How much time would a Flex or Mille actually save me?

[Mike Phillips]

In my experience,


Generally speaking, any gear-driven orbital will be faster overall than any free-spinning orbital.

[FrankS]

In my experience,

Generally speaking, any gear-driven orbital will be faster overall than any free-spinning orbital.

[mc2hill]

I am in kind of the same place. I have a RUPES Mini and 15MKII, but after working on 2 Porsches over the summer that required using the Mini on a good portion of the fenders I was wishing for a forced rotation machine. I have used a Flex 3401 in the past and am looking forward to trying out the RUPES offering at MTE in a few weeks.

[WRAPT C5Z06]

In my experience,


Generally speaking, any gear-driven orbital will be faster overall than any free-spinning orbital.

Agreed.

[DaveT435]

Yes, no rotary yet. I had been considering adding one but for right now I’m not sure it’s needed. When the time comes though it’s seeming like I’d be best to add a true rotary rather than gear driven.


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Sounds like a great plan.

[TTQ B4U]

I fought it for a while but am glad I made the move to the Flex as it saves me quite a bit of time. I'd say 30-40% easily.

[Mike@ShineStruck]

If you have the funds, get it..it's complement your polisher lineup

Consider the Makita PO5000C. That and the Mille will give you great user experience compared to the 3401

Never know when the paint your working on won't like long throw

[Kamakaz1961]

I am in kind of the same place. I have a RUPES Mini and 15MKII, but after working on 2 Porsches over the summer that required using the Mini on a good portion of the fenders I was wishing for a forced rotation machine. I have used a Flex 3401 in the past and am looking forward to trying out the RUPES offering at MTE in a few weeks.

Porsche's are just curves...beautiful curves. The Flex just keeps on trucking on curves. This is where the forced rotation is handy dandy!

[Ronin47]

Porsches are a significant chunk of my business and I use the 15ES,15 MKII and 21 MKII on the Panamera’s, Cayenne’s,Boxsters,Cayman’s and Carrera’s without issues. Yes I do use the 3401 and Mille too but find myself reaching for the long throws on the Porsche’s as I’m more comfortable with them without any stalling issues.

I’ve also had a white Cayman where the 3401 with orange force hybrids and Rupes Keramik gave me the best results.

[RSW]

I fought it for a while but am glad I made the move to the Flex as it saves me quite a bit of time. I'd say 30-40% easily.

F F F I hit the dislike by mistake and tried to fix it but couldn't. Hence the F F F. BTW, even though I like the post, I still think the Makita BO5000 is faster.

RSW