Professional Pole Sander

As someone who bought a fixer-upper 12 years ago, and has now remodeled my house head to toe, I can weigh in heavily on this product. After reading almost all the reviews on here, I can say most people's complaints are not valid. Most people on here have never done any drywall sanding before and are complaining about drywall sanding in general, not this product. People thought this was going to make sanding easier than normal. It's not! This is actually makes it harder than normal. The point of this product is your extra effort in using this it, is justified by having less dust to deal with - which is does. The product works as advertised. Here's the deal: If you have never done drywall sanding before, don't use this. You have to already have good technique with a flat handheld sander. This cannot be your first time. Good technique means you CANNOT sand (by moving any drywall sander) left to right, or rather against the long-side of the sander. The paper with crease, instantly. You only sand up and down, or rather on the short side. Actually it should be on an angle, like the sander is pointing like an arrow. Watch some videos if you don't what I mean. IF YOU ALREADY CAN DO THAT, then buy this. Here's what this product does: Because of the suction, this will grab the wall and not roll smoothly over your mud. It takes more hand and arm effort than the easy gliding regular sander. If you have a large room to do, you will get tired and sore. Because of your loud vacuum, you also lose some audible clue of how hard you are pressing into your mud, so over sanding can be an issue. However, it is still worth it because on a wall, 99% of dust is gone. On a ceiling... not so much, maybe 50%. Also on a ceiling you have to go past your mud and pull towards yourself, rather than try to sand back and forth. Well, at least if you're using the extension wand/stick like I was. Now, you will probably be returning this, as I am, because it breaks after a few hours. The sander itself is heavy duty, with almost all metal parts. Impressive really. However, the hose and extension wand/stick are the cheapest plastics I've ever used. Any pulling, like moving your vacuum with them, or any twisting, like switch walls or angles, or getting up to the top of a wall, and they break, snap, or rip open. The wand wants to snap at the connection points and the hose wants to rip open where there's is the lightest torsion. You can duct tape pieces together to get finished, but don't plan on keeping this. It's sad really, because the idea is perfect, the sander is perfect, the sand screens are made by a well-known brand, but the company just had to save money on the plastic parts. Hoses can be built strong. My shop vac has been pulled by the hose over bricks, wood, and other junk. One time I pulled so hard that it broke the wheels off... but never the hose! This thing, uh it's just sad they couldn't spend a few more dollars, because it's otherwise perfect product. I guess if you want something to keep, get the electric type that uses circular sand pads and a vacuum.

I read that this sander removed up to 90% of the dust, which to me was definitely good. However I still put up plastic covers on doorways and over counters etc in the room I was sanding, this was a bit of overkill. I personally feel that it removed more like 98% of the dust and was a gem to work with. I have done a lot of drywall sanding, much of it due to applying too much mud in the first place, and wish I had found this tool long ago. I had a lot of sanding only because I did a level five coating and had to sand all surface areas. My only complaint was that the hose sometimes slipped off of the sanding unit itself because I wasn’t able to push it on all the way due to the snug fit. The other was that I was getting pinched a lot at the beginning when changing angles, I got used to it and was aware as I changed angles and no longer pinched my fingers. Both of these were very small inconveniences and I only mention them because I can’t just be all positive with no constructive feedback. I would recommend this to anyone who is in the trade or home handyman. Well worth the money and one of the best purchases I have made in a long time.

I'm not a professional production taper, but I am a professional carpenter that does some patch/tape/paint as a part of my work in my 15 year career. Don't listen to the naysayers and homeowners. This sander works and it was designed for professionals. It isn't a production tool. In a production setting there is either very little dust control and no need for vacuums while sanding--OR--the tapers will use electric sanders with vacuums. A vacuum pole sander is just too slow for that kind of work. What it is good for is sanding small to large patches and small projects. A hand vacuum sander of any kind is going to make you sweat. Its harder to sand than a non-vacuum sander. And the degree of dust control is primarily going to be determined by what tier shop vac you use. For me, I'm running a Hilti VC-150-6X which runs at around $1,000. But if you're running a $100 Ridgid, expect more dust. Another thing is to use a good hepa filter and a hepa bag. It makes a big difference. I can't pack around a big electric sander, but this will fit in my rig and take up almost no space. Back to the tool. This is exactly what I'd expect from Hyde. Its quality. The pole and the sander look like they're designed to last. The hose is just plastic and feels kinda cheap. There is one hose adapter for it. --but I didn't buy it for the hose. The sanding pads that it came with are quality Mirka sanding pads. I've heard that you can't use your run-of-the-mill sanding pads on these, a minor inconvenience. I'm fine buying the Mirka pads. I tried it out on a 4x10" project. I'd say it ate about 80-90% of the dust. I ran a air purifier that automatically kicks on if the dust gets bad, and it didn't kick on. Sanding with this is going to take some getting used to, and you cannot sand sideways with it or it will scratch the surface. If Hyde wants to improve on this, they should make a circular version of it with circular pads.

The end of the flex hose and the black plastic fittings on the poles are essentially the same OD/ID diameters. With effort (and heating with hot water) one can force the vacuum hose over the pole fitting, but the pole fitting is tapered and too short to gain any purchase. The stiff hose easily detaches from the pole during use. I will probably tape the connection, finish this job, and return the unit to Amazon after forwarding this review to Hyde Tools customer service. Update: After taping the pole/hose connection I found both poles used together were too flimsy to make good sander contact with the ceiling. Also the static charge build-up was annoying. I found Hyde makes another vacuum sander -09170- similar to the now discontinued Fibatape unit with a bellows- that sells without poles for less than half the unit I am returning. It separates the vacuum function from a socket for a painter's pole. Goodbye static shocks. I am surprised the Hyde director of product development and product engineering didn't recommend the 09170 to me when we communicated via email. I've got plenty of good painter's poles, and I intend to keep the stainless-steel ratcheting vacuum pole I found on Amazon- Wessel-Werk Adjustable Vacuum Extension Wand- for $24.95, just because. I suspect Hyde will ship the same weird vacuum hose with the new head. I am confident it will work because the hose adapter was flexible and worked fine. If not Cen-Tech -also on Amazon- makes excellent hoses and adapters. It's the hose fittings and the pole ferrules that make this overpriced Hyde solution pointless. By the numbers: ferrule OD 1.25 inch + taper; hose end ID 1.25 inch; aluminum pole OD 1 1/8 inch; hose end to ferrule interface 1/2 inch.

New favorite tool!!! I dread sanding drywall, especially when I have a small project. I have a Porter Cable power sander but it doesn’t work well in small spaces and is a pain in the butt to deal within small projects that I frequently do. I ordered this Hyde sanding wand yesterday and it was delivered this afternoon (thank you, Amazon…amazing service). I put it together in a moment and hooked it up to my Bosch VAC140S; a very strong vacuum. Took a bit to get used to but once you realize the angle you need to keep the head at, it’s smooth as any other sanding wand I’ve owned. The suction didn’t lock the head down as it’s “leaky” enough to pull air from the sides so use is smooth. As you can see from the photo…zero dust on the floor. I used my own sanding mesh for my handhelds and they worked great. (Cant use sandpaper…mesh is better anyway). One of the better purchases I’ve made in a while. Will be useful with my renovation business. Nice product, Hyde!!

Last year I removed the popcorn ceiling in our family room. Then did the patching and repairs. Then the sanding with just a regular pole sander. I had to remove all the furniture and cover all the walls and floors as well as seal off the room from the rest of the house. Still dust found it’s way out to other parts of the house. Also I had to wear some goggles and a heavy duty mask to protect myself. It sucked!!! So this year the popcorn came down in the rooms upstairs. I bought this pole hoping it would reduce the dust and minimize the clean up time. WOW!!! So much better. After doing the first room I was stoked on how little dusts escaped. The next few rooms I just use a drop cloth. Now for the few critique. The universal adapter is only good for standard size hoses. If you bought the Home Depot brand rigid shop vac it will not fit that hose. But Home Depot sells an adapter and I’ve included it in the pictures. It looks a little weird but it works. Also the sanding pad tend to roll up and expose the rubber pad underneath. This makes it hard to push along the wall or the ceiling as a rubber sticks. The other thing is you will generate a lot of static electricity doing this. Get prepared to be shocked through out the day if you stand on a ladder that has rubber feet. Lol.

The concept is excellent. The performance is too. Many reviews mentioned getting shocks from it, which I can attest to, which is the reason I returned it. These shock points come from rivets, which are unfortunately placed on either side of the handles. These handles are just a hard plastic. So overall it does exactly what its supposed to do and for a vacuum sander its a cheaper deal than others. Hyde should modify the mounting rivets, and prevent this shocking hazard. After using it for 15 minutes, I packed it up and went back to regular pole sander. ,

I have been finishing my basement for over a year now and dreaded doing the drywall mud and especially the sanding. The up down and moving the ladder around for the higher sections with a hand sander was getting to me. I decided to get this pole vacuum kit because it was going to take forever at the rate I was going. This thing is God sent for sanding from the floor and the design of the sand paper sheets with it makes the dust almost zero using a decent vacuum setup. Get some extra sheets. Hyde sells the same sanding sheets in this kit, in 10 packs. I was able to do ten times the sanding from before! The most challenging part is the learning curve of sanding on angles to the head only. You'll learn the hard way if you sand square to the head and it flips over backwards and gouges your work when you pull back. You'll curse, Lol I modified mine with one simple screw added to the main roller drum of the head about a 1/4 inch from full drum rotation one side only, this helped prevent the backwards flipping over past 90 degrees. It can still flip, but it keeps the steel clamps from hitting and gouging the wall. I just can't sand at a really extreme angle or if the head is flipped around on an extreme angle. Either way it's a life saver, I'm telling you.

I have sanded drywall many many times over the last 40 years and I always walk away totally covered in drywall dust. I just renovated my basement and thought why not try this vacuum dust collecting pole — well let me tell you — it works — it really works well — I did t even wear a dust mask and I sanded the ceilings directly over my head and I was fine - maybe not 100 percent of the dust my very close :-) The other part was very little clean up after / thankfully and the drywall dust that is normally left behind on the walls is a pain when you out in the first coat of paint primer. If you don’t vacuum it off — it mixes in the primer snd then you really should like sand the primer / another mess to vacuum up — I went immediately to paint and did not have to vacuum or sand the primed wall :-) Very pleased with the vacuum pole sander and if you add a dust collecting Cyclone between it and your vacuum - your vacuum and vacuum filter hardly needs cleaning either. Good luck ALL Brad Ps I also bought the hand held vacuum sander for the corners and touch ups 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Works perfectly. Dust free sanding! Attaches to our shop vac and works like a charm. No more mess!

Works great. So much easier than having to clean up after. Just cleans as it goes. Read a few negative reviews and have no idea what they’re talking about. I used the screens provided and thought they were great. This works amazing. Highly recommended.