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.

[Syaoran]

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.

I've also seen reviews (bad reviews) of the Craftsman torque wrenches, even the digital ones. (most of the time losing calibration and inaccuracy are common reviews for the click-type Craftsman)