Festool ROTEX RO Series

I was recommended to this tool by a friend whom is an excellent boat painter and restorer. He has had one for years.
Having bought it i am very impressed and wondered how i lived without one for so many years. A great tool and worth the expense. I thoroughly recommend it.

Very well presented!... with all the extra's features, it will do for what is designed to do.

Been floor sanding for over 30 years, Festool is certainly a high quality tool, I have a big collection of Festool products! Worth every cent! Check them out if you a new to the Festool range.

I purchased the Festool RO 150 in 2016. It would have to be one of the most versatile sanders going around.

I was sceptical at first and considering the price, a little hesitant in purchasing. This feeling disappeared after about 2 minutes of using it.

The power (and power adjustment) is incredible; in the coarse mode, it acts almost like a belt sander, removing incredible amounts of material. But be warned, hold on tight because this will just about rip itself out of your hands if you're not ready for it.

In fine mode, it becomes a powerful orbital sander that can have your project ready for finishing in no time.

I would definitely recommend using a Festool dust extractor with this sander.

First, it is an expensive sander, there are some things to get use to and to understand but literally you buy 4 sander into one! so not so expensive now... I use it mainly to strip windows paint and I use to spend hours to get paint of them. Now In half an hour I am ready to prime and paint. Things to consider, YOU have to have a vacuum attach to it, because otherwise there is no point to have the sander. The vacuum is 50% of the work done, keeps the grit clean, doesn't get the pig tails... There are 3 modes Rotex, Random and Delta. only change

This sander is a beast. At first I thought I may have bitten off more than I can chew, finding it a little hard to control. However after watching the Festool tutorial relating to this sander, everything changed. Easy to use and will go all day. The biggest surprise is the amazing quality of the Granat sanding paper. When used with my new Festool CT26 dust extractor, the pads seem virtually indestructible. I sanded the paint off 3 doors, both sides and the pads looked near new.
The dust extraction really prolongs the life of the pad as Festool have stated.
Unbelievable.

Earlier this year I was sanding with a cheap sander and although outdoors and wearing a mask I still ended up with a chest infection which lead to other complications. Buying Festool gear is expensive and difficult to justify at the home handyman level, but spending a week in hospital can put things in perspective. And of course the Rotex is a joy to use.

I still have the other 3 , 2 very old ones with the switch on the side. They no longer are rotex as such because they won’t switch over without breaking the switch inside. So one is orbital and one is buffing type, sought of. The third is a newer one that has been repaired but it wasn’t used because it was going to be months before it was repaired. So a new one was bought and when it came back it went on the shelf as a spare. Big mistake because when I did use it, it only lasted for about an hour and a half. And started to spit black plastic ou