Nice stuff, welds look good. Research these, great product.

The best jack stand I've ever owed.

After I returned my recalled HF jack stands due to their failure risk, I started doubting the ratchet mechanism used on the majority of the jack stands. It seems like most brands are using the ratchet style. These jack stands are almost 4x the cost, but then I got to thinking that my life is worth more than that, not to mention the cost of a visit to the ER or an ambulance ride, or the cost of a funeral and mental anguish when my wife comes outside to find me squashed under my car.These jack stands are very well made. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I did not notice any manufacturing defects or burrs or any other signs of poor finishing. The pins slide in well and the welds were well done. I wasn't sure about the tripod structure, but when you see it in person you see that it is very sturdy, and covers about a square foot of real estate. I put up my 4000 lb car on these jacks while changing out my brakes and they worked well. No wobbling. No worries. And looking at the half inch thick pin, I don't have any worries about failure of that either.It hurt the wallet to buy a set of these, but as the saying goes: buy once, cry once.

A great addition to the shop!

The Esco jack stands replaced a set I bought from Horror Fright (those recalled ones). It turns out that the minimum height setting was more than enough to perform a tire rotation on my 2017 124 Spider.To protect the rubber surface on the pad, I used an aluminum pinch weld puck.

I got these after the recall on the HF jacks came out. These are a night and day difference between the HF style jacks, these are very sturdy and inspire confidence when I'm under a vehicle.