Any tool at Harbor Freight should be considered 100% disposable. It may work for one use or break before it even finishes that job (was that too harsh?).

I have a crappy set of taps that I bought from a similar place. Yes, they cut soft steel fairly well, but the tool steel is so brittle that it has fractured over just a few uses (little flakes break off).

I don't recommend a $100 full set of taps either. Find the ONE size that you need and buy a decent tap. The big box home stores should have one or Ace/Sears.

One tap that works well is far more useful than a case of not-so-good quality taps of lots of sizes.

My 2¢.
faz

Excellent point!

While I still stand by my "it's crap" statement.... I still buy certain tools ESPECIALLY because they are disposable. For instance....I bought a $15 Angle grinder from Menards on sale. I stuck a diamond blade in it to cut through pavers (about 300). Did the trick for the project and due to the severe clogging of dust, it failed a few years after the project was completed....got in lots of bonus grinding. Saved me hundred$ renting a diamond saw. Right after it failed, I went back to Mendards to buy another...but it was $19...waited a month till it was on sale for $15 again

Perfect use of a disposable tool. No need for a precision tool to do horrible work. If I would have spent $100 on a quality grinder I still think it would have been ruined by all that dust (you should have SEEN the clouds).

I have a few harbor freight tools too. Things that don't do much and/or have little reason to fail long term. including the 500lb cart to lift my pins... I won't be abusing the cart and it worked great out of the box.

faz