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I have that newer one and think its great.
Used on all my woodworking jobs including processing scaffold boards into bar tops. Done 3-4 hour straight sanding sessions on it and didnt struggle at all (me or the sander).
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I have the first one and it's bombproof. Dust collection bag is a but meh and the port won't connect onto my Bosch dust extractor hose without a reducer but other than that no complaints I use it for probably 2 hours a day when doing fine work so spread that over the 2.5 years I've owned it it's had a lot of trigger time without missing a beat. Best if all the vibration mitigation is still as good as the day I bought it. This wasn't the case with the hilti one I had previously that cost 5 times as much.
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After a corded random orbit sander. It's first outing will be a finishing sand on a floor (not a full blown floor sanding). After something of reasonable size 125-150mm. Will I just curse the extra weight and size of the bigger one? Am I just being seduced by the older style Makita tools?
I like these:
https://www.lawson-his.co.uk/makita-bo6030-6-random-orbital-sander-310watt-240v?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0Mb3BRCaARIsAPSNGpVISkEaMriclKiN_dEftpckstbwwi6CilnsCSn9XRHskzPfJCWipRMaArdhEALw_wcB
Smaller but newer model:
https://www.lawson-his.co.uk/makita-bo5041-5-random-orbital-sander-variable-speed-bo5041-240v-bo5041?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0Mb3BRCaARIsAPSNGpVY8KY54yl64m6Ny6x_aKR91yONT1zk9bgYFiF16K-wyABLOPn9pEgaAqscEALw_wcB