[hugger6933]

I use the cheaper sander with the blue cover. I own a shop and that one little sander gets lots of abuse. It is my second one the first one lasted for many many years. I would guess if you compared it to home shop use it was probably 30 years of home shop usage. You can buy them in the $30 -50 dollar range and I have had better [expensive wise] one that were over $250 yet I would go back to this one. I doesn't have a handle like a traditional sander but it is tons more comfortable. Jim