WEN 7.5-Amp 3-by-21-Inch Variable Speed Handheld Portable Belt Sander (HB321V)

I bought this to sand some rough cut cedar boards. So far it does a good job. A very good price as compared to a Makita which would cost 4 times as much. I noticed that it weighs just as much as the Makita does which is a good sign. It tracks well and the motor sounds smooth. Hopefully it will last a long time. It comes with a pad so you can turn it upside down and use it to sharpen tools such as a machete. I haven't tried that yet. Since the price is so reasonable it seems that the 4 x 24 inch model is more heavy duty and a better buy. Perhaps more likely to hold up longer. ......One month later......Just want to add that I have been giving this sander a severe workout and the sander is doing great. I have sanded about a thousand feet of cedar boards that were cut with a band saw so they were quite wavy. You have to sand off a lot of material to get them flat which is a lot of work for the sander. On the belt sander with me it seems to work best to sand the boards down with 60 or 80 grit belts until they are flat and then use an inexpensive 1/3 sheet sander with 120 grit paper to get them smooth. They sand down smooth very rapidly with the sheet sander once they are flattened with the belt sander. The hard work is getting them flat. I like the variable speed. If you slow the sander down a bit the belts seem to last longer and it makes less dust. Anyway for the price I am impressed how well the sander has held up to what I consider a severe workout for the sander. Reviewed in Panama not the USA. I use a mail forwarding service in Miami to receive items from Amazon but that is not where I live.

Met expectations for quality and performance. I used the sander on a20 square foot hardwood floor. I did apply downward pressure with good results. The dust bag is small and a lot of dust escaped. I'm sure attaching a shop vacuum would help with the dust. The belt tracked very well, was easy to adjust (which was infrequently) and was easy to replace.

It arrived and I put it to work shortly after. It did great for it's price range. It's obviously not the most powerful motor but it did the job well. The sanding belts are super easy to replace with one lever that pulls the roller forward and releases the tension. I sanded the wood on a snowmobile trailer and went through two sanding belts because of how rough and weathered the wood was. It came with one sanding belt and I bought a pack of 10 more along with it.

Excellent sander! Used it for hours at a time with no over heating issues. Cannot beat the price!

I used this today along with a friend who has a similar sander made by another manufacturer. The other brand is one that I really like and have lots of tools from them. I would say that this sander is better than the one he had. The belt is a little longer. It is light weight. We were both plugged into the same plug and did not blow the circuit breaker so it does not use a lot of power. The bag seems to work fine. One suggestion is that the connection for the bag is a rectangle. It would connect to a dust collector easier if it was round. Otherwise, this was a great purchase. I have several other tools from Wen and all have been good. I would recommend this.

I just had a ryobi 21” belt sander that finally died during a project I was working on recently. There is a time and a place for high end tools but I have found Wen perfectly suitable for many of my needs lately including this beast of a belt sander. I’m building a grill station so I’m leveling 2x6 boards and wanted the biggest and most affordable belt sander I could find quickly. I went with the 24” belt sander by when and I’m glad I did. First off this thing is big and this thing is mean. A great belt sander does one thing well and that’s remove lots of material quickly and this sander does it perfectly. You can turn this upside down on a work bench and also use it as a stationary belt sander by using the included clamps and pad. I’ve changed the belts twice since buying it and the tracking adjustment knob works perfectly and the belt changes are simple and fast. Again there are times when high end is the answer but if you need a reliable, tough and affordable belt sander I would highly recommend this one! At these price points you can get the 21 and 24” models for less than a makita.

It's a good value. It isn't a professional grade sander and isn't priced like one. It served well for the smaller project I needed it for. It seems no worse for wear so I expect it to last for more smaller jobs. The dust port seems to be redesigned and is now round and should attach to vacuum dust collectors. The little included dust bag is small and of minimal usefullness. I didn't have any unexpected issues with paper alignment. You do need to check it and adjust as needed but there are no issues if you keep an eye on it. If you use uneven pressure the paper will get off track fairly quickly. So use even pressure!

Used the h€ll out it daily for several months straight while building several sets of patio furniture and it worked great. Belt tracked fine. Plenty of power. Survived a couple of drops off the workbench too. If it puked tomorrow I'd buy another one.