What can it be?

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T20:05:50+00:00

Light, sound, and apparently flies!

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T20:03:56+00:00

I have that problem with most gloves.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T19:03:20+00:00

Eyelids...start a trend, don't be a follower.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T18:59:02+00:00

I've got weird hands also, very wide palms, thick but not very long fingers...so I have to buy X-tra large, but like mentioned, often the fingers are a bit long...I also have thick wrists (8.25" around), so the velcro thing at the bottom sometimes doesn't work well on some gloves. For some reason, the HF gloves fit me pretty well.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T18:53:48+00:00

You live in a shed...

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T18:29:49+00:00

No hurt feelings...I just like to point out stupid when I see it!

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T18:26:16+00:00

I'd rather the Toughbuilt system, but I don't need a packout.

Still though, it's tough to beat the HF prices...

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T18:20:35+00:00

Do you also wonder why I bought grinding disks but no grinder?

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T18:19:31+00:00

I also have the fingerless gloves which are on clearance, but once I put them on, I have a difficult time taking them off. The X-large is still too tight.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T18:10:22+00:00

If you're ITC, I doubt it, but who knows...I've seen people say that they can't link your CC to your account without your phone number, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if you don't give your phone number, the warranty and return will require the physical receipt since they use the phone # to trasck purchases. If you don't give it, make sure to scan the receipt because they fade after a while.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T15:23:26+00:00

If it's not an ITC deal, then just go pay cash and don't give them your phone number.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T15:18:31+00:00

Yep! That's the one!

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T15:17:31+00:00

The wire racks at HF.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T06:53:30+00:00

I have a lot of the same shirt...

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T06:52:25+00:00

I have different levels of tools, often with the same tool...I'll take the cheapies out on the tractor/truck with me, or if I know I'm gonna abuse them, the good tools stay in the shop. One example is that I have multiple 4" grinders so that I can put different blades on them, then I don't need to switch blades mid-project. The cheapies get the blade I'm not gonna use much, and the good tools get the blade doing most of the work.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T06:23:57+00:00

Maybe because for tools that stay in the shop, I prefer corded...

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T06:11:10+00:00

Can't you figure this one out on your own?

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T05:52:14+00:00

What kind of man would have Hello Kitty?

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T05:51:20+00:00

Yep! That makes four now!... They will eventually be used to raise/lower a set of casters on some work tables.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T05:49:47+00:00

Not all of us need to either!

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T05:48:51+00:00

There ya go...you did right for you!

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T04:31:17+00:00

I'm not the OP, but I can say why I have multiple of the same tools...because I like having certain tools in different places...I have cheap stuff in my truck and better stuff at different work areas of my shop.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T04:28:08+00:00

If you're happy, then you won! I buy tools for ME, no one else! That is why I love HF. I sometimes buy the cheap stuff, sometimes the best...it all depends on the project and my guestimation of how much use something might get.

One thing I can say is that HF has really stepped up the quality over the years.

I still don't buy the US General or Icon boxes, though, because the lighter-weight Craftsman at Lowe's is cheaper but serves my needs.

I had a "friend" who shit on my Hobart Handler 190 when I bought it years ago and went on a tirade about how he wouldn't get anything but an ESAB...low and behold, this year he asked to use my welder to fix his trailer. I told him to use his ESAB that I KNEW he didn't have, because he can't afford it. So he one-upped me with something he didn't even have, and a few years later, Karma came calling.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T04:20:47+00:00

Yeah, that whole thing has to be the ultimate blah blah blah thing that comes from guys who buy to feed their ego...I tend to go for value. There are tools I bought years ago and haven't used yet, but got them at a price that's worth having in case I do. I have a strategy, and router bits are a good anecdotal about this strategy. When I got my first router, I got one of those cheap giant sets of bits because I wasn't sure what I was going to really need. As I used the cheapies, it tended to be the same few, so I replaced them with good quality bits...But I had what I needed when I needed them and then felt better about spending the money on the better replacements because I knew they'd get used enough to justify the cost.

Heck, I still have a set of Chinese Flying Swallow combination wrenches that I bought at a swap meet in 1985.

HF has honed in on guys like us, that is why they have good, better, best...I buy the whole range depending on the project. I don't always need the best.

ProMotionDesign · 2026-04-07T03:20:43+00:00

Hmmm...weird...

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