Bosch Professional Orbital Sander GSS 160-1 A (240 V, Corded, 180 W, in Carton Box)

The Bosch GSS 160 Multi is a great little sander that performs well. The tool comes in a high quality case and has three options of shoes for a variety of sanding pads.The dust extraction works well if used with a decent shop vac. The included dust capture bag isn't really worth using as it won't without any suction it won't suck up very much.The sander is comfortable to use, the rubber grip has a comfortable shape and fits nicely into the hand. The power cord is decent quality and has at least a couple of meters of length. A tool is included for changing between the square, rectangular and delta plate. This is relatively easy to change, but most people will stick to one pad shape. Any type of hook and loop sanding paper can be used to you are not limited to the expensive 1st part sheets. A tool in included for cutting the correctly positioned holes for the square pad. This works OK, but is not short enough to actually pierce most sand paper. I have found that I need to make an initial hole with a screwdriver before using the tool to widen these to the correct size.While to tool does not have a huge orbit movement it is quite effective so long as you have sharp sand paper. The tool is a good size and shape for most tasks unless you need to remove a large amount of material from a larger surface. In that case a random orbit sander will be much more efficient, but at the cost of size, weight and noise.The price is quite reasonable for the quality of the tool and the three year warranty for all Bosch power tools gives peace of mind.

Decent enough sander. Dust capture is not great. Most disappointing though to find that with the square sanding plate on you can't close the lid of the L-Boxx. Odd considering this is the plate most people will surely use most of the time, and it means you have to undo four screws and remove the plate every time it goes in the box, then screw it all back together again each time you want to use it. I emailed Bosch about this apparent design fault but received no reply.Edit: they replied eventually, and after me sending them a video demonstrating the problem they agreed that its defective, the box doesn't fit the tool. They did not offer to make it right though, they just agreed and said there was nothing they could do about it and goodbye. Shocking; what kind of company doesn't care that it's selling defective products?Luckily I've avoided cordless tie-in for the most part so can switch to Makita or someone else.

I bought the professional sander assuming that the tip of the sander would be better than my previous model. However after using it for a very short time, the tip was not holding the sanding sheet tightly. Sanding in tight corners is important, so this is a bit of a shortcoming

Very well made, easy to use and with interchangeable heads.The dust collection bottle works well when used with the original sanding pads.I expected Bosch would provide a few more sanding pads instead of one each per head (3 in total). Hence 4 stars.The storage box is very spacious which is a bonus.Don't forget to register with Bosch for the extended warranty.

I think the way you worded the items with the sander is misleading at first glance I thought I was getting 10 of each sander sheets but you only get one of three I was so disappointed that I was going to send it back ,poor show

First sander I’ve owned but will get lots of use from it. Found it easy to hold and manoeuvre.

Good little sander. One small grip is that the dust collector isn't a very good fit and falls off far too easily.

Very good sander. Blue Bosch line are tools for professionals.