I have Rigid and Gedor pipe wrenches that work great. I needed a large one for the property and got one of those alloy ones at HF. Maybe it's just me, but I can hardly get a bite with it. I also bought their smaller models and they are like 50/50. So in that respect, my personal experience with their pipe wrenches is not that good.
On the other hand, I do buy a lot of their tools since they for my property and are there really only for occasional use. The lower price is attractive for that and most work very well. One in particular, I bought a giant set of bolt cutters that were awesome. I
cut a bunch of chain for a rotary cutter chain guard project and the jaws are good as new. They
cut GREAT!
Chain Guard Project
I think they were 30 bucks on sale. Most of the very big tools I bought were all under 30 bucks like the big pipe wrench, even their giant set of wrenches in SAE and Metric. They are goo too.