I voted other because I still do it by hand ✋ More on reddit.com

I’m looking to buy this year a vacuum sander (like a Mirka or Festool type) but just got back into it and want to see if anyone uses any other brands that don’t cost as much. More on reddit.com

I own two. Love them. Some thoughts— the Deros is not a pneumatic sander, it’s just kinda in the shape of a pneumatic sander like the the mirka ROS. I just want to be sure we’re on the same page because I have different thoughts on pneumatic sanders. That “pneumatic style” form factor fits really well in my hand and I love it. Other people seem to really hate it because you can knock over the sander and activate it accidentally. I use my 5 inch pad for all wood sanding applications. The six inch pad I have I only use for feathering out drywall mud repairs (I’m a carpenter who does a fair bit of remodeling). The deros is not a “material removing” sander that you can press into service to do things that ought to be done on a planer or jointer. If you want one machine to do it all maybe look at a rotex. needed accessories— “pad savers” which I believe is the same as the interface pad. High quality sand paper, I prefer 3m cubitron II (the original, not the open weave chevron cubitron xtract, but that’s because the xtract can’t really be pressed into hand sanding applications as easily). And lastly a hepa filter equipped dust extractor— absolutely essential. If you don’t have one and can’t afford one, you can’t afford a premium sander, sorry :( Random thoughts— my first one I bought used and it worked until I lost a conductor prong from the cord. “No problem” I thought, “ I’ll just clip the damaged plug end and rewire a replacement”… It never worked, despite outwardly being a totally normal looking set of braided conductors. Good news is that replacement cords are only like 20 USD from mirka. I ended up buying the second DEROS because I was convinced my first one was dead… until the new sander’s cord made the original work. The replacement came from Amazon and I have no complaints about that. I would have liked to try a festool ETS150 because there are better options for pads, but at the time festool availability was very limited. If you want I’ll trade you your old festool for my old mirka straight up. 😂 More on reddit.com

If you just need it for one project rent from Home Depot. More on reddit.com