I was using my 7424 today when it broke from the spindle. The spindle looks like it's only 1/8th of an inch thick. What a piece of junk. And I've had it for 5 or 6 years but I've only used it like 10 times.
Does anyone know if the Griot's Garage Polisher is any good because I don't want to buy another Porter Cable.
Are you talking about a Griot's Garage polisher or the 7424?
Griots most likely because it has a lifetime warrenty. I have it, its the best of the three. Most powerful, works great with 3 inch pads. LIFETIME warrenty haha.
OK, you guys convinced me with the Lifetime Warranty.
I'm getting a Griot's Garage.
Psshh, and Porter Cable is supposed to be a quality brand. What a joke. After looking at how thin that spindle is, I'm never buying Porter Cable anything. $130 bucks down the drain.
OK, you guys convinced me with the Lifetime Warranty.
I'm getting a Griot's Garage.
Psshh, and Porter Cable is supposed to be a quality brand. What a joke. After looking at how thin that spindle is, I'm never buying Porter Cable anything. $130 bucks down the drain.
Porter Cable is a quality brand. It designs and manufactures it's own tools. They have to hire workers to build it. Griot's just buys Chinese-made polishers in bulk and adds their own sticker. The reason they offer a lifetime warranty is because they don't have to pay costs for designing, building, and manufacturing the tool. So when it breaks, they just give you a new one.
Check out some Chinese export sites, they have the DAS-6 and DAS-6 Pro polishers for sale in bulk. If I wanted, I could buy 1000 units tomorrow, have them add my name to them and start selling myself if I wanted.
Look, I bought a Griots. It's the most powerful polisher. That doesn't mean it's a quality piece of equipment. Remember, Porter Cable is what started this DA craze. The old Meguiars G100 units were direct knock-offs. The only mistake Porter Cable does is, they don't pay attention to detailing forums. And I'm friends with many detailers, I've found more Griots fail in their hands than any other DA polisher. So while the lifetime warranty is great, it doesn't necessarily mean it's a quality product.
Please mods, this is not a competing site. But an export/import global trade site that a lot of corporations and companies use to buy products for sale. Now I'm only providing these links not to make you "buy" from there, but to show you that companies like Shurhold, Griots, DAS-6. Concours don't manufacture their own tools at all. Look familiar don't they?
I have a PC 7424XP and I have used it more than 10 times and nary a problem. Seems like a sturdy well built tool to me.
My PC is made in Mexico, while both the Griots and Meguiars are made in China. I try to avoid anything Chinese made if I can, but thats just me.
Griots does warrantee their DA for life, but its not like they just send you a new one when it breaks. The turnaround time could be weeks from what I have heard.
I beleive Autogeek sells more Porter Cables than Griots, yet get more Griot returns for problems.
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