ETS EC 150/5 EQ-Plus 576339 Sys3

This is the best sander I've ever used. It's a Festool, so I'm not surprised. As with all of their tools, a bit pricey, but definitely worth it in my opinion. It removes stock quickly using more aggressive grits, and is nearly vibration free. The dust collection is excellent, with hardly anything at all escaping. Two really nice things compared to my other sanders: 1) it stops almost immediately when you turn it off. No sitting there waiting for it to spin down like my DeWalt or Porter Cable sanders. 2) When using a vac or dust collector on high, my other sanders tended to speed up beyond their normal speed because of the air flow. This could get the sander spinning really fast if you aren't careful. The Festool doesn't do this at all, no matter what the setting is on the dust collection.

First festool purchase, I get the hype now. The quality of this sander is amazing and paired with a good dust collector makes it a pleasure to use. This sander makes a daunting task a lot more bearable!!

This sander is amazing, which it should be for the price. I replaced a battery orbital sander that was not doing a good job and the speed relied too much on battery level. The Festool sander is balanced, comfortable and the 6" diameter makes sanding more efficient. Wish I had bought it sooner.

I just got my sander and am so glad I went with the 6in. The quality of the customer service is incredible, they overnighted it. They also included a assortment pack of sandpaper for free with it. I could not be more happy with the sander or the company.

Other than my dust collector I use with my Mafell track saw, this was my first Festool purchase. I bought this last fall and now have used it many hours on a new home I just finished building. The power, smooth start, ergonomics, low vibration....it's fantastic. I gave away the two other sanders I had previously which seemed pretty decent until using this. (I now also have the Festool RO150 which is a beast..) Dust extraction is superb. 95% of my sanding has been with Festool Granat Net, Mirka Abranet, or 3M net (I forget the name)...All of them work awesome with this. I did buy the hard sanding pad as well and use that most of the time. Very expensive sander but takes a lot of the annoyance out of the most annoying part of wood finishing.