I on the other hand wasted my money on a harbor freight job about 4 years ago. I had no experiance with Harbor freight at that point. I've sinced learned not to buy their battery operated tools. I couldn't even get one set of tire changes out of it on a brand new freshly charged battery. I think I got mine on sale for around $80.
That sounds like the one I bought; fortunately I bought the extended replacement warranty and when they could never get it to work properly, I just got all my money back on it (including the extended warranty cost).
I gave them two years to get their act together and tried buying another one. Same experience; couldn't get one set of tire changes out of a fully charged battery. The tipoff was when they didn't have replacement batteries for it. I returned that one too for a refund.
Oddly enough the one I bought 5 or 6 years ago is still working like a champ. I did have to get one battery pack replaced but I consider that normal wear and tear.
Anticipating that the original HF wrench will die someday, I added a Dewalt Kit and found it has more torque than the HF ever had. It came with a charger, two battery packs and case. I bought it new on craigslist for $200.
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Edited by edrach, 05 October 2009 - 08:10 PM.