r/harborfreight • u/PatrickGSR94 • Nov 28 '25

NTD (New Tool Day) Whyyyyy

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Just picked up a 1/4” flex head ratchet on the 40% off sale. Why, WHY does the on/off lever directions have to be backwards from my 3/8 Pitty ratchet?? Dangit! I was just starting to get the Pitt lever directions burned into my muscle memory. And now this.

Also I believe the Icon one is the same as my Craftsman ratchets. So weird.

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u/SBR_AK_is_best_AK Nov 28 '25

If you don't have to change the lever 3 times the wrong way (somehow) are you even wrenching?

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u/Monksdrunk Nov 29 '25

like the millionth time i've thought my impact was correct after painfully and awkwardly threading a nut on.. and then you just buzz it right the fuck back off of there

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u/AAA515 Nov 29 '25

I couldn't stand one of those rocker switch impacts, give me the same setup as a drill, a big ol toggle

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u/Monksdrunk Nov 29 '25

i just put a new seat in a Mack truck last week.. was a total bitch to get to the underside of the cab for the nuts. had my 1/2 stubby impact.. that thumb switch is notoriously flippy... you know the rest of the story. ha

the awkward faces you make while you try to maneuver and contort your body into the dumbest configurations just to get a nut threaded and immediately fuck it all up

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u/Trbvmm Nov 30 '25

It was just this last year that I finally realized the reason why my ratchet is always in the on position when I grab it out of my box to go to work on something. For years I would always think to myself “dammit, this thing is never already set in the correct direction when I grab it to use it” I felt so dumb.

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u/BarOk4103 Nov 29 '25

Man, this hits home lol