Alan Bienlein
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Was at Home depot this morning and cruised down the clamp isle and couldn't believe my eyes. The orange made in the USA Jorgies have been replace by inferior blue irwin made in china for more money!
I did a guick look up top of the displays and saw they had 2 boxes ( 8 clamps total ) of the heavy duty Jorgies left so I inquired about them. I was told they weren't supposed to be there and were to be sent back and not sold. After being a little persistent I convinced them to sell those last 2 boxes to me.
Two weeks before I had picked up four of the HD36" and four of the HD24".
I was curious and compared the so called "heavy duty" irwins to the HEAVY DUTY Jorgies and there was no comparison! The irwins felt lighter and had a smaller bar and they were $3 more than the USA made Jorgies.
As far as the lighter duty irwins your better off going to harbor freight. The light duty irwins have a wood handle compared to the nice and larger rubbered coated grip of the Harbor Freight ones and for about 80% less in cost!
I did a guick look up top of the displays and saw they had 2 boxes ( 8 clamps total ) of the heavy duty Jorgies left so I inquired about them. I was told they weren't supposed to be there and were to be sent back and not sold. After being a little persistent I convinced them to sell those last 2 boxes to me.
Two weeks before I had picked up four of the HD36" and four of the HD24".
I was curious and compared the so called "heavy duty" irwins to the HEAVY DUTY Jorgies and there was no comparison! The irwins felt lighter and had a smaller bar and they were $3 more than the USA made Jorgies.
As far as the lighter duty irwins your better off going to harbor freight. The light duty irwins have a wood handle compared to the nice and larger rubbered coated grip of the Harbor Freight ones and for about 80% less in cost!