Like everything else, everyone has their own preferences. What is best vise? Good question without a real answer.
My 2 cents is to go to your local fly shop and "test drive" a few vises. Pick the one that you like. Personally, I tied for about a hundred years on a Thompson A, then switch to an HMH standard for the next 100 years. I now tie on a Renzetti, but the offset took some getting used to (at least for me as an old fart). I did pick the Presentation model over the Traveler as I found the Traveler pedestal too light for my wrapping. I made the decision after trying both and many others at my local shop
My 2 cents is to go to your local fly shop and "test drive" a few vises. Pick the one that you like. Personally, I tied for about a hundred years on a Thompson A, then switch to an HMH standard for the next 100 years. I now tie on a Renzetti, but the offset took some getting used to (at least for me as an old fart). I did pick the Presentation model over the Traveler as I found the Traveler pedestal too light for my wrapping. I made the decision after trying both and many others at my local shop