Festool576339 6-Inch Random Orbital Sander ETS EC150/5 EQ-Plus

Big jobs made easy! So my old big box yellow brand quarter sheet sander took me 3 days on and off to finish one side of 5ft black walnut, a wood hard as metal it seems. The old sander would constantly leave those pigtails that if have to hand sand out to prevent just making more. I was using 3 big box sand papers starting with 80grit. Now I have a huge 16ft slab of black walnut, no way am i going to sand for a month! Trying the Festool 150 5mm stroke with 80 grit... wow! I have to look real close to even notice any machine marks anywhere. It helped take out uneven cuts a mm tall, flattened those platforms out. Did one side one day the next the other... literally 64 square feet of hard wood sanding and it's sooooo smooth. It's 80 grit sanding feels like big boxes finishing paper. Did 120 next... covered 16 foot pencil marks in less than half an hour. Going quick now as there are not huge saw mark ledges to flatten. Mind there is a shadow from a toolbox in my pic but 16 foot hard wood... I don't feel I could of and sure would not have tried this with any other sander. Paired with the festool 26 vacuum lol... never thought I'd love sanding.

Super fast shipping, good packaging by the vendor. The tool itself is really nice. Prior to this purchase, I was loathe to spend too much on a "good" sander, thinking decent was good enough. After having used this sander on a single large project so far, I am kicking myself for not pulling the trigger sooner. As a fan of Festool, and owning several of their tools, I am very pleased with this sander. My hand does not go numb from extended sanding (I am one of those weirdos that enjoys sanding and find it relaxing, until my hand cramps or goes numb), and I was able to complete about 4 hours straight of sanding, and felt as comfortable at the end as I did at the beginning.

It's Festool, what would you expect?

I'm using Festool Granat 180 grit sandpaper in conjunction with a Festool dust extractor - there is no dust. None. I no longer have to setup saw horses outside to do sanding.

Delivery of the sander was as promised. It was very well packaged and it is the item I ordered.

Gentile on the hands. Very effective pattern- quickly leaves a beautiful surface. Dust collection with Cen-Tec hose is superb. My other sanders are gathering dust 😊

It does what it claims. Low vibration and excellent dust extraction.

Was skeptical about spending the money for a Festool product as I am not a professional, but this tool really makes a difference when sanding - which every woodworker has to do a lot of 😳 the range of speeds coupled with the excellent dust collection capabilities makes this sander a great choice an I highly recommend it.