I have experienced the biggest quality issues with multi-meters. My Craftsman light at home I am way more careful with and gets used much less, and continues to work fine. My Snap-On light has been knocked around pretty good in it's life and still works great. Quality - sometimes this is as subtle as the ability for a tool to withstand an accidental drop, how long it will last, etc. I'd still have it except it laid on hot headers and melted one too many times and finally was not close enough to the shape of a timing light to use anymore!Ĭlick to expand.Sometimes a little of each. Prior to that I had an el-cheapo HF flash only light for about 10 or 15 years. Accuracy seems fine, don't know what to compare it to but engines I tune with it run strong w/ no problems. I have had my HF dial back light for about 5 years and it works great. Sure, if I made my living with the tool, I'd call on Snap-On or Mac but that ain't my situation. If it doesn't work, HF has always given me a no-questions-asked refund and I bought a name brand item, usually made in Taiwan just like the HF one! No lose situation. 99 times out of a hundred the Harbor Freight rip-off version suits my needs perfectly and I saved enough to buy a couple more tools. My personal preference as an amateur who uses a tool like this maybe once a year is try the el-cheapos first. This has been discussed on this board a couple of times and opinions cover the entire spectrum some swear by the expensive lights and some swear at them! Ditto for the el-cheapos. Quality comes into play when you start looking at the dial back degree setting lights. For just flashing and & reading the little white line, any light will work.
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