Harbor Freight tools thread.

anybody tried out the new daytona 6ton jack stands?

 

Picked up one of those Haulmaster hand trucks a couple of years ago though mine's an 800 lb. v. the 600 lb. shown here. My 30 year old Craftsman is a good HT, but it's a toy compared to the Haulmaster.

 

Maybe some of you are knowledgeable on generators....
Harbor Freight offers both normal generators, and inverter generators. Other then 1 saying it's much quieter, why would someone want to pay almost 3x for the same size generator from the same company?



Both of these are 9k watt generators, but the older style sells for $800, while the super quiet inverter is $2.3k. I'm all in favor of the quiet, but not for that price difference.

 

happy wife, happy life

 

China's finest precision instrument. Only $14.99. I splurged and skipped the $10.98 one.

 

Quite a bit more efficient because of throttle control. Regular gens run at one speed. Quieter. Much lower THD (sine wave) causes less wear and tear on devices.

 

I'd think k the wife would be happier with the less $ one so she can get more shoes....

 

If you're running any kind of sensitive electronics (computers, mainly) inverter generators provide much "cleaner" AC. My work does support for large outdoor concerts a couple times a year and we require inverter gennys.

 

I did some reading after posting this, and that seems to be the big advantage. Still doesn't seem worth it to me for a home emergency setup.
If I don't have power at my house fire up my computers and such is a low priority to ME. charge my cell phone, give me light and heat and I'm good.

Now if it's @mrkabc the person who just got the big 9k one because of California's crappy power grid and this is somewhat a regular thing then I get it, but I'd be more passed at the bad power company.

I've just recently seen so many generators lately advertising being a inverter with much high prices, but not really advertising why that's better.

Thanks.

 

If you have ever camped next to a person using the loud generator you will understand.

 

When I go camping it's at my parents permanent trailer in a campground. Central air, satellite TV(neither of which I have at my house). Most wouldn't consider it camping.

 

PCs run on DC. They all have their own ac/dc PS inside, or wall wort. They dont care about dirty square waves. Wont harm LCD TVs either.

Some cheap LED lights will flicker. AC motors will sometimes get hot. For emergency home use regular vs inverter doesnt matter.

 

Not here to start an argument, but yes, power supplies do indeed care. Agreed though on the emergency use it doesn't really matter. Longer term use for sensitive components it 100% matters.

 

False, inanimate objects don't have feelings.

 

I've been buying my tools and whatnot at HFT for years. Recently prices seem to have gone up? No more coupon flyers...bummer! Tools are good enough.

 

Did you not see that the coupons are back! They bring the prices to just a little higher than they were a year ago

 

Price of everything has been going up. Add onto of that, HF is trying to improve the quality and image of their tools so the price has gone up as well because of that.

 

Not here to argue either, but ac-dc converters have inductive filters and PFC circuitry inside. Specially in the 21st century, where such gizmos must be made robust enough for operation across the globe under a wide range of voltages and frequencies.

But you are welcome to provide proof to convince me otherwise.

 

Nah, not going to try to convince you otherwise, you seem to have already made up your mind. You do you boo boo