Which dust extractors?

[Dusty.House]

Hey All,

I'm looking to upgrade from my Dewalt 1/2 Sheet Sander (DWE6411) and 5. in Orbital Sander (DWE6421K). There's quite a range of Festool sanders, so I'm looking for a recommendation.

My requirements are:

- An orbital sander, or equivalent for fast removal
- A fine finish sanding
- I don't mind if they are the same sander, or it's two
- Battery, or Battery & Corded
- As this will be my first Festool battery, ideally ones I can use with future drill purchases.

Thanks in advance,

Ben

 

[Alanbach]

Well the choices for cordless Sanders in Festool that satisfy your needs are not all that extensive as far as I know. For the random orbital you have the ETSC 125 and for the finish sander you get two to choose from, the RTSC400 (rectangular pad) or the DTSC400 (delta pad).

 

[pixelated]

The cordless sanders don't have battery compatibility with the drills. However, if you want the ability to use the sander with a battery or plugged in, there is a plug in power module for the cordless sanders to use in place of a battery.
For dust, the battery sanders are supplied with a dust bag and you can connect all of them to a vacuum, the bag is optional for most of the AC sanders. You may need to cobble up some sort of adaptor if you want to use a vacuum other than a Festool vac.

 

[Sanderxpander]

I don't understand the OP header/subject vis-a-vis the actual post.

 

[Jmacpherson]

Going to assume that your subject is incorrect and your are asking about sanders?

As mentioned there are only 3x cordless-corded hybrid sanders available from Festool currently.
However you mention requirements for finish sanding and rapid removal but in a hybrid format - that doesn't really exist.

All the festool 18v sanders have a 2mm orbit so not really aggressive sanders.
Depending on what you are sanding you could use low grits but it won't be fast like a rotex or ets ec.
Perhaps if you stated what you are sanding people can guide you more?