Huh. So I had a love-hate relationship with sanders. My first sander was actually a Bosch finishing sander. I used it to refinish a table once, and spent half four hours trying to get rid of swirl marks, then had a tingling sensation in my wrist for the next day. I eventually went with a nice 5" Makita random orbit sander, but it wasn't any gentler on my wrists, and on top of that, with round pads, it was basically useless for corners or any even moderately complicated shapes.