I have been searching for a bench vise to meet my requirements for a few weeks and ended up with a renzetti presentation 2000. I have been using an HMH spartan pedastal for a couple of years and tied tons of flies on that vise it has searved me well and will continue it's life as my traveler. I wanted to upgrade to something a wee bit fancier because flytying is a major part of life for me it's how I unwind after a hard days work and just something to flex the old creativity muscle. An upgrade was an easy justification. I needed something with good jaw power, clearance behind the hook, weight because I typically don't opt for c clamps, a head that pvots up and down, true rotary wasn't a selling point for me (I have used inline for years and become accustomed to it) and also a good reliability/warranty. The presentation has great holding power so far on saltwater hooks 1/0 and up down to some 22 glass bead bwos' that I tied up to test. I will need to get used to the adjustment screw on the jaws, but that will come. Clearance is nice and also adjustable the arm has an adjustable joint which kind of turned me off at first, because I can't stand things moving around when tying but the elbow joint is solid. The pedastal is also diesel so moving around even on bass bugs is non existant. Lastly renzetti has a good name in vises been here for a while and I know some folks who have dealt with there customer service and had decent to great help with obtaining parts and so forth. I looked at dynaking, regals, wasatch J vice (super vice but pricey), also law and the like, but the renzetti fit the bill. Someday that J vice will be mine.