Anyone Use a 5" Cordless Orbital Sander?

[roger wiegand]

Never used one, doesn't a big enough battery to make the tool last a while make the sander awfully heavy? I've come to enjoy the small size and relatively light weight of the Mirka I mostly use. A cord does seem like a minor inconvenience compared to the vacuum hose that, I think, needs to be there anyway.

[Mike Henderson]

I bought the DeWalt cordless sander and have used it a bit. The problem now is how to attach it to my dust collection. DeWalt has a proprietary attachment method. I just ordered an adapter and hope I don't have any problem attaching it to my hose.

I used it with a 5Ah battery and it doesn't feel too heavy or unbalanced.

Mike

[Rich Aldrich]

I bought the DeWalt cordless sander and have used it a bit. The problem now is how to attach it to my dust collection. DeWalt has a proprietary attachment method. I just ordered an adapter and hope I don't have any problem attaching it to my hose.

I used it with a 5Ah battery and it doesn't feel too heavy or unbalanced.

Mike

i bought this kit for both corded and cordless Dewalt sanders. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I wanted the cordless for working in the house and at my daughters house. I find I use it more, sometimes with the vacuum hose and sometimes with the dust collector supplied with the sander.

[kreig mcbride]

Purchased the Milwaukee cordless sander and found it to be almost worthless, very little power. Returned it and bought a second one with the same results. Returned the second sander and the company where I purchased the sander opened 3rd sander and tried it out in-house, same result, worthless. I have many Milwaukee tools that perform excellently but the orbital sander is worthless.