3" Mini Polisher- Gen II - Griot's Garage Mini Polisher

[scrubs147]

I would have a seriously hard time buying another one of these poorly designed units whether it is 1st or 2nd generation. Griots Garage has made enough money from people continously buying another and another unit over and over again as if it was some disposable "BIC" lighter. $80 everytime something goes wrong with these pieces of junk starts to add up pretty quick. I'm a small mobile business who isn't willing to invest in risky adventures after I've already played guinea pig to these people. Mine is still under warranty but do you think I could get my money back - no way! Instead what a manufacturer will do is replace an exsisting problem with newer parts so the problem is only prolonged until your warranty runs out! I say save your money and instead buy a serious unit such as this The Metabo Heavy Duty SXE 400 Random orbital. It's a little more expensive as it is German made built to out last it's warranty rather than break down. I trusted Gariots Garage once... fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me, so the saying goes.

[TLMitchell]

Originally Posted by scrubs147

I would have a seriously hard time buying another one of these poorly designed units whether it is 1st or 2nd generation. Griots Garage has made enough money from people continously buying another and another unit over and over again as if it was some disposable "BIC" lighter. $80 everytime something goes wrong with these pieces of junk starts to add up pretty quick. I'm a small mobile business who isn't willing to invest in risky adventures after I've already played guinea pig to these people. Mine is still under warranty but do you think I could get my money back - no way! Instead what a manufacturer will do is replace an exsisting problem with newer parts so the problem is only prolonged until your warranty runs out! I say save your money and instead buy a serious unit such as this The Metabo Heavy Duty SXE 400 Random orbital. It's a little more expensive as it is German made built to out last it's warranty rather than break down. I trusted Gariots Garage once... fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me, so the saying goes.

Sounds like you're one of those that has had repeated problems with the Griot's polisher... the Gen 1, I presume. There's a lot of posts on Forums by those that are real unhappy. The Gen 2 3" is my first Griot's purchaser and so far, so good. The machine corrects well and I've had no problems in the few limited times I've used it.

I can tell you the Metabo SXE400 isn't the answer, at least if you have any correction in mind. It's a nice machine for spreading wax or sealent or a very light polish or cleaner. But the least bit of pressure and the pad stops rotating. It just doesn't have the horsepower of the Griot's Gen 2. Works real well for polishing small bits though.

Your mileage may vary... TL

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

By the words,

enough power


Do you mean spread out a coating of wax? Then yes, it can probably do that.

If you mean remove swirls, which is a nice way of saying remove some good paint off your car, then the answer is no and if it is possible it would be faster with the right tool for the job or remove the swirls by hand with Ultimate Compound.

4" pads are too much real estate to expect the 3" Mimi Polisher to ROTATE under pressure to remove paint. (remove swirls).

I recently got some of the Griot's 3" pads to use with my 3" polisher and I was amazed how much smaller they are than the 4" LC pads. Obviously they're an inch smaller in diameter but also the Griot's pads are much lower profile (a/k/a thinner). So I can certainly understand the machine being able to motivate the smaller pad much easier than the 4" pads.