I, on the other hand, am still tying on the second (during 30+ years of tying) Thompson vise I have owned. It does everything I need it to do, and I have no desire to "upgrade" to a vise that costs ten or twenty times as much and still holds that hook steady so I can put stuff on it.

My point is, buy what you want, but you don't necessarily NEED the most expensive product out there to enjoy this sport. Well, I don't, anyway.