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Somebody tries to put a new spin on the soft foam detail sander every 15 years or so and they are always worthless.

Risk damaging it by wrapping the cord? I suppose that goes for the other 95% of corded power tools have attached cords.

Noticed you arent using the new pro foam. Also the anti static flexible hose that screws into the back isn't very expensive.

What is the link for the hose attachment

link for the hose attachment 🙏🏻

$600 for a modified orbital sander is ridiculous.

I want to buy

Omg i wasn’t aware that it was so expensive. I’ve always wanted to refinish furniture and I’m finally ready to start. I’ve heard that the Surfprep sander works great on furniture but I didn’t know how much it was.

Is there a weight difference ? What about vibration ?

Is this available

I regret buying mine as well and it was very expensive more than mirka and festool , not worth the money

There are many alternatives these days to mirka and 3M and they come with many issues , for a 3rd of the price you can pick up the maxxt sander which they improved on quality control and you get 2 pads 6 and 5 inch and its on par with mirka and 3M but festool is on another league on its own and very dependable brand i own 4 different sanders and they never gave me a problem in 10 years of heavy use but not abuse , my last purchase was the maxxt sander and its been holding amazing and hope it lasts long

Most equipment works just fine in the hands of someone who has patience and understanding of the trade. It's just a matter of preference and budget. Nothing more.

From a guy that runs a cabinet shop and has had two bad bearings in two different machines in 4 months, I'd say do not waste your hard earned money on the surfprep. The uneeda copy is even worse. I'm also open to ideas on a better quality machine if anyone wants to chime in.

I have this unit , festool made a huge design mistake as the unit has very limited running time on 4amp batteries only.

Do you have a link for the 3D printed attachment?

For the price deference, id buy a mirka.......

10 min on full power, don't mislead viewers

The pads don't seem to remove enough material

Without a brake of backing pad, its a piece of crapp. Festool the top as usual

another festool blunder that will hurt sales. If they had just allowed room for the five amp hour batteries runtime could've more than doubled and it would've been a lot more appealing. We're talking about less than a couple inches

You look like the woodpeckers kid in a disguise

What speed do you set it to?

I dont have a nice sander or dust extractor yet. I was planning to buy the 3M sander, and a festool dust extractor. I did not realize that an adapter was needed.

Do not buy 3M is a piece of crapp, red tje reviews on the 3M web site, that thing came out defective few hours of work and stop working and never turns back on, wait until they fix that recall cuz i believe that's going to happen

Yeap to late a read the reviews it happened the same to me, luckily i was still on tje one month period and i was able to return to amazon, cuz i tried to call 3M and i was not able to, is horrible customer service

Thank you for the review. Can you tell me what the 2.5 on the top of the paddle means? I've usually seen them with a "5" on the paddle.

If there’s no Tubo mode like a Bosch or Rotex function like a Festool has, I don’t want the sander

Festool any time ! Great Sander - better even than the Mirka Deros which is much hyped.

3M is JUNK - I have bought 2 of these in the last 5 months and they both died. Read the reviews on the 3M website. I talked to the service people at 3M and they confirmed that there all several design issues with the control board. Stay away.

So you failed to talk about the sanding radius which is 3mm on festool but i dont know what 3m is.As an owner of 8 of the festool 6inch i can tell you i wish they were hard wired as the festool connection eventually fails and new cords dont resolve issue

3m so sexy

#M make several 6" Extract ROS sanders. which model are you demonstrating?

I got a feeling that 3M sander is nothing more then a Mirka and its obvious that the 3m sander is quieter because it starts at 4000rpm while the Festool it starts at 6000rpm. The only fault that i can say about the festool is its lowest rpm. Sometimes the 6000rpm ist to much!!!

those little accidental turn ons with the 3M paddle is what i don’t like that kind of switch.

Did the 3m require you to power on in to adjust the speed? That seems like a bad design.

I recognize you from Woodpecker videos? Still working there?

Where can I get that adapter

Can you use 5.0 AH battery? Seems like 5.0 battery is too thick to fit. Thanks.

When it comes to run down times you are not comparing apples to apples. One is a 5” and the other is a 6”. The larger one has more inertia and will therefore have a longer run down time. I own the 5” 3M and it does have a very slightly longer run down than the Festool, but much shorter than the 6”3M.

Dynabrade always

Where did you get the hose converter for the 3M to the Festool hose ?

I've got that Festool sander, and the Mirka Deros instead of the 3m, but I am curious about the 3m. It seems over priced tbh. If I'm dropping almost 500 and + on a sander I'd rather it not have its country of origin be Taiwan, but time will tell I suppose on the overall quality of the sander. The lack of variable speed in the paddle switch is an odd choice since the 3m is similar to the Metabo, and the Metabo is also similar to the Mirka and surf prep. Also not a fan of the cord on the 3m. I much prefer the Festool one cord for most tools, but I have that same complaint with the Mirka. Of course having the Mirka that problem just makes me think I need more Mirka cords lol. Also not a fan of needing an attachment to fit Festool hoses sucks because those are the hoses I have LoL. The Festool hose connects nicely to the Mirka without an adapter. If I came across one for sub 300 or - I'd be tempted to buy one just to put hands on it. Do the Mirka Deros pads fit on it? Do they have a weighted 125mm pad for the 150mm so it is both a 125 and 150 mm 5 stroke sander like the Mirka?

You're the first video I've found that compared the 3M and Festool, thank you. Plenty of 3M v Mirka or Festool v Mirka but no one doing a head to head of these two.

Nice dust collection

Such a great set up