Harbor Freight — Local services in Albany

The store is clean and well maintained with a couple people that actually know their products. A great place for Basic hand tools, sockets,and other basic standards for stocking a do it yourselfers garage. Where I would advise caution is some of the more complex items like wood chippers, I have purchased one of each model they offer and have been FAR less than happy with the whole line. On the other hand their professional grade version (the blue one not the red one)of the fien oscillating cut off tool might actualy be better than the tool they are imitating. I have spent many hours using both and have sent the fien product in for service more than once and the harbor freight knock off is still kicking. Oh yeah and if you are going in during a sale make sure you have the mortgage paid first because this place inspires Costco levels of overspending. I'm only kind of...

Good spot for anything you need in a pinch some tools are Good quality and some will work until they don't so you just buy another onebut the easiest way to tell which ones are good or not is the price so if you buy the really cheap tools expect them to be cheap tools if you buy the tools that are on the higher end of there pricing they're nearly as good as anything else you can get they are all pretty much chunks of metal of a certain property that gives it it's quality.... The harder the steel the better the feel you know jp ;) they also don't follow me around when I go in there It's nice. See I'm kind of crazy I'll go into a store , walk around and look for stuff to buy I have no rhyme or reason for being there other than I want to buy something and I usually find at a bunch of things I want to buy so I do And sometimes I...

Starting to get cheaper for the same thing at other places. My last electric wrench by Hercules lasted 2 months and my Bauer Hammer drill broke the second Time I got it out due use. Any potential savings of all my purchases is void with a 180 ish loss.clearance open box items cost more than current sale prices. But staff is awesome and friendly, always clean in the whole store including the bathroom. Rarely see things out of place and can usually be guided to what I'm looking for. The 3 ladies that have been there awhile are some of the best customer service reps and the manager is always super friendly Even when o others didn't look to deserve it. Would have been 5 stars but I go there for the best price and if the best suggested buy that cost the same as name brand and fails it's more than...