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Title: Once - Twice - Enough!
Review: Because of special needs, I have purchased this sander new and found the initial usage quite satisfactory. The plastic gears wear quickly and after a few dozen hours the sander becomes loud and soon strips the gears. Ordering new gears and changing them is difficult, time consuming and expensive. Be careful of the brush wires they catch and break easily, you may even find it cheaper to buy a new sander - oops another $70-$90! Yes it may be a toss up. Sorry to say I've purchased Porter-Cable 9444 twice because I have not found another sander to fit the areas I need to sand. Yes, I have learned and since the second unit has failed for the same reason the first one did - no more Porter Cable 9444's. Reconditioned units must have new gears.
