Richard
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That was a good test, but I’d like to see him do a follow up test after a couple years worth of use. Would the results be the same?
That's almost exactly what I was thinking.... Summer before last, we sanded our house (log home). This means the sander got a workout of its life. My brother in law is evidently sold on inexpensive tools.... (maybe I'm hung up on brand names or paying more??)
None the less...went to HF to buy a sander, used it for a day or three before.....it died. They swapped it out no problems. I was busy working while he was sanding so I wasn't present for all this but, I think it along the way, died again.... and they swapped it out.
Again, it was getting some serious use, more than your normal sander so the poor thing was under some duress.
But the bottom line for me is as you say, can you walk up to the tool in "X" years, pick it up and have it work for you?
I'm nervous on some of the lessor priced tools (read china / HF as I suppose many are cautious about)
Everything is man-made so everything can break I suppose.