ETS125 - What is your use case?

[HarveyWildes]

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Sounds a hole lot easier to just buy festool paper to begin with.

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[size=13pt]Down here Festool paper is just about the only Festool product that does not come at a  price premium. I even use it on my Makita 1/2 sheet sander. Yes the holes do match.  [smile]

I do the same thing up here .

 

[ben_r_]

I have been going back and forth with this myself. I have the $99 Pro5 LTD coming as my first Festool sander and intend to use that just for high grit finishing sander (150 grit or so and up) and would like to have one other as a more all around sander (say 60-80 to 120). I dont really do much rough wood sanding, so it certainly doesnt have to be as strong or as heavy as the Rotex, but I would like to be able to use the hard pad that the Pro5 LTD doesnt have an option for. I was thinking of going with the ETS EC 125 as it would also allow me to share papers with the Pro5 LTD should I ever want to (which would probably be unlikely) and is $100 less than the ETS EC 150/3 & 150/5. However the larger size of one of the 150 units might be nice to have. I dont think I need a 5mm stroke over a 3mm stroke, but Im still kinda undecided there. So its just been that kind of back and forth for me.

 

[ttf5003]

I know I am in the minority here but started off only owning the ETS 125 and then added a RO 125.

I was coming from a Craftsman 5" so I figured all I needed was a 5". I couldn't see paying an extra $160 for an extra inch. Plus there are always good deals to be had on the 5" sanders on ebay, not so much on the 6" sanders.

Now that I have the RO 125 I usually sand 80 and 100 with that. Then I switch to the ETS for 120 and above. Works fine for me.

That being said I have been doing a ton of 5" and 6" trim lately, I wish I had the bigger sander. Unfortunately the cost of sandpaper is prohibitive.