Originally Posted by 6PakBee
The biggest pain for me with a side grinder is the switch. Have an old Makita with the "death switch". Decided to change, bought a Metabo. Clumsy to use. My advice, go somewhere that has a number of vendors displayed and try the switches. When you find one YOU like, that's a keeper.




Agreed, seems the clown engineers who design these things never used one!, The Dewalt 10.5/11 amp model has the "safety style" paddle switch located down under on the center main body where one would hold it and your fingers are always on it....

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