship with discount tool outlet Harbor Freight: we ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/07/buyer-beware-cheap-power-strips-hold-hidden-horrors/ #harborfreight #toolhacks #contact #testing #ground #outlet #spring #tools

Buyer Beware: Cheap Power Strips Hold Hidden Horrors https://hackaday.com/2025/04/07/buyer-beware-cheap-power-strips-hold-hidden-horrors/ #harborfreight #ToolHacks #contact #testing #Ground #outlet #spring #tools

All You Need To Make A Go-Kart, From Harbor Freight https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/all-you-need-to-make-a-go-kart-from-harbor-freight/ #TransportationHacks #harborfreight #go-kart

Okay, I need to find whoever decided that bolts for this trailer's hitch plate should have a 16mm head, and a 17mm NUT on the bottom (you know, ehre it's hard to see). Took me 15 minutes to realize the sizes were different. Fortunately, got everything loose, but sheesh Harbor Freight Or Whomever, that was irritating.

Well dang. Project today was to swap out the hitch on the old trailer and put a new plate on. YYyyyeah, that's not going to happen. That upper plate is compeltely shot. Ordered a new one from harborfreight. $16. Can't complain too much.

@wohali

No, Harbor Freight is the USA's version of Princess Auto, which has been around since 1933. Harbor freight wasn't founded for another forty-odd years, in 1977.

$44 at #harborfreight
Had I had this two days ago, I wouldn't have limped my car 3 miles @ 40 mph on a hwy speed limit of 65 at rush hour.

Now I have one set of these for both cars.

@ret @iamdoon @motoridersd

I just paid $69 to have #HeroHomeServices stop by to give me an estimate.

I already have everything installed. It ONLY needs vacuum test, if that passes, pressure test, if that passes, open the valves to let the refrigerant flow.

Takes about 20 minutes, if all goes per normal.

TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

Yeah, F that. I guess I'm buying a couple tools at #HarborFreight which I'll only use once; & you thought single-use plastic packaging was wasteful.

So I finally bought a #HeatPump for the back yard shed. It’s a little one - the space is pretty small. I wanted to do this years ago, but the industry dragged its damned feet catching up with the science.

Intent is to DIY it. But the instructions say I need some tools I don’t have. #ManifoldGauge set & #VacuumPump

Maybe I’ll DIY all but the final steps, then hire that last bit.

Or maybe the cheapest #HarborFreight set will be cheaper than the labor cost.

What did you do on yours, Fedi-folk?

I really do.

Look what I found at the hardware store!
"Honey, hand me the 13mm wrench. The pink one! The pink one!"
No. I didn't buy them. I thought about it tho

Harbor Freight and LEGO PCB Vise is Cheap and Effective - It doesn’t take much chasing things around the bench with a soldering iron to appr... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/harbor-freight-and-lego-pcb-vise-is-cheap-and-effective/ #harborfreight #workholding #toolhacks #technics #pcbvise #clamp #lego #vise #pcb

As any #mechanic can tell you, there are special tools that you pay far too much money for, and then there are "special" tools that you paid far too little money for. Thanks #HarborFreight!

The new Sears (Craftsman?)

https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-3665-8098-2794-644441080486

Harbor Freight e-mailed me a coupon book chock-full of super aggressive #Christmas messaging so I unsubscribed. Hopefully they see a noticeable bump in quits and tone it down next year.

Let the #WarOnChristmas begin!

Spam: Harbor Freight says complete this survey and get 170-piece Stanley tool set.

Of course, every #HarborFreight fan knows they don't stock Stanley brand.

#HarborFreight using #Yaz/#Yazoo song from Upstairs at Eric’s in their YouTube ad.

We all love @ifixit Pro Tech Toolkit, but what if I showed you a kit that is 1/2 the price? Today I compare the $74 iFixIt kit with the $37 Harbor Freight Quinn Professional Electronics Repair Kit. @Mac84 even stops by to give his thoughts

https://youtu.be/PhVet5gGCuA