While looking around in the tool department at the local Sears Store here  in Fairbanks, Alaska, I noticed this sander on the shelf.  I had heard how  great Random Orbital Sanders were from various people, and since it was my  birthday, I snatched it up and took it home.  To date, I have used this  sander for about everything!  Initially, I used it to sand kitchen cabinets  that I built from scratch and faced with Hard Maple. Then, after finding it  did a better overall job than a belt sander, I sanded two cedar patio decks  (ten by twelve ft, and 8-x 12 ft).  I then used it to refinish the capping  board (2"X 6" on my eaves) that had been badly weathered.  I have  used this sander without mercy for hours on end; I have dropped it from  height approaching twenty feet, and have soundly thrashed it on too many  projects to name.  In short, it still operates like the day I took it out  of it's box...four years ago. The grit of sandpaper you install determines  this sander's versatility!  A great buy for the money!