I bought this because our local orange box store is awful at cutting/threading pipe. It does an ok job, but not terrific... the retention of the dies could be better, and the teeth could be sharper, but it got the job done. The best use for this might be chasing the factory threads on import pipe, as a lot of those are pretty awful. This will clean them up reasonably well. Still haven't decided if I'll keep it, as I just got a Ridgid power threader, but this might be a useful backup to have around.