It's good for my purposes. I've had a bit of a learning curve. I've learned that I can easily bottom out the device and stop the rotation on slower speeds. However, it's easy to see so I can just ease up on the pressure to see the spinning pick up. Speed, type of grit and job, but basically ease up. It's making short and easy work of projects. I had plans to refinish a bistro table, but that went so fast that I did the deck railing, and have been using it to sand some resin pieces.I was nervous See full review