ALLWAY UHS Soft-Grip Heavy-Duty Manual Hand Sander with Stainless Steel Clips

This was far and away one of the best home improvement purchases I've made over the last year. I've had lots of drywall repairs to make in a new condo, and most of them were pretty small patches. I rather naively had assumed that some sandpaper and elbow grease is all one needs to take care of those.Using a hand sander for the first time is life changing, and this one is made very well. The ability to get a smooth finish over a large area, or even a small one, by applying even pressure helps tremendously. The grip on the Allway one is soft enough that you won't wear out your hand. And it accepts standard size pieces of either sandpaper or sanding screens. I found it to be a particularly effective took with sanding screens, even for sanding down layers made with the heavy weight joint compound that don't sand as easily.Some complained about the clips being too tight, but I found them to be perfect. They hold the paper or screen in place tightly.Unless you're in the market for a hand sander with a drywall vacuum attachment (which is a pretty good idea if you do a lot of this messy work), this is definitely the hand sander for you.

Not easy to use on ceilings wiyh a pole

works good and delivered on time as advertized

Update: I bumped this up to three stars because given enough time and energy it is workable. Still not anything close to good in my opinion. This is the fifth pole sander I’ve bought and the first on Amazon. The swivel head is very free and moves easily, which sounds good, but it’s not really. It’s only comparable to the first one I ever bought that had that kind of loose moving pivot point. Except my first one had two butterfly screws that would allow you to lock it in place, or at least you could tighten so it didn’t move that freely. So this will take you some time to master if you buy it. This is definetly a product you will have to use an old piece of sandpaper if you don’t use a pole sander often. With the rubber pad and loose pivot points, it will flip all over the place with new paper on there. I’ve been doing this since I was a kid with my dad in our old house. Not a professional, but I’m no amateur either. Be aware of what you are buying.Original review: This thing is awful. It is unusable. You can’t lock the head in any position so if your not holding the actual part that swivels it will just flip up when you apply any pressure at all. I honestly don’t know why amazon is selling this or who in their right mind gave it good reviews.

Yes this tool is heavy but looks to be good quality. Just know that it throws a bit of weight on the end of a pole.

I have many 1/2 sheet hand sanders in my collection, as I always hand sand before finishing a piece of furniture. So I am no stranger to hand sanders and how they secure the paper. So to sum up my experience with this sander......Pros Seems to be very well made with high quality parts. Feels very comfortable in the handCon The spring clips used to hold the paper down are extremely strong. So strong that two people could not open the clips by hand.. We had to use a pry bar to get the clips open to install a sheet of paper. This makes little sense as the paper does not experience that much stress in use.I plan to keep the sander, and keep a dedicated prybar on the shelf next to it. But I will not buy a second one.

Does what its suppose to. Versatile.

Im using this sanding pole for outside model RR tracks works great!!

Difficult to use. Flops when sanding drywall.

The price is right. It feels really good in the hand. The metal clamps that hold the sandpaper are really stiff but that makes for a strong grip. Overall not bad, will do the job.**Update**After having used this for a longer period of time, I have to withdraw my good review. The clamps aren't quite as solid as I first thought and do not hold the sandpaper very well. Nothing worse than having your sandpaper come right off right in the middle of sanding, not once but three times. I do not recommend this item.

The sander would not hold down the sandpaper. It would constantly come loose. Tried to different kinds of sandpaper to ensure it wasn’t an issue with a specific kind. Would not recommend