Best Makita Belt 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