belt sander less than £150

[streetlighter]

Hi im looking to buy a decent quality belt sander thats easy to use. I have a small Black & Decker one but i find this akward to use with the bulky body and small handles also finding belts to fit is a right pain. Ive been looking a Ryobi and Makita sanders most of my other kit is Bosch and Dewalt.
Any ideas on what you guys would buy in this price range ?

 

[streetlighter]

Ive looked in Screwfix clearance and found DeWalt DW433L 110V 3" Belt Sander it looks like what im after and the 110 volt is no issue as i alredy have a transformer for my drills.
Going to think it over as woodworking is only a hobby so it would be an expensive luxuary for me to justify ( to the wife ! )

 

[neds]

I bought the Ryobi EBS-8021V 3" Belt sander and it does a sterling job and is a bit of a beast too. For the price its a very nice bit of kit.

 

[Mark Br]

I've got a DW433, it's excellent apart from if you want to use an extractor on it. As standard the dust collector is fine, if you want to use it on an extractor you can get an attachment, but due to the way the outlet is low down the attachment constantly gets knocked off. Other than that it's good.

 

[streetlighter]

I had a look in B&Q before and there was an AEG one i liked the way it felt when i held it was really well balanced.
Also looked at the own brand Macallister they had for £60 im not sure enough to buy one yet.

 

[big-all]

i have the ryobi 4" sander i also have 2 bxd 3" belts the bxd are good at the price [£30] but are not as "industrial"in feel or desighn or as the cracking good 4"ryobi which incidently is around twice the size of the 3 inch sander

for your money you can have both the ryobi 3 and 4" [£60+ 85 ish for the 4"]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....166444&cguid=ca3b4dbe11c0a0e204b72f07ffb4849c


http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-53-107-83721-ryobi-ebs7076-700w-belt-sander-plus-case-230v.asp

 

[streetlighter]

I bought one today a Ryobi from Screwfix for £69 but i had a 10% off voucher so i got it for less. Im really pleased only had a quick play with it but the quality is spot on and it came with a good carry case and some clamps for stationary use.
I was in the B&Q warehouse in Trafford park the other week and it was between the Ryobi and there own brand, They had the DeWalt i wanted there but i decided it was too expensive for the use it would get.

 

[big-all]

dont pay any more than 55p for the belts if your stuck give us a shout

 

[streetlighter]

will keep that in mind thanks