re: Harbor Freight...Yay or Nae?

All the guys in my shop own a combination of snapon, matco, cobalt and HF. If a snapon or matco tool breaks, you have to wait 'til the truck comes back by to trade in. The matco truck in our area retired 6 or 7 months ago so any tool the guys have that are broken are sitting collecting dust waiting on the next matco sucker.

We just recently got a new snapon truck driver but no one wants to replace their $400 air hammer with another $400 air hammer. So they go to HF for replacement and shite works fine.

A lot of them are starting to hit lowes for wrenches and ratchets because they're good quality and lifetime replacement. IMO, cobalt and gear wrench are on par with craftsmen of old. I've got a lot of 20-30 yo craftsman tools in my workshop at home.