XOB01Z 18V LXT® Lithium-Ion Cordless 5" Random Orbit Sander, Tool Only

There's rarely anything complicated or difficult to manufacture about a cordless sander. They're regularly one of the cheapest power tools you need to buy for your arsenal and this one is too. I am a Contractor/Laborer and I have to do a good amount of sanding from Bondo to prepping for wood stains to rounding off corners etc. so I need a somewhat light sander with decent battery life and thankfully, this Makita does the job easily. I recently had to sand the logoing off a bunch of pressure treated lumber for a pergola to display at a home show and this made short work of it all. Granted, that's not necessarily a proper pressure test to put it through it's paces but the point is that it did the job without issue and it has been ever since I bought it a few months ago. No complaints, feels good in the hand, battery lasts a good long while, it's good.

Quality in feel, sound, results. I bought the used model but with Makita they last. Spend more but quality matters, tired of the carbon copy tools.

Great sander. Gets the job done on a 3Ah battery, you can almost fully charge another 3Ah battery as fast as this will use one up at full speed. Doesn’t shake your hand and arm bones to death, even without any gloves on - it’s actually not unpleasant to use. Just guide it around your surface - the sandpaper doesn’t get hot if you don’t press on it and just let it do the work. I got perfect sanding results with almost no experience using an electric sander, just stepping up through 4 or 5 grades of paper (I used Serious Grit brand, it’s nice but probably any 8-hole paper is fine). It’s not too heavy, and high speed is plenty of power for the pine and mesquite that I’ve done so far. The little bag is a joke. I left it off and can see dust blowing out at speed from the tube, so it must have a fan in there pulling the dust through the 8 holes and out the exhaust. I ordered a universal vacuum fitting set that hopefully fits this to the basic shop vac I have, but it’s surprisingly good by itself (though makes a mess of course). Once the battery gets down to 1 bar, it will start to lose some top speed. I found it to be somewhat less effective when this happens, so I go ahead with battery swap to keep it running near full speed. 2Ah will get some sanding done, but it runs down faster than you want it to. 3 is good, lasts longer than I expected at full speed.

Great sander and the vacuum hose works great with a Craftsman V20 mini shop vac

Convenient tool. 3 years, used every week on different material types. Yes, it’s cordless. No, it will never beat a corded tool. Not designed for aggressive, heavy handed work. It’s a finish sander. Use OEM BATTERIES. Keep it clean, blow it out regularly and it will extract the sanding dust. Use the right discs. Let the sander do the work.

if you are a professional woodworker and you worked with the best sanding machines in the world like Mirka and Festool you know what is great 2.5 stroke sanding finish then this Makita is pretty much very close with the result. this is 5 inch sanding pad sander not 6. Particulary this Makita is very simple and excelent sander with perfect balance and slow motion vibration There are just 3 speed option but all of them work really good. vacuum exit hose could be better designed for vacuum extractors. that is the only problem highly sugest this sander

Outstanding general purpose random orbit sander. For those already committed to the Makita 18v LXT battery, like me, this is a 100% no-brainer. This is a high-quality well-designed effective product. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Also, as an aside...the Makita.com website is a great user experience for researching product, registering purchases, and accessing user manuals and documentation. I find myself using Makita.com often.

Makita quality! Fantastic tool!

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It's a Makita, nothing left to say.

Bien que la livraison a été très longue, l'article est conforme a la description. Fonctionne très bien, j'aime beaucoup les 3 vitesse variables. Article original de Makita. Je rachèterais assurément.

Feels natural, good weight (neither too heavy nor too light)