Grizzly IndustrialReviews of grizzly.com

Grizzly had a decent reputation in the past. Some kid took over from daddy and now they peddle the worst Chinese garbage I've ever run across. And I know most tools I buy are from China. I get that. And the Chinese make some really good stuff. Not Grizzly. They peddle the worst crap you could ever imagine. Absolute garbage. In 5 years the name Grizzly will be equivalent to garbage. But during that 5 year period, the little boy brat that inherited daddy's good name will be filthy rich.

I bought a horizontal boring machine from them and within five minutes I was perplexed by not only how incredibly poorly it was designed, but also by the construction itself. The metal is so soft that you will strip any of the set screws by the slightest over tightening, it is lacking linear bearings and the last goes on and on. I call Grizzly several times, and all they would offer me was replacement of a 25 cent screw! You usually get what you pay for but with Grizzly tools you get even less!

Zeer onvriendelijke klantenservice en totaal niet klant gericht. Hogedrukreiniger 2x gebruikt en toen kwam het water langs alle kanten eruit gespoten na 3 weken moeizaam mail contact maar eens telefonisch contact opgenomen hier werd ik zeer onvriendelijk tewoord gestaan. Hierna besloten het apparaat retour te sturen ik koop hier nooit meer wat.

Purchased Grizzly 1800W scarifier. On the first use the metal frame of the collection box broke. On the fourth time of use the motor fan disintegrated. 15 months into 3 year warranty. Contacted Grizzly tools Germany to obtain spare parts and after many emails, they were not interested in helping. Poor quality product and poor after sales service. Not possible to give no stars

Our Grizzly sander has been down for 6 months waiting on a basic part that Grizzly doesn't have in stock, waited so long we had to just purchase a new $4000 sander. We will never buy another piece of equipment from this company.

T32336 Compressor from Grizzly. It took three tries to get one that ran. First two had failed pressure relief valves, causing the cylinders to remain loaded after first pressure cycle. It would attempt to run next cycle and pop the circuit breaker. Grizzly compensated me with a gift certificate for that hassle - good on them. The third machine only ran for 13 months (one month past warranty expiration) and had only about 25 hours of total operating time. In mid-cycle, it started clattering badly. Sounds like something came apart in the primary cylinder drive assembly. Grizzly Customer Service refused to compensate me in any way, telling me to contact the manufacturer (Mega Compressor). I'll have to rethink buying anything more from Grizzly (I have their table saw, planer/jointer and dust collector - all good, but bought many years ago). Has their quality control and customer care fallen by the wayside? Could be. Good luck. Wrote a review on their website including the above. Not posted. Apparently a dishonest company, as stated in another review on Trust Pilot. UPDATE 9/29/2022: I have now disassembled the machine and found it to have failed from (yet another) manufacturing defect. The screw that secures the pressure plate and piston ring to the piston head failed (fractured) in what appears to have been a fatigue crack that was likely due to either it being defective (cracked) upon insertion or over-torqued when it was installed. This left the pressure plate at the top of the cylinder and the piston head flopping around within the cylinder. I have been in contact with Mega Power in Texas, the "manufacturer" (actually it's made in China, as seen on the machine label) and received a quote of $2.50 per M6-1.00 x 16mm screw, plus $17.00 for shipping and handling, plus a 4.5% charge for using my credit card. The screw in use is stamped "HUA 10.9", meaning it is a high tensile strength, Class 10.9 screw. Problematically, the screw is black oxide-coated steel, which is corrosion-resistant only in dry environments. There was some rust on the head of the screw, but this was not the cause of failure. These same black oxide steel screws are also used on the exhaust port lock block (atop the upper valve plate), in a recessed hole that holds water that is condensed during compression operations. These screw heads were badly rusted, but I cannot predict the impact this might have on the life of the machine. The inside of a compressor is NOT a dry environment, and these screws should not have been used. Rather than reassemble the machine with these same, corrosion-prone screws, I opted to purchase zinc-plated Class 10.9 screws for the pressure plates and 18-8 stainless steel screws for the exhaust port blocks from McMaster-Carr (available only in packs of 50) for about $0.15 per screw plus a reasonable shipping charge. The machine is now up and running quietly again. My advice to the Grizzly shopper in all of this is as follows: If you buy a Grizzly compressor, be sure to operate it for at least 40 hours within the warranty period in hopes that if it has a defect such as this it will fail while you are still covered by the warranty. My advice to Grizzly Industrial: Hire some engineers to look closely at how the products you want to sell are manufactured, or better yet, specify how a machine is to be manufactured to meet Grizzly requirements. This could result in a better product and a far more satisfied customer. Buyer beware.

I have ordered from Grizzly multiple times, so why a one star review? Lying and misrepresentation will do it. I have several tools from them (hand tools, a full-size bench vise, dust collection hoses and fittings, and a heavy-duty mobile base). All of them range from 'fine' to 'pretty good'. But there was one particularly memorable experience that drove me to post a negative review. Grizzly ABSOLUTELY manipulates their product reviews by cherry-picking and posting only the positive ones. I bought their portable woodworking vise (product T27896) and received a total piece of junk. The guide rods were not parallel (like WAY off) to the lead screw and the vise would bind when opened 2/3 of its supposed travel. The paint job was sloppy and parts of it had obviously been ground to 'fix' sloppy fabrication. The cherry on top was that the ferrule on the vise handle was so poorly threaded that it just fell off when the handle was released. What did I expect from a sub-fifty-dollar bench vise? Well, at the very least, a usable vise. I called Grizzly, expecting them to take some ownership for sending me a heavy piece of scrap metal, and the only thing they made clear on the phone was that I would be charged a restocking fee if the returned vise was not deemed by them to be sufficiently 'bad'. No apology, no problem ownership, just vague threats. I mailed it back and was ultimately credited my money back. No thanks on a replacement. After the dust (and my frustration) had settled a bit, I went on their website and wrote a thorough and fair review of the product, including images showing the exact problems I was reporting. The review was never posted, there is no way for me to see it on the website. Any attempt to leave another review (or edit the old one) is prevented by a convenient technical glitch on the Grizzly website. No, there were no threats, obscenities, nor anything vaguely inappropriate in the review--it just vanished into the abyss of negative Grizzly product reviews. My positive reviews are all live! I can't, in good conscience, ever order from this company again. I have looked at their power tools in the past, but will always look elsewhere from now on. Spare yourself the frustration of (sometimes) cheaply-made misleadingly-advertised junk and spend your money elsewhere. For a similar price to the Grizzly garbage vise, I bought something from Woodcraft that works just fine.