I have two hands...thus...I need two sanders.

[FestitaMakool]

Cheese, I envy you your cordless sanders. The ETSC is on my wish list.

But, I’ve done the same drill many, many times before..
now my former wife has these furniture, I’m glad - Also now seeing that they are close to end of life. Yours look much better quality though. I’m left with a teak deck chair - and “we” are going rustic  [big grin].
Although:
I’ve done a table with same products and technique as boaters do with teak exposed to salt water. After sanding the teak oil are applied wet on wet in many, many layers, till the wood almost doesn’t accept more. Then another product of much thicker viscosity is applied for several more layers, but now it slowly forms a layer like lacquer. This does not harden and crack like lacquer, but is slight elastic. The end result can last up to two-three years or more, and longer if refurbished with a clean and thin layer on top once a year.
EDIT: Found a UK marine seller that carry this oil;
https://www.smlmarinepaints.co.uk/varnishes/benar

For now, my deck chair receives a pressure wash, and turns grey again after a short while. That’s it - I just sit in it [embarassed]

 

[Cheese]

About the test, are you saying the two sanders (ET&DT) are about equal in sanding efficiency?

Assuming you have corded versions of one of them how does the cordless compare?

Yes I think so, difficult to quantitatively measure because they're both so different. The ETSC being a random orbital while the DTSC is strictly an orbital. But I do think they have the same approximate efficiency rating.  [scratch chin]

It's interesting that when using both of these different sanders at the same time, you really need to kind of separate your brain and focus on and think about the DTSC and what it is doing. If you let go of the DTSC for a second, it just falls over and the edge of the pad digs into the wood. If you do the same thing with the ETSC, it remains upright and just hovers around the table in a small circle.

I think if you used 2 ETSC sanders at the same time, it'd be a piece of cake, not much to think about.  [big grin]

The corded DTS I have is the original 200 watt model however I also have the Pro 5 which is nothing more than a 250 watt ETS. You propose an interesting challenge/test/comparison before I put both of the corded models down the road.  [smile]

Also a very important observation...this is the 6th time I've sanded this table. Every previous experience was with using a dust extractor and a corded Festool sander.  [sad]  This was such a nice change not to wrestle with the hose and to stop and reposition the hose as it catches on the corners of the table or as the cord gets wrapped around a chair leg, that in itself cut time from the sanding process. This really is one of those tasks I avoid every year so there are some years when the table just doesn't get refinished. Cordless & hoseless has many advantages.

 

[Scott in San Diego]

Hey Cheese, 

Nice job on table.  It still looks really good for its age.

I'm trying to figure out what mix of cordless sanders to get so how about a few opinions, please.  How many batteries do you have for your two cordless sanders?  What would you consider the optimum number of batteries to keep up with the demand of how you normally would work with two sanders?  Not the two-fisted, one quarter of an octopus, watch this, method that your table received.

How are the dust bags holding up?  I am wondering if my definition of long-life is the same as Festool.

Do you have the mains adapter or does that kind defeat the purpose?