felixthecat
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Does anyone have one or tried/tested one? How does it compare to the 3401? thoughts?
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Only tried the Mille at the RUPES booth at MTE, not in the real world, but it was a little smoother than the 3401. Also it did not `walk` the body lines as bad as the 3401, but it still took off a little bit when it hit the raised hood line on the Fiat 500 front clip that RUPES demos on.
Did you feel the super tall shroud make the Mille top heavy or tipsy?
Did you feel the super tall shroud make the Mille top heavy or tipsy?
I played with it at MTE and was lucky enough to get a lot of tutorial and information from Jason Rose and Todd Helme. I was blown away by how smooth it felt. The variable speed trigger on both new machines are awesome. Whereas the Flex 3401 launches off the line with jerky torque, you can slowly squeeze the Rupes for an ultra smooth start. I did feel the Rupes Mille felt taller above the pad, but much much easier to control.
Keep in mind you`ll get varying opinions from different guys. Personally I started out as a big 3401 fan. I was knocking out polish jobs left and right until I woke up one morning and felt some pain in my shoulder. I switched to a Rupes LHR15esM2 as my primary polisher and never looked back for about 2 years now. After using the 15esm2 for so long, I almost can`t use a 3401 anymore. It feels super awkward and I tried several times. To me, if I need more power I`ll just use a rotary so the 15esm2 is the perfect compliment.
But I can really see myself using a Mille. I would have no problem adding it to my tool bag.
I thought about buying a Mille and even had all of my gift certificates ready to go, then I watched one of Rupes own videos comparing the 15 and the Mille. The guy doing the comparison said that if you were getting good results with the 15 that there was no reason to own the Mille. That sealed it for me. I get great results with my 15/21/mini combo. It’s fun to get new tools, but I was hoping the Mille would be an upgrade to what I already owned, but the Rupes experts talked me out of it!