XOB01Z 18V LXT® Lithium-Ion Cordless 5" Random Orbit Sander, Tool Only

I loved this sander. It works great for all of our home projects!

There's rarely anything complicated or difficult to manufacture about a cordless sander. They're regularly one of the cheapest power tools you need to buy for your arsenal and this one is too. I am a Contractor/Laborer and I have to do a good amount of sanding from Bondo to prepping for wood stains to rounding off corners etc. so I need a somewhat light sander with decent battery life and thankfully, this Makita does the job easily. I recently had to sand the logoing off a bunch of pressure treated lumber for a pergola to display at a home show and this made short work of it all. Granted, that's not necessarily a proper pressure test to put it through it's paces but the point is that it did the job without issue and it has been ever since I bought it a few months ago. No complaints, feels good in the hand, battery lasts a good long while, it's good.

Price might not be the best, quality is close.

Great sander. Gets the job done on a 3Ah battery, you can almost fully charge another 3Ah battery as fast as this will use one up at full speed. Doesn’t shake your hand and arm bones to death, even without any gloves on - it’s actually not unpleasant to use. Just guide it around your surface - the sandpaper doesn’t get hot if you don’t press on it and just let it do the work. I got perfect sanding results with almost no experience using an electric sander, just stepping up through 4 or 5 grades of paper (I used Serious Grit brand, it’s nice but probably any 8-hole paper is fine). It’s not too heavy, and high speed is plenty of power for the pine and mesquite that I’ve done so far. The little bag is a joke. I left it off and can see dust blowing out at speed from the tube, so it must have a fan in there pulling the dust through the 8 holes and out the exhaust. I ordered a universal vacuum fitting set that hopefully fits this to the basic shop vac I have, but it’s surprisingly good by itself (though makes a mess of course). Once the battery gets down to 1 bar, it will start to lose some top speed. I found it to be somewhat less effective when this happens, so I go ahead with battery swap to keep it running near full speed. 2Ah will get some sanding done, but it runs down faster than you want it to. 3 is good, lasts longer than I expected at full speed.

[ See Update ] This does what it claims but appears not to have a brushless motor because it draws a lot of current and as a result, drains batteries pretty quickly. For continuous use, I suggest starting with 3 charged batteries. This way, by the time the 3rd battery is dead, you have another fully charged and another in the charger. For my needs, I wish I had gotten a $40 electric sander instead. Update July 03, 2025: I bought this for fixing oxidized headlights. Since then I have learned much more about using the correct sand paper for the initial cleaning of the lens. 400 grit instead of starting with 800. When used correctly this does a lot of work in a single 4ah battery. I can now quickly correct two headlights with little effort on just one bar on the battery. I had several vehicles to do and this has easily paid for itself. This is 3 speed but I only need low speed. I have a number of 18 volt Makita tools, so a few years ago I built a 12v to 19 volt inverter system that uses the shell from a dead battery to connect it to my Makita tools. That way, I can run tools like this and Sawzalls for a very long time off a regular 12v car battery. Considering how easy they are to make, I'm surprised that none of the cordless tool makers are selling them.

Outstanding general purpose random orbit sander. For those already committed to the Makita 18v LXT battery, like me, this is a 100% no-brainer. This is a high-quality well-designed effective product. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Also, as an aside...the Makita.com website is a great user experience for researching product, registering purchases, and accessing user manuals and documentation. I find myself using Makita.com often.

My husband needed a new orbital sander and this one works perfect! It shipped quickly!

Quality in feel, sound, results. I bought the used model but with Makita they last. Spend more but quality matters, tired of the carbon copy tools.

スムーズに使用できる！

It's a Makita, nothing left to say.

Bien que la livraison a été très longue, l'article est conforme a la description. Fonctionne très bien, j'aime beaucoup les 3 vitesse variables. Article original de Makita. Je rachèterais assurément.

Manejo útil de varias velocidades; la adhesión de la lija en velcro es muy práctica

Feels natural, good weight (neither too heavy nor too light)