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When used with the Porter Cable Vacuum with the tool controlled on-off feature, it makes quick work of sanding. This sander does a great job. Easy to use. It really controls the dust from sanding. Fairly light.
It is a great product.This review is also for the providor. A new part was quickly on its way from the manufacturer and was promptly recieved. I emailed the company with a picture and got quick feedback from customer service. I have rented this sander many times and decided to buy one. The order came from Quality Distributors. Thanks Latrisha for the great service. A small rubber boot was ripped and I needed the sander to do a job and didn't want the hassle of returning it.
It is really a nicely made tool, and I'm blown away it hasn't broken yet.The only complaint I have is that it doesn't do corners as well as I'd like, but if you're good at mudding (especially if using professional automatic taping tools and boxes), a quick pass with a sanding pole is usually fine anyway. It really does pay for itself in no time, and leaves you wondering why the hell you ever did it any other way. I've owned mine for YEARS now- with surprisingly no problems, considering how hard it's been used. Thanks Porter Cable. It's sanded more square feet of drywall than I care to fathom, been tossed in the back of the truck, dropped, sat through every nasty kind of weather imaginable- I even thought the drywall dust would eventually burn up the motor- but zero problems so far. Overall, the sander/vacuum combo is worth every penny. I've tried other brands and burned up several until I broke down and bought the P-C.
At first, I admit it was a little touchy and could take off more than I wanted to, but it doesnt take long to learn how NOT to do that. It is a little noisy, but I listen to my iPod and just fly through houses, while the homeowners are happy to not have everything covered in dust.Unlike some of the other reviews, I do strongly suggest buying the Porter Cable vacuum designed to go with it. If it weren't for you, I'd have quit doing drywall LONG ago. I have yet to see a finer vacuum designed to handle drywall dust.
Just a quick pass in the corners with some hand sand paper after the sander and your ready for primer and paint. I build custom homes and do remodel work for a living,so any tool that saves me time and makes me money is worth it. I have had this unit for over three years now and it has saved me countless hours of sanding mud and hiring a drywall crew. I would highly recommend this sander for anyone who is in the trades, you wont be sorry. The less you have to sub out.the more goes in your pocket. I just hook it up to a shop vac and get virtually no dust.
This tool is a benefit to productivity even with its flaws, and will pay for itself in labor cost and worker health and safety savings on the first project. Since I can buy 4 of the cheap sanders for the price of 1 brand name sander, my money is best spent on the cheap clone. I consider it to be equal to manual pole sanding on 'ceilings' in terms of physical effort, with the advantage of less dust falling your way. I am using a less expensive no "brand name" similar product, with my cheap "homeowner" shop vac. The $300 includes the cost of my shop vac. At my local drywall supply store it would cost me $ 1000.00 for a better engineered version of the vacuum orbital sander I bought for $200.00. I prefer using this tool to manual pole sanding. It is superior to manual pole sanding of 'walls' in all respects.
For about $300.00, my cheap version of this tool is heavy, yet still easier than a pole sander on ceilings, and is an improvement over pole sanding because of the dust collection via vacuum. Be advised that I have not used the Porter Cable Tool associated with this review, so my review is not of the Porter Cable sander itself. The tool that I have used and am reviewing here, is a similar, competing product.
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