Wait what are the down sides of the metabo?

[deadlock32]

i'm not as concerned about $$$ over getting "the best"...but i am only a weekend warrior with this, so overkill is not necessary. the one thing that sounds like a drawback on the metabo is the speed control and no throttle trigger.

What was paradigm reffering to? what are the metabo's drawbacks?

 

[the other pc]

Buffers like the Makita, DeWalt, Hitachi, etc have finger trigger speed controls. That’s a very handy thing, especially once you get into a habit of feathering the speed on body contours.



The Metabo has a thumb on/off switch. Changing speeds on the fly is awkward at best and I’d guess many (most?) users don’t. I usually stop to change speeds.





PC.

 

[brwill2005]

The positives of the Metabo far outweight the negatives. It is not too difficult to adjust the speed while polishing. I have a Milwaukee rotary with a trigger type control, but the size and weight difference, makes the Metabo much easier to use.