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That's good to hear XR7. Nice to see someone enjoys their products from HF. I have lots of them, but I buy them for the "two time use and break" product and they tend to last much longer than that. I had a saws-all that lasted 4 times and the bushings fell out. I have a staple gun that lasted about 7 times and just jammed up and won't work anymore... 1/4" router that the plastic parts just broke (but I bought another one), but have had a Ryobi router and table that have lasted through hundreds of uses, just saying. Maybe I should get one of the crates of HF return tools and take a chance with what I get...
Yeah I certainly have my collection of broken or ghetto rig “repaired” HF tools too, but there’s definitely occasional diamonds in the rough in that store. Their earthquake electric impacts, the aforementioned torque wrenches, and I’ve heard from a lot of body guys their paint guns are pretty good as well. My floor jack is a model they no longer carry but it’s freaking 16 years old and I’ve used and abused it to hell and back.
Most of their powertools I agree are one time use, and worse yet they’re not even that good of a value compared to say ryobi at Home Depot or whatever. Gotta do your homework but I give credit where due to the decent/good stuff.