The difference in vibration between my ETS125 and my old PC333’s is like night and day. I love the 6” pad, dust collection is excellent too.
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With the ETS 125REQ I hold the vacuum hose in my right hand to balance the sander and just lay my left hand on top of the sander to guide it. With the Rotex 125 on rotary I hold it the same way only with more pressure on the left. My hands used to go numb in 15-20 minutes. It is no longer a problem
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I am going to get the Festool tomorrow! Woodcraft has it in stock and I can support them. The Bosch is out of stock almost everywhere, except amazon where its listed for $70 more than anyone else.
Yes, it's a two hander for sure. I absolutely love mine, but I only one hand it when I need to move the hose/cord around, otherwise it's 2 hands all the time. I still have my old 5" porter cable ROS for when I need something smaller and more controllable. I use a sanding block for all my edge breaking, but that's more because I find a ROS is too uncontrollable doing that for my liking.
I sold my festool in favor of the Mirka. The vibration level is much lower.
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My PC333 left my hands numb after a couple hours. I even tried padded bicycling gloves with it. I replaced it with a Festool ETS 150 which I could literally use all day without hand problems.
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Yes Robert it is heavy, which is no concern on horizontal surfaces & not much bother on vertical surfaces. But holding it one handed while balancing it on a corner is not something you want to do a lot of. I've got an old 5" Dewalt that I use for stuff like that, but that's about the only use it gets anymore.
Robert you are welcome to come out to the "Quah" and test drive any and all of my 5 Festool sanders. Mask and social distancing of course.
Once thing about Festool sanders used with a Festool vacuum that is rarely talked about is the suction level set on the Vacuum. If you are using a FT Sander that seems to be jumping around, you may need to reduce the suction setting on the vacuum. I find that for me, setting the FT vacuum at 75% suction gives the best/smoothest ride with many of their sanders. If you are using the gear driven mode on some sanders where you use two hands to hold it then 100% setting works better because you are trying to be more aggressive with your sanding.