I have been a pipefitter for over 13 years, and I will use ONLY Ridgid pipe wrenches. Any pipefitter worth his salt has a set of Ridgid wrenches in his tool bucket. Every one of us has tried a cheaper wrench only to find that they won't grip right, or the teeth or jaw springs wear out too quickly. I've seen one pipefitter vet use a cheap wrench only to have it's grip slip on him, and the wrench handle caught him in the forehead! He sent that wrench on it's final voyage off of the sixth floor, and to this day it still lays at the bottom of that retention pond! He said that he knew better, and bought himself a Ridgid the next day. That was about seven years ago, and he still has, and uses that wrench.