Customer Reviews

Black & Decker MS700K Mega Mouse 4-In-1 Sander/Polisher

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I used one on only one piece of furniture, the allen wrench fruitless whirled around rendering the "interchange" parts all useless. The sawdust collector appears not to be connected to the unit at all. Dust all over the place except in the holder. I tried 2 of them and will return the second soon - Worthless- correct your flaws Black and Decker!

This was a present from my family. While I am not a big fan of "do it all" tools, the Mega Mouse sander seems to do the job. For what it is designed for, it does quite well. Small to medium project sanding seems to be what this tool is designed for. If you are going to sand a floor, you should get something that is designed for it.

On the other hand, if you are working small projects, this is it. Even medium sized work, in my case a 6' X 4' deck that serves as my front porch. It needed sanding after some pressure washing, and I did not look forward to doing it by hand. Out came the Mega Mouse, and it did the job very nicely. I am satisfied with the product so far, and I reccommend it as long as you realize that you are not getting a heavy duty belt sander. Keep this in mind and you won't be disappointed.

The four star rating is due to the plastic case. Too tight, too hard to get everything back into it. But so far that's my only quibble with the thing.

I wore this unit out in less than 90 days. The RO sanding base lost its hooks, the mouse base broke, the dust control unit fell off and the finger attachment wouldn't stay in place. I returned it, bought the little mouse and a better RO sander and spent the same amount of money. It was an appealing idea to get all of those tools in one, but the whole package doesn't stand up to more than light duty.

I bought this some time ago to use as a general sander. It is too light duty and too much "try to please everyone," though. The thing makes waay to much noise, I hope MY dust collector (not ONCE have I taken dust out if it since it has never collected any) fell off, it seems that some plastic piece rattles around in that area and is magnifying the noise the sander makes. As I said, although this sander does sand, I would not recommend it even for medium jobs, such as sanding a piece of wood with rough paper (grits 50, 80, 120) before you get to the finish (220+ grit) step. It just takes too long to sand with this sander.

Also,a *big* bother for me: The sandpaper you can get for this at a superstore comes with tear-away pieces for the other B&D sanders (mouse, detail, whatever). Well I hate it because the stupid sandpaper tears in the tear away perforations (since this is the biggest sander you don't have to tear anything away to make it fit) and I strongly believe this has made the sandpaper last WAAAY less than normal. This alone is reason enough for me to say "don't buy this thing." The "produce a single sheet of sandpaper for all our models" idea makes sense to some dumb marketer at B&D, but you're stuck with the self-destroying sandpaper.

Man do I hate changing the paper because it is torn away at the tear marks and not because I have used it up!

If I were a prospective buyer I would skip this sander and buy a better quality one from the "serious" toolmakers like Porter Cable, DeWalt, Bosch or Makita for about the same money for a base model sander.

Bottom line: I own this sander and I'm about to replace it with something different.

This sander seems to do a good job although I don't have much experience with other sanders. Like most who have written reviews I am not a big fan of the proprietary hook and loop sandpaper replacements that are sold. However, after quickly running through a batch of it and not having replacements on hand, I traced the outline of the sandpaper pad out on a sheet of regular sandpaper and cut it out. I then took some spray adhesive (I used 3M high strength 90 I had on hand)and coated the top (grit side) of the old used up pad and pressed on to this the back of the cutout sandpaper and held for about 10 seconds and proceeded to sand the walls in my bathroom for painting. Total time for this process the first time was a couple of minutes. Using this method I have been able to use whatever grit sandpaper I like at 1/4 of the cost of the B&D replacements. Even better I am able to use the resilient stuff that lasts longer so I have to change much less frequently.

[...] hmmm
I love this thing. It's great for small jobs around the house. I used it to recondition the dash on my IH Scout.
Of course, bigger jobs do require bigger tools...but isn't that just obvious?

Sander okay for small sanding project. Dust collector fell off after first use. Once supplied sandpaper with kit is used, it is impossible to locate additional paper.

I bought the original Mouse sander and it worked very well for the money. This mega mouse sander has the same comfortable grip as the original but it simply lacks the power, the durability and the shape to tackle bigger jobs. I have gone right back to my belt sanders ( my favorite belt sander is my Porter-Cable )

My other problem with the mega mouse is that the accessories are so expensive. Check the cost of the accessories if you plan to use this sander a lot.

Fortunately a roomate left this behind so I did not purchase it, but it was barely used. The first time I used it the iron shaped plate, it melted and broke where it attached. I followed the directions so I don't think I did anything wrong. The Dust collector has never collected any dust. I have used it for a few more projects just as an orbital sander, but now the Velcro on the round plate has started coming off, which after some research, I have found is a common problem. I suppose I could buy a replacement part for it, but I think I'll just buy a dewalt sander interwar. It doesn't polish, but we use one at work regularly with abuse and they've never given us any trouble and the dust collector works!

This sander is good for consumer use only -- and works well. My problem is that neither of the big box stores carry a good selection of sandpaper for this model and at best they sell one or two grades in 5-piece packages. If I could find the sandpaper in all grades (60, 80, 120, 180, 220, 320) in bulk I would be a happy camper. Since that's not the case, it's not a useful tool and paying over $1 per sandpaper change gets expensive.