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jazzyjack · 11-14-01, 05:14

Ron it's very clear that your missing the point of the review. Not once is it mentioned in the entire review that professionals will choose this machine over either a Dewalt or Milwaukee brand polisher. I do know from experiance and talking with local detailers that all machines depending on where you touch them are hot. Especially on the brush covers on either side of the unit. There is really no getting around that. With the output of 10 amps the Makita is in the middle of the pack and the Milwaukee is outputting 11 amps which makes the brush covers hot enough to fry an egg. Not to mention it's almost 9 lbs. or weight.

Hands down the Makita is much more quiet then the Dewalt or the Milwaukee models. This being proven through a side by side comparison at both the detail shop my friend works at and at the tool dealer that sold me the Makita. By the way he sells all of the mentioned polishers/buffers and then some.

Finally to close the Makita offers a speed setting of 600 RMP, where the Dewalt DW849 starts at 1000 RMP. Seems to me that if a person wants to do a slow speed buff job, the Makita is a good choice. Also this is a new generation machine where the others have been mareket standards for several years.

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jazzyjack Registered User jazzyjack is offline Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 238	Must have a different model Ron it's very clear that your missing the point of the review. Not once is it mentioned in the entire review that professionals will choose this machine over either a Dewalt or Milwaukee brand polisher. I do know from experiance and talking with local detailers that all machines depending on where you touch them are hot. Especially on the brush covers on either side of the unit. There is really no getting around that. With the output of 10 amps the Makita is in the middle of the pack and the Milwaukee is outputting 11 amps which makes the brush covers hot enough to fry an egg. Not to mention it's almost 9 lbs. or weight. Hands down the Makita is much more quiet then the Dewalt or the Milwaukee models. This being proven through a side by side comparison at both the detail shop my friend works at and at the tool dealer that sold me the Makita. By the way he sells all of the mentioned polishers/buffers and then some. Finally to close the Makita offers a speed setting of 600 RMP, where the Dewalt DW849 starts at 1000 RMP. Seems to me that if a person wants to do a slow speed buff job, the Makita is a good choice. Also this is a new generation machine where the others have been mareket standards for several years. __________________ 2001 BMW 330i Steel Grey Metallic (Baby Bimmer) 1997 Dark Blue Toyota 4Runner (Wifes wheels)