I rock the heavy black one from HF for the last 10 years or so - highly recommend, lifts anything easily.
I recently bought the alum one and while it is nice and light I used it to lift the front of my full sized car yesterday and was surprised to see it struggling to lift it.
Which HF aluminum jack? The 2.5 ton one I have is a beast. Lifts my F550 service truck front end with no issue at all.
The Yellow Daytona far exceeded my expectations.
Got the yellow daytona for a xmas gift. Looks to be pretty stout, dwarfs my old craftsman jack. Thanks for all of the recommendations.