I owned this sander for about 4 years. I used it a LOT. I was surprised that it worked as well as more expensive sanders. It's a typical chinese made power tool but performed flawlessly for over 4 years, and was still going strong when I lost it. The only issue I had with it was that the clips that hold the sandpaper on broke off fairly early. I solved this by spraying the sheets with spray adhesive, this actually was a better way to apply the sandpaper, much easier to change out paper and the clips rattled. I just bought another one and I'm going to break the clips off this one too!