Dustless Technologies 50001 Turbo Drywall Sander with 7-Foot Extendable Pole
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Dustless Technologies 50001 Turbo Drywall Sander with 7-Foot Extendable Pole
Customer Review: Love-Less "Turbo" drywall sander
Summary: 3 Stars
For those of you remodling/drywall contractors hoping for a god-send.... this is NOT it.The catalog description was a little mis-leading; I had thought this was a lighter, less expensive verson of Porter-Cables, electric, disc-sander. It is powered strictly by the suction of your shop-vac,(hence the "Turbo" designation), operating instructions say to use their(Love-less),co's "Dry-wall" vaccum;(what did you expect?)I have a Milwaukee shop vac- (their most powerfull model) so I'm sure it has sufficient suction,upon hooking it up, and turning on the vaccum, the sanding head did vibrate well. You can't "lean-on" it to make it sand faster, it will bog down,(the instructions tell you this as well),so it's not a fast as conventional hand sanding.BUT it is nearly DUST-FREE!;(as long as your shop vac has proper filtration for this fine dust). You also have to oil it(according to instructions) at LEAST every 1/2 HR.-through a very fine hole, with included special oil,(the bottle has NO Spout to fit either), which I did, but some-time after about 2 hrs of use, the unit quit, and would not work further. It would be GREAT for small patches/repairs, if it would work. It's light, easy to handle, and learn,(unlike Porter Cable's), and virtually Dust-Free, which I was looking for. I think the problem lies in drawing the dusty air through the "Turbo-unit",this has to create clogging problems. Dont give up, Love-Less Co! Your on the right track; make it reliable, more powerful,(maybe elect. over vaccum?),include an oil bottle that FITS the oil hole, and hell, I'd pay twice the price!I've been a remodeling G/C for over 20 yrs.... The industry NEEDS this !Customer Review: Truly Dustless
Summary: 4 Stars
The product is aptly named. It truly works as advertised: sanding nicely with hardly any mess. This thing has had some mixed reviews so I admit to being skeptical going in. However, I am pleased with the performance. A few things to note are as follow:
1.) Use a strong shop vacuum: I used this attached to a 6.5 HP Rigid blower-vac. The better the vacuum, the stronger the sanding action. I can see how some other comments of week sanding action may have been due to using an underpowered vacuum.
2.) Potential for gouges: Try not to fight the machine. Your tendency will be to scrub with it like a common pole sander. This might cause the sanding head to tilt and if it does it will gouge the heck out of the surface. One you tame this beast though, it will provide very nice results.
3.) Not quite half-sheet sized: The sanding head is slightly smaller (on both length and width) than a standard half-sheet sandpaper. Not sure why they did this, but it is a little annoying having to cut down the sheets to size.
4.) Not quite edge-to-edge sanding: this thing has small gaps on all four sides to allow the vacuum to capture all the drywall dust. For this reason, the sander will not reach completely to the edge. It comes very close but you will have to finish off the corners with something else (like square sanding sponge).
All in all, I was expecting a gimmick and was pleasantly surprised to find a tool I will continue to use on future projects.
Customer Review: 99% Dustless - Excellent Product
Summary: 5 Stars
I just received my sander in the mail yesterday and put it straight to work. I have a 6.5 horse Craftsman shop vac that you can buy at Sears. I tested the sander first on a smaller vacuum and it did not perform well as many people had said. After hooking it up to the larger vacuum it was a completely different story. The thing couldn't be stopped. I pressed firmly, if not hard, on it into the wall and it only slowed down very little (read -- much harder than you would ever want to press on a sander, I was just testing its limits).
I have used orbital sanders with vac attachments in the past, and this performs just as well, but captures the dust MUCH better. The surface smooths quickly and smooths well. This is an excellent product and may not be as fast as hand sanding or the $400+ Porter Cable, but it is dustless, and I was sanding the kitchen as my wife was cooking in it and there was no air-born dust and very little that remained on the wall and floor.
Ensure you have a strong vacuum to make this product perform like it is designed to. You will be disappointed with a weak vacuum.
Customer Review: The sander is OK specially for smal projects.
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this sander and start using it next day, like other reviewers write you probably can do the job faster by hand sanding but this sander is almost dust free and you don't get tired as you would do the hand sanding. You have to try the tool in some small place before you start working with it specially if you are use this sander first time, you have to feel the tool and find the good way to work and how to control it, also it should be flat to the wall.
I'am remodeler and I have to work with drywall a lot so when you do some patching at your customers house with furniture this sander is probably the best to use. Also ones in few hours you have to lubricate the tool and after you finish work with the tool you stil have to check the walls and finish sanding with hand, some corners and tight places but it wont be too much.
When I bought this sander I finish with this tool two bedrooms single famaly house painting and drywall repair and I can say this tool help me a lot and save me a lot of time for cleaning the floors.
So in one word I like the tool and would recomend it to you.
Customer Review: Scott
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a remodeling contractor, who bought this to sand drywall repairs in finished homes. I've ended up being pleased with the Dustless sander.
It took just a while for me to get used to it. It seemed slow at first, but after working with it I realized it was giving me a good smooth finish in a reasonable amount of time with virtually no dust. On my first job with it, I sanded the seams on a 12 ft cathedral ceiling in a finished room. The sander made a difficult job manageable. When done, I wiped down a counter top which had been uncovered. No dust apparent on the surface.
This isn't the Porter Cable sander that just zips along. But it isn't the PC price, either, and important for me, it stores easily in my truck. And, it doesn't undercut corners like the PC tends to do. This sander works for me on small jobs of a room or so, especially where dustless sanding is important. A down side is you need to order their custom velcro backed sandpaper. However,in a pinch, I bought stick on velcro, fastened it to the back of standard paper, and sanded away.