Torque Wrenches Options

[Syaoran]

I'm looking for a torque wrench that is affordable and accurate. I was browsing through harbor freight and saw this thing:

http://www.harborfreight.com/digital-torue...pter-68283.html

Anybody here used it? Reviews seem to be good.

[Xander_X]

I was an auto tech professionally for about 6 years (until I realized I would never make more than $20 an hour unless I opened my own shop and went back to school) and went through the 2 year Toyota T-TEN program. I've used tools from every make and I would never even think of purchasing a torque wrench from HF. I do on occasion buy some things from there but I can't think of an instance that I would buy a tool there to work on a car unless it is a planned one time use (I have some cheap ones in my emergency tool box in case they get lost or stolen). I paid around $150 for mine from Craftsman, though I think it's $100 now. You also have to take into account the range of ft/lbs or in/lbs it will do. When dealing with torque wrenches, especially with using it on engine components, never go cheap.