$1000 worth of Harbor Freight tools should last about a week before all of them are either worn out or broken.
I only buy harbor freight tools for stuff I rarely need to do.
For example I bought a large heavy duty hammer drill that you can blow 1-2” inch holes through concrete like it is butter. I paid a $100 for it after coupon. I have only used 2 times so far. If I bought the dewalt version it would have been around $700 give or take. I will probably use this drill 4-5 times in my life. And it seems like it at least last that long.
For rare uses, I will buy HF
Stuff I will NOT buy at Harbor Freight
-battery powered tools, they are really cheap made and you can actually buy hitachi, porter cable (lowes brand) or even low end dewalt stuff for about the same price or $5-20 more
-Car jumpers, I can buy brand name stuff for about the same price or less
-OBDII scanners, I can buy brand name for about the same price
-drill bits, they all suck, except for certain single use stuff like concrete bits or long extension bits I rarely use.
-batteries, they just suck, I can buy better brands on amazon for less money shipped to my door in 2 days (unless you are getting them free with coupon, then go for it)
-multimeters, they suck, I can buy better stuff at home deport/lowes for about the same price, unless they have the free with coupon one. however I found these meters to not be the most accurate.
- Air compressor, again, home depot and other places have them for about the same price. Even Tractor Supply has better brand ones for sometimes less if they run a sale.
- Generators/Power Washers- home depot, lowes, etc sometimes does better with name brand engines.
[[[-multimeters, they suck, I can buy better stuff at home deport/lowes for about the same price, unless they have the free with coupon one. however I found these meters to not be the most accurate.]]]
Had one blow up in my hand (first use) when measuring voltage on an Outdoor Condensing unit. 240 volts. Thankfully it blew out of my hand but did leave it blackened though. Woke me up better than a big cup of coffee.
Doesn’t pay to play with garbage in a situation like this.
I took a chance on one of those HF Tail-gator generators since it was portable.
Over a week and I’ve run almost a tank through it. Usually it runs about 90 minutes to 2 hours on the long runs
So far, so good. The amps restrict a lot of what I could use but it handles the die grinder very well. A side-grinder is a bit too coarse for the things I’m doing.