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Chicago Electric Power Tools . are they any good?

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Garlandc

04-04-2008 21:08:55




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This message is a reply to an archived post by Roger C. on September 19, 2000 at 22:07:22.
The original subject was "Chicago Electric Power Tools . are they any good?".

I have been purchasing all kinds of Chicago Electric tools for many years from Harbor Freight. I have had to return a couple without any difficulties. One even without the receipt. I have an 8,000 lb winch for my truck which kept it from going off a mountain (literally) I am extremely pleased with the quality and price. I"ve had much less problems than with Sears" tools...

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Circus

04-08-2008 09:04:11




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools . are they any good? in reply to Garlandc, 04-04-2008 21:08:55  
You buy Harbor Frieght tools realizing they will need tweeking. Then they're good. The price is right.



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john18436572

04-05-2008 19:23:04




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools . are they any good? in reply to Garlandc, 04-04-2008 21:08:55  
Sorry, Chicago electric are the embodiment of cheap chinese made crap. I have no love for Harbor Frieght, being a large importer of said chinese goods. The Craftsman equivelents are probably only marginally better, also being from the orient.



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RichZ

04-05-2008 05:40:36




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools . are they any good? in reply to Garlandc, 04-04-2008 21:08:55  
In my experience, they're good if you know their limitations. For example, I got their more powerful reciprocating saw on sale. It worked well for small jobs, but I was putting on a metal roof, and used it to cut the new roofing as well as cutting up the old roofing to make it easier to get it off. The saw fell apart about 3/4 of the way thru the project. If I had just used it for small jobs, it would have been fine. I also got one of their 18 volt cordless drills for my wife to use around the house, and it worked fine for that. But I had a friend come over one day, and we spent the day putting up fencing, and I gave him my Hitachi drill, and I used the HF drill. The HF drill worked well for several hours of real hard use, but finally the chuck just fell apart.

So, I think they work well for homeowners use, but farm use just wears them out real quick.

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lucas boy

04-05-2008 04:56:30




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools . are they any good? in reply to Garlandc, 04-04-2008 21:08:55  

somehow i dont think C elec tools are better quality than sears tools.. just going by 50 years of experience. lucas



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FreeWheeling Freddie

04-05-2008 12:50:34




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools . are they any good? in reply to lucas boy, 04-05-2008 04:56:30  
I would think that Chicago Electric is probably the equal of modern Crapman tools.

Which isn't saying much. Harbor Freight and the Chicrap trash they peddle, is the modern equivalent of what used to be called jewish merchandise.



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