Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The Dewalt DWE6411K palm sander does a great job as a finish sander - the reason I bought it. Sheet loading and changing is a breeze. Dust collection is superior to any sander I've used to date. The only issue is the proprietary dust port. I would rather hook up a standard small vacuum hose but can't do it. It just flops around in the opening. I now see that the port is of a configuration that you probably can't get an adapter that won't cost an arm and leg or be a kluge of several adapters strung together - can you spell duct tape? Dewalt did a superior job making this connection useless except for other Dewalt products. It's got locking joints, o-rings and even ball bearings in spring detents - masterfull! I can't figure out how they frenched the dust bag into this thing and am afraid I will break something trying to get it off to see what might be usefull under there... total frustration. A business model that forces customers to buy proprietary products and/or forces them to seek out alternatives to expensive proprietary products is foolish and will ultimately loose me as a customer.