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Seems the main advantage of Mirka is the lower weight compared to Festool. I have been weaning myself off sanders where possible but most of the problem with pads comes from heat which is generally caused by moving the sander slowly. People trying to grind old paint off seem to come off worse.
The Abranet stick to Festool pads but eventually they wear them out and slip around. It seems to happen way more than the Festool although Festool pads do wear they tend to go at the edges from having a little too much pressure and therefore heat applied. I'm staying away from handling the Mirkas though as I might like them too much.
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Yeah it is pretty annoying. Can scuttle off the workbench if you put it down wrong too. We’ve got a hook it goes on to avoid that.
Never really got into the net thing, just 120 and 240 for most stuff. The cable developed a fault the other week and the guy I share the ‘shop with (and tools, the Mirka is his) had a heart attack when he looked at a replacement. Luckily it was a simple solder fix.