Question about the $6 tool at Harbor Freight that made me stop hating store brands
I went to the Harbor Freight in Reno last month to grab a cheap wrench set for a job I did not care about, and a guy in the aisle talked me into their $6 Pittsburg dead blow mallet instead of the $28 name brand one. I figured it would fall apart in a week, but I have used it on maybe 40 brake jobs and it still hits the same. Now I am sitting here wondering if half the tool snobs I know are just paying for the color of the handle. Has anyone else had a cheap tool outlast a fancy one, or did I just get lucky with this batch?