What $99 gets you...

rlmccarty2000

rlmccarty2000

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A few months ago I got an email from Dr Colorchip with a $99 polisher deal. This is what I got:

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The green pad is Sonax branded and the yellow pad looks and feels exactly like a Rupes.
Can’t really tell the quality of the polish but it looks and smells ok.
It also came with replacement brushes.

I put it side by side with my Rupes 15 MK II and there were minor differences (not saying this has Rupes quality). I do like the speed dial being vertical instead of horizontal as it is easier to “thumb” over.

Since I bought this I have receive two 15% off offers that would drop the price even more. The two pads would cost around $30 and let’s say $10 for two bottles of polish, that makes this $60 buck polisher! Damn that’s cheap!


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tom p. said:
Rupes knock off? How does it work?
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For sure a Rupes knockoff. Even the Allen wrench is the same. If you blindfolded me it would be difficult to tell which was which. I haven’t test driven it yet, but it makes it difficult to suggest a Griots or Porter Cable over this setup.

Speaking of Porter Cable polishers. I hear that they were bought by some company and are now being produced in Mexico and having some quality problems. Might be time to stop suggesting PC to first time users? I know Accumulator has been having doubts for awhile.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
Speaking of Porter Cable polishers. I hear that they were bought by some company and are now being produced in Mexico and having some quality problems. Might be time to stop suggesting PC to first time users? I know Accumulator has been having doubts for awhile.
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They have been made in Mexico for forever, at least since the XP came out. I`m actually surprised that they would still be making them there and haven`t moved the production to China. They were bought by Black and Decker in 2004, which started the end of the US mfg.
 
Very cool, I`m sure it works great an last but for me I refuse to buy knockoffs just because I recognize how much it cost it took innovate. I do enjoy supporting market innovators, regardless if they are the market leader.
 
Yeah wouldn’t call it a knock off. Knock off is basically a copy version trying to pass off as the original. If the first car was a ford then Chevy a knock off? U.S. makes 1st cars so bimmer, Mercedes knock offs? Rupes evolutionized the long throw but of course with good ideas their will be more evolution. Griots “copied” rupes with the long throw but also evolved it. Probably the reason for the MK III. Is the lake country polisher coming out a knock off? No it’s an evolution of a DA’s. Rupes came out with a forced rotation but you won’t buy it because it’s a flex knock off? Some people’s definition of knock off are because it’s made in China. China makes all quality of things good and bad. and parts of our favorite machine could be manufactured there. When a compNy chooses to manufacture their the can control the quality and build something. These guys build nuclear bombs and air craft carriers..... and probably 80% of the cell phones. The reason for these heap “knock offs” is because consumer demand not manufacturer supply. Now I would agree not buying it because it is cheap and probably made with sub par parts.


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rlmccarty2000 said:
For sure a Rupes knockoff. Even the Allen wrench is the same. If you blindfolded me it would be difficult to tell which was which. I haven’t test driven it yet, but it makes it difficult to suggest a Griots or Porter Cable over this setup.
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Lol.... can guarantee it’s not up to par of a griots or porter cable. Based off cost of products.

Like saying you can’t recommend a duetto over a gg6.



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Many polishers made in China get good reviews, Griots, Das6, Torq, etc. We don’t know what the seller pays for the tool. We only know what we pay for it. Griots has such a lax warranty program I would have to believe their polishers don’t cost them much or instead of getting a new polisher when you send one in to be repaired you would get a refurb product. I’m not saying this tool has Rupes quality but for the money it would be difficult to beat.


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Thanks rlmccarty! I remember when you (?) posted the link. I couldn`t believe the price of it. I almost bought one myself, but with already too many tools (and having already sold off my Rupes 21mm) I couldn`t justify buying it. For the price, I almost did. :)

That`s a pretty darn good deal for someone looking to get a low priced polisher.

i hope you come back and share the user experience when you`ve used it some.
 
Yeah don’t wanna bring up old stuff just my 2 cents. I bought a Griots gg15 as from what I read not as good as Rupes but close. Don’t really care who makes it if it’s not made in the good old USA. I am looking for a cheap/knock off or whatever you wanna call it 3” DA. RLM, did the offer a mini?


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It’s a 21mm orbit and no 3 incher was offered. I’m starting to think the yellow pad is a Griots. I may contact Dr Colorchip to see where the pads came from and if they want to sell them. I’m always looking for good cheap pads. It has a Rupes type backing plate, so it would be easy to outfit it with a 5 inch backing plate. I’ve got one lying around somewhere since I upgraded my MKII 15 with one of those fancy aluminum deals.

I’ll update this thread with how it performs in a few months.

Again for me it was an inexpensive shot in the dark, kind of like a “Mystery Box” deal. I’ll probably wind up giving this away to one of my friends that are gloss challenged. Lol
 
Will be good review. Lots of folks can’t afford Rupes/flex/griots or just don’t want to invest just getting started. Would be great for their to be affordable long throw out their


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Coatings=crack said:
Will be good review. Lots of folks can’t afford Rupes/flex/griots or just don’t want to invest just getting started. Would be great for their to be affordable long throw out their


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And/Or get a used MK1 or MK2 from GG or Rupes. I picked up a mint duetto in Box for 150 shipped off ebay. CL has similar deals.
 
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