Can you buy an ETS EC 150/5 online right now?

[johnsayen]

Hi all,

It looks like 575051 was discontinued in favor of shipping one in a sys3. Not sure if the sander will see any changes with 576339 but I am having trouble finding an online dealer with any stock on a 150/5 and the sys3 are backordered until at least March, maybe May.

Any recommendations? Thank you.

 

[jarbroen]

Call around to all your local lumber yards/hardware stores - especially the little guys.  I'd wager that one of them has that sander on their shelf.  Unless you're 100 miles from civilization.
I needed an OF 1010 a couple weeks ago and couldn't find one at my usual haunts.  I reached out to a dealer a little further out and they had a couple of them in their attic.
Same deal with the Vac-Sys.  I had to call a bunch of dealers to find one in stock.

You might even consider the 150/3 if that's available.  I wound up getting the /3 version because that's what my dealer had... turns out, it's an excellent compliment to the Rotex 150 which has the 5mm stroke in orbital mode.

 

[Peter_C]

https://festoolsales.com/product/random-orbital-sander-ets-ec-150-5-eq-plus/

One of many available I am sure if you just run the part number through google. As suggested call around to local-ish stores. Great sander!