Best Makita Sanders

Value for Money Old School Power tool – I'd previously bought a Ryobi belt sander which turned out to be disappointing junk (see my other review). After going through 3 of those I decided… Read more

to go with the Makita M9400 after reading some of the reviews here and what a difference. The Ryobi felt like a toy compared to the Makita. This is your old school power tool with no fancy gimmicks, just one speed (with a lock) and a large cloth collection bag for the dust. Its very powerful and best of all has a 100mm wide belt which makes sense if you're sanding 90mm wide deck boards like I am, meaning less back and forth required and reduced risk of not sanding flat like you would with a 75mm wide belt. The tension knob also keeps the belt tracking straight with minimal adjustment. The first thing you notice taking it out of the box is how heavy it is due to the metal body. This is both a good and bad thing, as the weight of the machine does all the sanding work, but you'll be using muscles you forgot you had to reign this beast back in. So far I've sanded more boards with this machine than the three Ryobi's combined and its still going strong, doesn't get hot and has only used 2 sanding belts (Ryobi I used about 10 because of its bad tracking). Although I paid a little bit extra, this machine is definitely value for money. I think that Bunnings doesn't stock this item (only the far more expensive Makita 9924 version, at twice the price) as sales of the Ryobi's would stop, so I had to source it from Total Tools instead but it was worth it.

As good as they get – After my Previous Makita belt sander had a hernia after some 25-30 years I purchased the Makita 9924DB. As they say its a beast. Bit on the heavy side but so powerful . This is one good belt sander Show details

Average performance, expensive, terrible warranty – Bought this sander in late 2018. At 2.5 years old the motor burnt out after moderate use (timber work only). This sander was almost double the price… Read more

of any others available, yet it has the shortest warranty of them all (including those 1/4 of the price). I purchased a replacement sander for $75, which I found is more powerful and generally feels better, plus has a 4 year warranty! I see ZERO reason to purchase this Makita sander over any of the competitors, it's worse in every way.

Good sander – Good sander, have had others that weren't as good. Can be easily used with sandpaper rolls and stays on secure. Does create a fair amount of dust even with the bag.

Good value for money - really happy with it – This sander is light & easy to use, gives a good finish and the dust collection works better expected. Haven't had any issues with pads coming off… Read more

yet although still relatively new

It isn't that aggressive and for rough surfaces I still use a Makita belt sander initially. However this little sander is excellent for tidying up the marks left after the belt sander or by itself if the wood wasn't too bad to begin with.

Dust collection is better than the belt sander.

Light and easy to use but not perfect – We bought this to replace a corded (and ancient) Bosch RO sander that while still working had all the drawbacks of a corded tool. It has 3 speed… Read more

settings (7, 9.5 &11k OPM) and a 2.8mm orbit action. In use, I really miss the 'D' handle of the Bosch becasue this really doesn't have anywhere to get a good grip on it and that makes it a little hard for precision work or odd shapes (like wooden arms on a chair for example) where it's difficult to guide. However, it's got plenty of power and does a great job of bulk sanding work in areas where something like my half sheet sander isn't a good fit. The 'fit' of the dust collector isn't great and you get a bit of dust from around the joint and in our market the cloth reusable dust bag option isn't available (although you can get it out of the UK like I have).

A huge improvement over the previous one – I bought a Makita Orbital Sander about 35 years ago; when I finished the job, I took it outside, and smashed it with a sledge hammer. It was a most… Read more

frustrating tool, and that simply because paper would waltz off the sander as soon as it was put on. I prefolded paper, did all I could, and all to no avail. When I needed another sander, I looked around and found that (a) Makita had changed the paper clamp, and (b) no other sander had any better method of clamping - so, I took a chance on Makita again - and I’m glad I did. These clamps work! As BakerSam said, there are no frills with this, but that’s fine with me. Dust extractor is better than nothing, but not great, but then the previous one had none at all. All in all, a good budget sander.

Bearing housing failed – Bought a few years ago for a small woodworking project then stored for a couple of years. Needed to sand down some plaster for painting. I used the… Read more

sander in conjunction with a makita dust extracting attachment and vacuum and all went well for a couple of hours then it began to struggle and ten stopped. As it was out of warranty I took it apart. The plastic bearing housing on the vibrating plate had disintegrated. Why buy a so called quality product when you can buy an Ozito for a fraction of the price and get a 3 year warranty. Which is what I've done... works fine..