Editor’s Note: An article about Eagle hardware was originally published on Okinawa Hai on January 20, 2008; you can read a PDF copy of that original review HERE. The post below is an updated take on this housing self-help store, published January 13, 2015.
CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A.
The information in this post is based off of a conversation I had recently with Eagle Hardware on Kadena AB. All locations will offer similar services. Please contact your local Eagle Hardware for specific issues (contact information at bottom of post). Eagle Hardware is a great resource for base residents needing basic supplies for their home. Supplies stocked depend on needs of homes (based on what the contractors need when cleaning/fixing homes after PCSs) and budgets.
Some items such as lightbulbs, drip pans for stoves and horizontal blinds are available for a one for one swap. Simply bring in those non-working items, pick up the same item on the shelf, and bring both to the counter for check out.
Items are ‘bought’ without money, but by showing your military ID card, providing which base neighborhood you live in, and your housing number. The staff at Eagle Hardware will provide an invoice that you’ll sign and be on your merry way!
Items available to ‘buy’ include (but which are always subject to change due to availability and location): letters for the outside of house, door stoppers, kitchen vents, shelf pegs, furniture coasters, hose adapters, sandbags, replacement outdoor garbage cans, small blue recycle bins, air conditioner filters.
Eagle Hardware also offers rental equipment. Tools are free to rent for 3 working days. The tools must be cleaned before returning them. Tools for rental include: a variety of rakes, sledge hammers, shovels, lawn edgers, brooms, industrial driers, hammers, saws, power drills, shop vacuums, extension cords, leaf blower, hedge trimmers, ladders, etc.
You are also able to cut sheets of screening to fix your damaged screens. Just measure your door/window frame and bring it in to Eagle Hardware, they’ll show you where to cut the screen, and let you borrow a tool to install it in your own home.
Another service that Eagle Hardware offers is a recycling center for light bulbs, all types of batteries and drip pans for stoves.
They also offer a paint and cleaning supply drop-off/pick-up center. In hazardous material cabinets you can find different kinds of paints, lawn care products and cleaning supplies that you are free to take. You can also drop off supplies that you no longer need that will be added to this cabinet.
Contact Information
Kadena Air Base
Phone: 634-3469
Hours: Monday-Friday 0800-1700
Saturday 0900-1300
*Closed last Saturday of month, Sundays & holidays
Camp Kinser
Phone: 637-2533
Hours: Monday-Friday 0800-1700 (Closed for lunch 1300-1400)
Saturday 0900-1300
*Closed last Saturday of month, Sundays & holidays
Camp Foster
Phone: 645-3099
Hours: Monday-Friday 0800-1700
Saturday 0900-1300
*Closed last Saturday of month, Sundays & holidays
Camp Courtney
Phone: 622-5003
Hours: Monday-Friday 0800-1700 (Closed for lunch 1300-1400)
Saturday 0900-1300
*Closed last Saturday of month, Sundays & holidays