I did take mine back and got a refund. As far as getting what you pay for, I agree to a certain extent. I would only buy something like this at Harbor freight if it is something I do not plan on using very much. I would expect it to work properly a few times! As far as I know, the one I ordered online works for the guy I sold it to. I am pretty surr it came from China like so many things today. Maybe I just got a bad one from Harbor Freight. Actually, I KNOW I got a bad one, but maybe it just happened to be a bad one in the batch they got in.
I work at HF and bought one today 12/3/2022 and I wanted to see if it worked and both the units I checked it on it gave the same reading 40psi and the backpack blower I used to check it is brand new and starts on the second pull. So I guess I'm returning it for a new one
Did get a bad one for my birthday after ordering one online. Had two. Sold the one I ordered from someone else. This thing from Harbor Freight will not register past 30 lbs! Not sure I still have the receipt. :(
It can be rather frustrating and sometimes inconvenient to buy a tool at Harbor Freight because of the price and have to return it for an exchange or refund because of the China-made quality . I bought a 1/4" drive inch-pound torque wrench when I replaced the intake gaskets on the engine in my wife's Suburban. That tool broke on me and I had a 25 minute drive back to HF to return it. I didn't want to exchange it and have the same issue again.
Donald Hollums I'm always a firm believer in "you get what you pay for" but I always wanna spend too much for a superior tool I'll likely never use. My father has a HB sawzall and it's still fucking going after all these years we have been beating on it. It's not the best but hell it works.
That's not the harbor freight compression tester. It's the cheapest harbor freight tester. There's also the Maddox which is more expensive that the Pittsburgh. Wander if there's much difference in them? Maddox is like $52 instead
This testers are not that good for small engines mostly for bigger ones and gauge is inaccurate if using the rubber stopper attachments. I just used to see if all the compression are similar if so I would get a good ideal of the engines condition. If there was on or two that were lower than others then that's a problem. Less chance that all cylinder rings are bad. So gets you a somewhat ballpark range of engines condition
You keep saying the same shit over and over. Take them both back because they both give you a false reading. The Schrader valve has to be right at the point of what your testing.
I cannot believe this company sells shity products in the US. I thought my country, which is Iraq, sells shity and knock off brands, but Chinese products like in HF is sold in the US.
