I've bought quite a few things from HF over the years, typically I try to keep from buying anything that's 'mission-critical' from there, just in the off-chance that it's going to fail on me. I've been running one of their 60-gallon 6hp compressors for nearly 8 years straight now and the only thing that has gone wrong with it is that the motor broke away from the baseplate and I had to replace it. The pump hasn't had the oil changed AT ALL in that period of time, and it gets a LOT of use. I had one of their 1/4" drive air ratchets lock up after a couple years use.. but for less than $30, I think I got my 2 years worth of use out of it. Wheel chocks? I dunno if I'd trust HF to holding up my bike going down the highway. But that's a risk assessment each of us needs to make individually.
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