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Originally Posted by FL&WVMIKE
Believe it or not, Harbor Freight has started to offer higher quality tools lately... including torque wrenches. Here are some tests of them against big names... as well as checking against calibration machines.
Harbor Freight Icon ($109) vs. Snap-On ($400)
Here is a spoiler, when it comes to accuracy, the Icon actually won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck_O5U1Tyz8
Harbor Freight Quinn electronic. $169 and really nice if you like torque wrenches with batteries. Uses two AA batteries that can be removed for storage... which is recommended. Also does torque angle. Super accurate... and many like it better than the Snap On.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck_O5U1Tyz8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck_O5U1Tyz8
Some may not know about 'Torque Angle'. This is where the tightening specific tells you to torque to a lower number such as 40 ft-lb... then to turn it a number of degrees past that. An example would be 40 ft-lb plus 90 degrees... or 70 ft-lb plus 45 degrees. You can set the electronic wrenches for the spec, and they will tell you when you have rotated the fastener that exact amount. YES. They even measure degrees. |
Glad to hear HF is stepping up their game. Their tools do have a time and place and I own some of them.
It could be me and my bias, but I just don't trust critical measurements or specs to a lower quality tool such as what Harbor Freight sells.
I may be in the minority and the fool for spending more, but I'm happy to own and support tool makers who are still making tools in the USA.
If I recall, the PI torque wrench I bought was $169.00 shipped and made in the USA