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Have the non fuel M18 RO.
Part of it broke after a week (look back in this thread, I winged about it a year ago), got a replacement, then did it again. Basically the pad brake is just a thin bit of plastic it wears out very fast if you ever lift up the sander or turn it on a microsecond before contacting the surface.Have learned to just not do that. Still have an ANCIENT (90s?) Dewalt corded RO that a mate gave us, replaced the bearings, cleaned the brushs works like a champ, but has always had no pad brake, so guess just modern ones are a luxury.
THe M18 RO has done honestly over a 120 maybe 150 hours use by this point (1 year?), walls, floors, endless things that it really wasn't designed for. With a 5.0 M18 pack its heavy but is actually an incredibly good shape, you can hold it about 4 different ways and does get into some tight gaps if you turn it just so. For £60 or £80 for the bare tool, still worth it. 1x 5.0h pack = more sanding than you could realistically do in a day before your arm falls off TBH. So the benefits of brushless being more powerful/less battery usage aren't super relavent on this tool.
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I went down the dangerous rabbit hole of "my credit score doesn't think I'm using my credit card enough, ooh ITS has a ton of Fuel kit....". The shopping basket got wildly out of hand before I realised I should wait until my existing tools die or I get a project where I am going to use a particular tool lots and my current one annoys me.
Top of list for replacement are;
Corded non-brand multitool - vibrates like a bastard, cord is annoying, tool/bit change is shit
Corded non-brand trim router - cord constantly gets in the way
Cordless underpowered Bosch circ saw - stalls if you look at it funny
Cordless Draper pin nailer - to consolidate battery types
Cordless Bosch RO Sander - again, to consolidate battery types, nothing actually wrong with it and there isn't a Fuel RO