Honestly, I didn't want to buy a pipe wrench, because other than putting in new faucets, I leave the plumbing in my home to the pros. However, the pneumatic cylinder of my office chair recently broke and I was sent a replacement by the manufacturer. I was told to use a pipe wrench to remove the old cylinder. I rolled my eyes and thought to myself, "I'll just use whatever wrench I have in my toolbox and I'll be all set." Well, after wasting about 25 minutes trying to work the cylinder off, I finally gave up and decided to buy a new chair. I'd already put the new chair in my Amazon shopping cart when I decided to take a quick look at the pipe wrenches. After doing some research, I came to the conclusion that the Ridgid was the way to go. I don't buy a lot of tools, but when I do, I like to buy high quality ones, even if I think I'll only need to use it once. So, I decided to spend the few bucks on the Ridgid pipe wrench rather than the nearly $200 for the new office chair I'd selected.