Sander recommendation? I have RO90/Ro150.

[Coen]

I can do without an RTS, not without the Rotex.  [tongue] [big grin]

We should become neighbors  [tongue]

 

[AlexThePalex]

I can do without an RTS, not without the Rotex.  [tongue] [big grin]

We should become neighbors  [tongue]

Hehe, not a bad idea, we could share our Festools. But with me on the west coast and you on the German border we're as far apart as you could be in Holland.  [smile]

 

[bertv]

I can do without an RTS, not without the Rotex.  [tongue] [big grin]

We should become neighbors  [tongue]

Hehe, not a bad idea, we could share our Festools. But with me on the west coast and you on the German border we're as far apart as you could be in Holland.  [smile]

Well, not so if you lived in Maastricht and I in Groningen… Anyways— from my place to yours is 2 and a quarter hrs by train…

 

[AlexThePalex]

Well, not so if you lived in Maastricht and I in Groningen… Anyways— from my place to yours is 2 and a quarter hrs by train…

Yeah, but I don't want to drive that far just to borrow your BS75.

Anyway, as far as our American and Canadian friends are concerned, we Dutchies are all close neighbours.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Yeah, how far are you guys actually talking about? Miles/Kilometers

 

[Coen]

150 - 200 km

Miles are banned  [tongue]. That's east to west. What Bert talked about is about 350 km.

For some routes with starting and endpoint in NL it's shortest to cross into Germany, but they went all bonkers over there because we had 5% more people with the sniffles, so they made it a pain in the ass to cross the border, although enforcement seems absent.

 

[Bertotti]

RO90 was my first but slow going on the large surface I was working on. So I added the RO150. I find both easier to use in rotex more but have yet to find a job that either won't work for. Although a nice rectangular sander would be noice I haven't used another sander since I got these two. My very last sanding pass on all my project is always by hand anyway so I can sand with the grain.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

150 - 200 km

Miles are banned  [tongue]. That's east to west. What Bert talked about is about 350 km.

For some routes with starting and endpoint in NL it's shortest to cross into Germany, but they went all bonkers over there because we had 5% more people with the sniffles, so they made it a pain in the ass to cross the border, although enforcement seems absent.

That's not far, but it is a little much for tool borrowing. I live pretty much dead center of my state and 160km would not reach any of the borders.

 

[JonathanJung]

I'd get the ETS EC 150 for sanding all sorts of things, or the regular ETS 150 for lots of horizontal big surfaces.

 

[Stone Message]

Hi!

I'm a hobbyist with a Festool addiction. I have the RO150 and love it. I recently bought the RO90 that has the Delta head. I have not yet used it. I'm all loaded up with discs for both sanders.

My question is if there is another sander that you think I should add to the mix? Would you recommend a DTS or ETS? I know nothing about them yet. Thoughts on stroke? 3mm vs 5mm? Will try to find some videos. Also, does a 150 model use the same paper as my RO150? Oh, my assumption is that buying a RO125 wouldn't make sense for me. Would you agree? Would another model add some different characteristics into my tool collection, that I'd find myself choosing for certain tasks?

Thanks!

I have both the sanders that you have but also the brilliant ETS EC 150/3. It is my goto sander and is used 90% of the sanding time. It takes the same discs as your RO150.

Peter