Originally Posted By: Trav
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Why do tools always have to be inexpensive? I never could understand that. People never
complain about new homes being expensive, or new cars being expensive; they'll just
pay whatever the current price is and not even think twice about it. But when it comes
to tools, they're supposed to be super cheap.
No offence to Americans but a good percentage of them have lost all sense of what quality even is and put little or no value in it.
If it breaks just buy another or its guaranteed.
I demand a lot from my tools, they have to work properly every time and I'm willing to pay for it because i understand quality cost money and i expect to have it a very long time.
Some guys want the quality for cheap and believe they have found it in HF. Its not happening, junk is junk no matter how you dress it up or how long you guarantee it.
HF tools are pure rubbish when compared to real quality tools.
In some cases you're right, others no. However if you use your tools for a living it pays to buy the best. That's why I will only buy Miller welders and Victor torches. But for the once a month mechanic, HF is fine in most cases.