I purchased a Festool RS 400 EQ sander several years ago based on the belief that I was getting a high quality German engineeered tool. We use the tool primarly to sand drywall, door jambs, window stools, and other applications where we need to sand into square corners in our remodeling business. The tool performs great with one exception: I'm on my third hook & loop base pad; the hooks eventually stop holding onto the paper. Replacement pads are $25 so not a huge deal but definately not something I expected in a $215 sander. Am I being unrealistic? I haven't had any such problems with my PC and Fein hook and loop sanders.