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This sander was a birthday gift for my friend. He is a tool "junkie"; and, when I was last in his shop, I noticed that his sander was not performing properly. This circumstance was therefore the motivation for my order. In any event, my friend was very happy to get the sander. On the other hand, he had yet to receive the sanding discs which I had ordered at the same time. Quite frankly, the discs had not even shipped yet - a bit of a disappointment if you ask me. In any event, the very next day, he took the sander to the shop. He called me later to tell me how well the sander performed on some of the auto body projects he had going. He also mentioned that he had gotten so used to his poor performing sander that he'd forgotten what was meant by "optimal performance" for such a tool. The new sander brought back to him the proper perspective. In further clarifying his opinion, he mentioned that the sander was easy to operate, comfortable to hold, and made his projects go a lot faster. He also said that detail work was not too difficult despite the six inch discs. All in all, he was very happy with my selection.

Stable, quiet, easy to hold, low vibration compared to many competing units. Outstanding value and performance.

Let me start by saying that I have never been really fond of aggressive sanders... I am a hutchins kind of guy who likes that nice smooth feel... <sigh> HOWEVER, that nice smooth feeling sander that I love is not practical in all instances! For example, getting body work done quickly. I paint Helicopters, and we are ALWAYS under the gun. Most recently, we were told that the job we were supposed to have for 12 days was needed in 8, so we had to push extra hard. This sander can do no wrong with that! It works as well as the $250 snap-on, the National Detroit, the Dynabride, but if I was going to offer any kind of advice... The small body enables the sanding pad to get into some harder to reach places that other sanders won't be able to reach. IF you are not going to hook it up to a vacuum attachment, buy a cheap pad that you won't mind chewing up around screws and rivets! It is what I did, and I am glad that I did.. Someday I might be able to use this with a vacuum... (Hey, a man can dream, right???

Well made and good quality.

I bought this model for use in woodworking because it has dust collection. I am a retired auto mechanic and have had great experience in the past with IR tools. This one somewhat disappoints me as there Is so much plastic. If you don't need the dust collection option I would consider one of the traditional DA sanders, although they are heavier they are also built better and will last. I also have an electric 5" RO sander (yellow) which is at least 10 years old and still works well. I like air tools, have a large compressor and thought this would be ideal for my situation. It is much quieter than the electric one but the dust collection doesn't work as well as the electric sander which has 8 holes and a larger vacuum port. Also it is not easy to find 6" PSA paper with 6 holes unless you buy 100 count packs of each grit you want. You can also buy a hook & loop pad for this sander though and H&L paper is readily available. I do like that it doesn't require oil like most pneumatic tools, it is light and does seem to have a lot of power. There are a lot of new features on this tool and I like it but just expected better quality from IR. If you are buying for woodworking like me the electric ones may be a better option. This tool needs 8cfm minimum with 12cfm needed under load. My compressor is capable of 19cfm but still runs nearly half the time I am sanding. I don't think that is very economical compared to a 3 amp electric model. Use in a body shop would be a totally different story, electric tools don't seem to last under that environment and this would be ideal considering it's light weight and auto shops always have large compressors running all day anyway. Mike

Bought this for my brother. He works at a collision center in the paint shop. He said it works great! Ingersoll-Rand is a well know brand and this product definitely lives up to its name! The fact that he could get quality for a cheaper price is amazing as well!

This is a great Ingersoll Rand quality product. I highly recommend it. The sander does a fantastic job.

Easy to use and well made

This is the most amazing sander, I love it. Used it lots but most recently I stripped and painted my F-350 super crew, I have a couple of other sanders but this one takes the work out of sanding.

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I love this sander, good, quite, quality, equals perfect .. lol.

Use it for preparing a car for paint and it works great.

This sander is just perfect for smooth finishes.