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Just so that everybody knows, the Forensic Detailing Channel on Youtube just released a video on the newly released Flex PXE80 cordless mini polisher. He does a pretty thorough review, going through most of the major points of interest in great detail.

When I was in Munich a long time ago (on company business), we ended up talking to our hosts about Oktoberfest. The ladies/women/girls who serve the beer during Oktoberfest are real professionsals. Many ONLY serve beer during Oktoberfest, they make enough during that month to live on for the...

The 5” pads were discontinued in late 2015/early 20016. You may have a chance to find some at the vendors who used to sell them, like Autogeek, if they have any old stock left. That would be your best bet, short term. Other things to consider might be to use the current 5.5” Hybrid Force...

You can store them anywhere you want, any way you want, as long as they don't get dirt or dust on them (that will ruin your day next time you use them). Putting them into Rubbermade/Sterilite plastic containers is fine, but they won't fit into the detailer bags that are used by some mobile...

In my mind, a definite missed opportunity. I am wondering if Flex is going to be puttting the brushless motors into the corded versions of the 3401, PE14-2, and PE8 when they revise them.

Forget to my experience polishing wheels, as background: I have polished out two sets of Chrysler/Dodge factory alloy wheels. The types are referred to as 5 on 5s (5 Flat wide spokes, interleaved with 5 thin spokes on a lower layer) and Snowflakes. (NOT the Pontiac snowflakes). Both wheels are...

Just as a suggestion: try Flitz's Pre Cleaner for aluminum. I don't know if it is acidic or basic, but it does do a great job on aluminum oxidation, and it is a chemical, not an abrasive. If that does work, you can figure out which way to go afterwards. You will get a mirror finish if you use...

North American polishers are usually 5/8", European standard is M14 (14mm), The PE14-2 is 5/8" shaft (I own one, and can say that with certainty). When John from Forensics Detailing on Youtube reviewed it, it was an M14 shaft size,

So is allowing that people will use whatever tools they feel most comfortable with. So is understanding that your statement opens up a lot of ways of it being interpreted, and drawing some inferences. as I did. (I didn't call people who have difficulty with using a 21mm long throw polisher...

So the inference being anybody that buys a Mille, or LHR19 is now automatically goes from being a great detailer to a mediocre detailer, I take it. You know, people like Remy Doyle, Junkman 2000, the entire team of world class detailers that worked on the Air Force One detail (used both 3401s...

I felt compelled to comment because the original statement would have lead some people reading the post that all long throw polishers were equally smooth. That is not the case; in the case of long throw polishers, it is the engineering/development/refinement of the Rupes that makes it as smooth...

It is incorrect to say "...The smoothness and correction ability of a long throw is undeniable.....", because there are other long throw polisher that will not be as smooth as the Rupes polishers. There are plenty of cheap Chinese long throw polishers that won't be anything near as smooth as a...

The Forensic Detailing channel did a very comprehensive head to head (to head if the DAS 6 Pro Plus is included) comparison between the polishers. Brought up a lot of good points about all of the polishers, and where one is better than the other. Keep in mind, the video was made in the UK, so...

In other words, like a Flex XC3401.

The assumption is that the paint will be afterwards be machine polished by the pro, so that the marring left behind by the aggressive clay bar will be eliminated by the machine polishing. I don't understand what you mean by "smearing". if you are referring to marring, from what Meguiar's is...

it is impossible to know how much curvature to mold the pad to. as different cars have different curvatures, or, in many cases, different panels on the same car have different curvatures. 7" pads are pretty big, so thier edges will not conform to most curves. Smaller pads may or may not be an...

Would you rather Flex released a 3401 replacement that has issues? Flex has shown off XCE Prototypes the last couple of years, so you know they are working on it. Look what happened with the first release of the XFE: reliability and heat issues with the polisher to the extent that it had to be...

You are correct in the definition of charge cycles. In the context of the cordless polishers though, it is sort of a moot point. Anybody who buys one of these polishers will want to run them until either completely, or almost completely dead. The run times are only rated at 45 minutes, and there...

Since you have chosen to try and attack me personally, I can state the following: I am 57 years old, so like you, I am over 21. I do own cordless tools, mostly Hitachi and Milwaukee The Hitachi are nickel metal hydride (NiMH). The Milwaukee are M18 Fuel. I have owned DeWalt tools as well, in the...

Home users can easily allow a cordless polisher to sit unused for many months during the winter. That may, or may not, shorten the life of the battery pack. A battery pack that may or may not be expensive. No technology is unusable, when used for its intended purpose. You can buy what ever you...