576339 6-Inch Random Orbital Sander ETS EC150/5 EQ-Plus

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.

After using the Rotex 150 this thing is like holding nothing at all while I sand.

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.

Big jobs made easy! So my old big box yellow brand quarter sheet sander took me 3 days on and off to finish one side of 5ft black walnut, a wood hard as metal it seems. The old sander would constantly leave those pigtails that if have to hand sand out to prevent just making more. I was using 3 big box sand papers starting with 80grit. Now I have a huge 16ft slab of black walnut, no way am i going to sand for a month! Trying the Festool 150 5mm stroke with 80 grit... wow! I have to look real close to even notice any machine marks anywhere. It helped take out uneven cuts a mm tall, flattened those platforms out. Did one side one day the next the other... literally 64 square feet of hard wood sanding and it's sooooo smooth. It's 80 grit sanding feels like big boxes finishing paper. Did 120 next... covered 16 foot pencil marks in less than half an hour. Going quick now as there are not huge saw mark ledges to flatten. Mind there is a shadow from a toolbox in my pic but 16 foot hard wood... I don't feel I could of and sure would not have tried this with any other sander. Paired with the festool 26 vacuum lol... never thought I'd love sanding.

Was skeptical about spending the money for a Festool product as I am not a professional, but this tool really makes a difference when sanding - which every woodworker has to do a lot of 😳 the range of speeds coupled with the excellent dust collection capabilities makes this sander a great choice an I highly recommend it.

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.