Harbor Freight Rotary

**SVTContour** · 11-09-2009, 07:56 PM

Harbor Freight in Lilburn, outside of Atlanta has tons of rotary polishers for $34.99, $29.99 if you have a coupon.

If it only lasts long enough to do one car I`ll be happy. :waxing:

**JimmyCutlass** · 11-09-2009, 10:04 PM

I`ve had mine since September; though I usually use my G110 DA the Harbor Freight rotary is really a pretty decent unit. It works, just don`t abuse it. It may not be the most top of the line unit, with the most power but it gets the job done.

**imported_Jakerooni** · 11-09-2009, 10:52 PM

You just can`t put any pressure on it or it bogs out and dies off.

**BobD** · 11-10-2009, 07:14 AM

There was a time I`d say "never" but my Makita took a poop on me and it`s only 4 years old and doesn`t get much use. I paid 4 times what the HF ones run.

**dublifecrisis** · 11-10-2009, 07:51 AM

my neighbor bought one with low expectations and used it primarily for his boat. nice large 3M wool pads and a cleaner wax. It seemed to do the job and obviously with a boat, it endured hours of constant use. For the price, not much risk.

**SVTContour** · 11-12-2009, 03:16 PM

I got the unit, a 3" backing plate and a 5" backing plate, all for $40. Cant` go wrong for that.

I just want to get some deeper swirls out of my Mustang without killing my PC.

**Leadfootluke** · 11-12-2009, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by dublifecrisis

my neighbor bought one with low expectations and used it primarily for his boat. nice large 3M wool pads and a cleaner wax. It seemed to do the job and obviously with a boat, it endured hours of constant use. For the price, not much risk.

We did this with 3M wool pads and products over the course of a few weeks on HF rotaries. They worked great for what they were used for.

**SVTContour** · 11-13-2009, 09:13 AM

Finally took it out of the box last night and messed around polishing my headlights. Very solid construction and had no problem dealing with some pressure.

**White lexus 23** · 11-13-2009, 10:17 AM

I have one. I use it all the time and have not had any issues other than it does slow down with pressure but other than that no problems

**LoiG37** · 11-24-2009, 10:20 AM

I have one, and I beat the crap out of it, It does bog easily and give off a cakey smells, just take it easy and youll be fine.

**fergnation** · 11-24-2009, 10:35 AM

I am happy to hear some have had good results with the HF rotary. I am unfortunately not one of them. I bought one and it worked for fifteen minutes. I paid for the waranty so I returned it and got a new one. The second one never even worked!!! Right out of the box is was messed up. So instead of going through the hassle of going back and getting a third one I just threw it away and struck it up as one of many mistakes I have made in my life.

Personally, I wouldn`t pay a nickel for one. I still love HF, I jsut don`t buy anything that has a motor.

PepBoys has a Kawaski that is better for 60. I got three Makita`s for 150 a piece at Menards when they went on clearance. Just got lucky. I figured it was my payback for the HF rotary fiasco.

**jaidedeye** · 11-24-2009, 10:49 AM

i have the $49.95 one from harbor frieght. it works great so far. between it and my PC7424 its all i need

**BobD** · 11-24-2009, 11:40 AM

I have a 4.5" angle grinder, air compressor and 1/2" electric impact gun all Chicago Eletrics and have not had any troubles with them.

**mfewtrail** · 11-25-2009, 09:43 AM

I bought one nearly 2 years ago for ~$25 w/ tax to have as a backup...it was $29.99 and I had a 20% off coupon at the time. I`ve only used it about 4-5hrs so far and had no issues with it. I would by another one without a problem, but I would probably opt for a 1 or 2 year warranty if I was planning on using more often.

**Tru_Shine** · 11-27-2009, 09:04 AM

Well i bought the 49.00 one about 4-5 years ago and it has always been my main rotary and has never givien me problems, i have one with the 3in backing plate and i`m getting another one for christmas with the "D" handle, like the makita for 29.00 with the cupon out of a Honda tuning magazine. And i am putting the Meguiars SOLO backing plate on it. I hate always having to swap out backing plates, and at these prices i can just have 2 buffers with 2 different backing plates!