Any nice Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or any deal, please post here. Discussions entertained.

A reverse image search proves that video is not from Black Friday (it’s too bright outside!)

But lets not make it political :wink:

Nothing political, just a wink to the trampling spirit of black friday, btw no one in this image got seriously injured, tough people.

Sorry, I wasn’t trying to say you were being political, it was more of a pre-warning for anyone who searched the image like I did.

Black Friday here in Panama is gettting crazier every year. Because we don’t have the huge US chain stores like Target Walmart or bestbuy, people would line up outside the shopping malls instead of the stores, except that there is technically no line but just a bunch of people grouping and pushing each other. They would go the mall as early as thursday night in order to get as close to the door as possible. Some people don’t even know which store they’re heading to and what to buy, they just believe everything is gonna be extremely cheap.

Reports says 50,000 foreigners from nearby countries came here on the Black Friday weekend just to shop. It’s a lot of people when the country population is just 3.5M.

This video was taken last year at one of the premium and more expensive brand name malls, others were far worse.

Haha, I have no Black Friday horror nor happy experience to share since it’s not ‘celebrated’ in my country, but perhaps some of you might find this interesting:

Eneloop AA and AAA, with the good BQCC-17 independent-channel charger plus some spacers and carry-case:

https://www.yugster.com/deals/74328-panasonic-eneloop-rechargeable-battery-power-pack-with-8aa-2aaa-2-c-spacers-2-d-spacers-charger?utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TOSS-UP%3A+Jabra+Sport+Buds%7c+Panasonic+Ene

George Romero anyone?

I thought the same thing! The first real horror movie I seen

First time I heard about the analogy between zombies (in the mall) and consumerism, I was like hey ok yeah I see the similarity there. Now, many years later, I take a sip of red wine and cynically think hey George, you were 100% right from the beginning… You were 100% right… The art of getting older (lmao nevertheless ;-))

Relax, you’ve got 3 days for this one.

dchomak,

And we would say about ‘fill in the company name’ selling ‘extraordinarily cheap tools’, “AT THIS PRICE THEY WON’T LAST!!” (literally).

I have Harbor Freight screwdrivers, sockets, and wrenches that have lasted me for years. I’m not a pro making money off my tools - if I were, I might pony up for Snap-On.

The trick is to know what tools from HF are fine to buy, and what to run away from.

Any hint which ones to look at? Might try some from HF too

Their U.S. General rollaway tool chests are actually better than the ones at Home Depot (Husky), Lowes (Kobalt) and Sears (Craftsman). Maybe Craftsman has a “Professional” line that is as good or better, I don’t know.

BTW, I have my eye on that 44” 13 drawer roller cabinet. Usually can be had for $350 during one of their sales, but is $10 cheaper in the Black Friday ad.

If you’re too emabaressed to be seen walking into a Harbor Freight, you can order one on EBay.
It costs way more, but who cares, shipping is FREE :smiley:

The “rule of thumb” is anything that doesn’t have moving parts is usually fine, but there are plenty of exceptions.

I have a 1/2” impact socket set and the flip-head ratchets have been good to me.

I have quite the collection of harbor freight tools and have been surprised as a whole. Some bad ones naturally but also a lot of good ones. My 4.5” angle grinder is still going strong, even the table saw and miter saw did the jobs they were meant for. The impact driver while not great is find for most DIY jobs.

In fact for most DIY’ers that only need the tool for 1 job then use it once every few years after that, the stuff are harbor freight will generally work just fine.

I do have to say that since they got the lifetime warranty on hand tools I have been really impressed with the quality for the price.

I would not buy a breaker bar from them, the way it was machined the head snapped when taking off lugnuts. Unless they updated the design.

The floor jack I bought works, but the valving is not good as it lets things down to fast. Mine may have been a fluke.

But yeah, TA is spot on in that most HF stuff is fine for the once in a while use.

I have 2 breaker bars from them, both work great and have had a TON of abuse. One of them the pin that holds the tip on feel out but I simply pressed it back in and it still works.

The floor jack seal does have issues but works fine for occasional usage.

Harbor Freight Angle Grinder, Huh?
Actually they’re not that bad. Watch this guy tear one down. His language is colorful and he really knows his stuff. The Makita is the gold standard apparently, and he has many. There are tear downs of Metabo and DeWalt also. I REALLY enjoy watching his videos and have watched quite a few.

Here are 4 tear downs by the same guy. A must watch even if you don’t care about grinders. :slight_smile:

Harbor Freight

Makita - Made in the USA!
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Metabo

DeWalt

I found that channel a few months ago, it is amazing how much that guy knows about the details of the things he talks about. Besides the language he is interesting to watch.