| Moving up to the rotary can be an enlightening experience. I'm a realtive newb to the rotary myself and like everyone says, the results vs. the PC D.A. can be dramatic.
As a rotary newb the only suggestions I feel qualified to make would be stay away from wool (I found out the hard way it is pretty unforgiving), get both the 7" backing plate and a 6" backing plate so you can use smaller 6" PC type pads if you want. The smaller PC pads are much easier to handle when first starting off...especially around trim and stuff. Also tape all trim and molding off. I keep my speeds around 1400 rpm.
I purchased the Porter Cable rotary from CMA and I like it very much. Of course never having used the Makita or DW I really don't have anything to compare it to.
Good luck.
Natty
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