BoschCordless Circular Saw PKS 18 LI (without battery, 18 Volt system, in Carton Packaging)

Quality throughout.

No battery or charger as advertised, I already have batteries and a couple of chargers so no buggy. Used it a few times already, good bit of kit. Ideal for decorating as there is no power lead to fight with. Good purchase

Have avoided orbital sanders because they leave circular patterns. Properly finished work will indeed still need properly finishing by hand. French polishing needs that. HOWEVER - this little beast takes a lot of the grind out of normal finishing.Complaints: The on/off switch is in a lunatic position, underneath where it is being held. Whoever put it there in the design process need his (probably a "him"!) head reprogramming. The dust extractor box is as effective as I expected. Like: not effective at all. A full day of sanding might fill the box to about 1/3 and the machine achieves a significant layer of dust. It is better with Abranet discs (or their cheaper Pronet equivalent), But a vacuum connection is really needed. (That's a pity because the hose negates the advantage of cordless!)It does need two batteries if you're going to use it a lot. You need to be charging a new one as you work. Not a problem: I have two! (One from the strimmer in this range - which is near useless.)

Purchased for use as a machine polisher for use on cars. Teamed with the 125mm Bosch foam pads and a 2.5 Ah battery it works superbly.One battery can do a whole car with ease, with enough charge for 2 cars, which is what I was concerned about as some said they didn't last long! (It's still worth having 2 batteries, at least for me as I have a Bosch drill).This can take the 4 Ah battery and the 6 Ah battery without the dust box, but I'm not sure if it would be as comfortable to hold. You don't want to be using it for a long time anyway, both on a car and in your hands.Which brings me to a minor complaint, this thing vibrates and rattles which can be a little off-putting. I can see why the dust container cracks for some users (though you won't need it for cars)... Hopefully the actual unit won't shake itself loose internally, but like all Bosch power tools you can register for the extended 3-year warranty.I feel it was well worth the purchase for me, a third of the price the detailing shops sell their corded machines for (and from the same manufacturing country), though I can see polishers are becoming more affordable by the year.I feel that if you don't have a battery and charger, which equal the price of this unit, the budget options for half the price might be a better choice or you could try the corded Bosch Blue for a few more pennies.If you're a mobile detailer or just want to be cable-free, this is probably the best choice though other manufacturers are waking up to this market (Ryobi, Makita, etc).

I already have the cordless multi sander for doing window frames and smaller areas but this orbital one is much better for larger areas. 2.5ah Battery will last around 10-15 mins so expect to need a few batteries if doing a large area. I have a few of these Bosch 18v power tools and they last well but worth registering for the 3 year warranty - they replaced my original multi sander which failed after a couple of years of fairly heavy use.

I have gone down the path of buying into Bosch's 18V power4all products, not sure if I chose the right brand to invest in but most of those bought work satisfactorily. This sander is no different. It does the job I want it to and being cordless it helps with the continuous movement on complicated multi-faceted tasks or long pieces where a trailing cable gets in the way. I haven't bought the product to be a workhorse ie it's a very good hobby diy product.The only gripe equally applies to all sanders and why even the best of them would get 4/5: self extraction for the dust produced (not using a vacuum or similar attachment) is naff.

Looks Like a good sturdy build, haven't used it yet as it arrived without battery wich was not included in the pack, that was the only bit wich let me down, but will review as soon as i get the battery pack and charger and will give it some use.👍Little update, I went to clean the filter recently as haven’t used it in while and here’s how Bosch glued its hepa filter inside the box, just some hot glue that easily came of as soon as I tried to hover the dust from the filter 🙈 disappointing.the battery doesn’t last long you have around 30 minutes at its best to sand and I have the 4.0 so the big chunky battery not the small ones. Going back to a wired sander.

I bought this sander for one job, ended up using for many! The ability to add just the speed of rotation is by far the most advantageous. It’s really easy to grip using the two handles and stead across the surface of the wood your sanding. I bought it to renew an old kitchen worktop. I wanted to do it myself so I wanted to get something reliable (it seems to be so far!) relatively inexpensive (its a high end consumer product, not professional grade) and cordless. The ability to use my one4all battery from my drill is fantastic. Wish it lasted longer, but beggars can’t be choosers.The only negative for me (as others have said) was the lack of storage - at this price I would have expected a carry case.