Skil has a history of decent tools at reasonable prices. I found this to be a less than decent tool at a somewhat reasonable price. The belt does not track well, the tension adjustment is not well placed or made. The tool itself does not run nearly as smoothly as you will want. Overall I would say spend the money and get a higher quality sander.

Don't know if this is the same sander or not. Looks exactly the same as mine, except mine is red and the retail price was much less than this one, by half. Oh well, this will do.
I agree with the previous reviewer, this is an ok sander. It is really noisy and the dust collection is kind of a joke. Can't hook your shop vac to it without making some kind of adaptor, so turn the air handler up to high when using this sander. Haven't had the tracking problem mentioned by the other reviewer. I got this sander to remove paint and other junk off of used lumber I acquired here and there. Just to prep it a little before putting it thru my drum sander and planer. With 60 or 80 grit it does a pretty good job of cleaning off this stuff, without ruining an expensive belt on the drum sander or knives on the planer. I never intended to do any fine sanding with it, so wanted a cheap one. This sander fills the bill for what I wanted it for. For rough stock cleaning and occasional "carving" it does ok. Wouldn't recommend it for fine sanding or flattening stock.