I hesitated before buying because some reviewers claimed that the 3-inch polisher is underpowered. Well - not the one that I got! I just finished cleaning and waxing the 5-inch wide color stripe on my 35-foot sailboat. This little polisher did a great job. On the top speed setting (6) I could not stall the motor by pressing down. Power to spare! The only minuses: it's a bit noisy (so, OK, I wore ear protection) and the head does heat up after about 10 minutes of continuous running (so you pause to let it cool down). Overall, I'm very pleased. I will still use my PC 6-inch polisher for other jobs, but this little guy is a keeper.

First one I received was defective. Made a loud grinding noise, had no power, and got very hot. Second one I received was ok while waiting for that one I ordered another one. I detail part time
And needed the machine and couldn't wait. The first one I sent back they sent me another defective unit this time it shut off multiple times while using it and again loud grinding noise and got hot. Would not recommend this polisher for anyone. It does not have enough power to correct paint. It's small lightweight and cheap but def not made for correcting or polishing paint.

A solid detail polisher. Just cleaned some pretty thick mineral staining on wife's car windows. Using the machine and a shaped non-scratch (blue) 3M scrub pad with Bruce's GSR paste it took a while, but I still had use of both my arms once completed. The scrub pad will stick to the Velcro on the machine. Examine it carefully after each application or you risk destroying the Velcro and then will need a new pad.

If you think this is underpowered you are using it wrong!!! That or the Current Gen is more powerful than older Reviews???
My Main DA Polisher is s Rupes LHR 12E Duetto Random Orbital Polisher, so I know what a high end Polisher is and works like, I was looking at the Flex PE8 and the Rupes iBrid for Detailing those Small areas, but I didn't see needing to use this smaller DA Polisher a whole lot as all my Cars are looking pretty shiny and Swirl Free thanks to my Rupes, just a few areas to touch up here and there that I thought a nice 3" polisher would help with. Granted, this thing on a 1 Setting is kind of a why bother... But get it above 3 and your getting some action.

I used this on my 64 Corvette which has Single Stage Paint and it worked perfect in those tight areas and matched the Shine I had going on all the Flat Big Panels. The Smaller Size works great on this car as my Rupes couldn't hit the Tighter areas being 6" and I actually removed some paint on some of the Edge Lines which I had to touch up, so the Smaller size works for all these Curves and Indents on the Car.
Next I used it with a Polishing Pad to remove the 2500 Wet Sand Marks on my 2014 Corvette that I made touching up a Road Rash Chip on the Nose, had plenty of Power to gloss my Sanding Marks away quite quickly using a Sample Bottle of Wolfgang Finishing Glaze I bought.

So far I like the Griots pads that I also purchased with this, but we'll see on they're longevity, but at the Price of the Pads compared to what I have to pay for Rupes Pads, I can use them a few times and then throw them out if they start looking shot.

Too slow, under powered, Gives you a brush set with the polisher (that a clue-low quality) Don't buy this. It saves no effort, I polished the inner liner of my boat's cockpit, Took me longer with the machine, more effort than by hand and didn't have a good outcome than if by hand.

One good thing, it's so slow, you don't have to worry about slinging material.