28 Hours Usage - Now Dead
Bought the Mirka Deros 650 in 2017 after watching several videos on Youtube which made it look a great machine.
£400 later and I had one of these dustless sanding machines and all was great.
Although an amateur, I still try to buy the good quality tools, but they never get used and abused like would be the case with pro users and are well looked after.
So when my Deros totally packed up after around 28 hours of actual usage, I was livid.
It was mid 2022 by this point, so out of warranty, but on reading about another users out of warranty positive experience, I contacted Mirka CS and I was told it would be collected and inspected by their authorised repairer.
I was hoping they would to replace it as a gesture of goodwill in light of the limited use as they had with the other user, but no, the repair would be almost the cost of what I paid for the sander as the motor AND speed controller had failed and they blamed me as the motor was showing signs of rust.
They did offer a gesture of goodwill reduction, bringing the repair cost down to £156, which I reluctantly accepted or they'd dispose of my machine after so many days.
Whether both parts had actually died together, I will never know but I know what my gut feeling tells me.
But I keep seeing a lot of people saying the expensive, not fit for purpose speed controller has failed.
So my Mirka Deros has now cost over £550 for 28ish hours of use, so over £19 per hour to use it, not including consumables.
I will never buy another Mirka product ever again and if I can persuade just one more person to avoid an expensive mistake, I'll be happy.
September 5, 2022
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