Flex XC 3401 VRG Review w/ Pics

+ another one for the flex owners

Ordered it today. Talked to Dave at Powerhouse and they now have a deal with the Flex polisher and a bag for $289. Not a bad deal , so I jumped on it. Dave said he was really suprised with the quality of the bag. They are going to ship it out today and I should get it in a few days. Shipping was about $9. Can't wait to try it out.

Guess my new UDM is gonna go up for sale now.
 
Well.....you guys talked me into it. Just pulled the trigger on the XC 3401. Dave explained everything about the backing plate and was very helpful. I decided not to get the bag, I have a storage container for my PC, pads and backing plates, don't really need one more thing to carry around when going to a job.



FYI - Pics of the bag can be found here:



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Black Diamond said:
+ another one for the flex owners

Ordered it today. Talked to Dave at Powerhouse and they now have a deal with the Flex polisher and a bag for $289. Not a bad deal , so I jumped on it. Dave said he was really suprised with the quality of the bag. They are going to ship it out today and I should get it in a few days. Shipping was about $9. Can't wait to try it out.

Guess my new UDM is gonna go up for sale now.
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Hey, Black Diamond, I see that you're in STL also. Just shoot me a PM or something if you ever want to get together or need any help with the Flex. I know it's pretty easy to operate for the most part, but gives me an excuse to talk shop with fellow Autopians in person!!! You're gonna love it.
 
forget to add...



- Shipping Note -

The FLEX Orbital Polisher is on order and is estimated to arrive in our warehouse on November 25. If you pre-purchase the polisher now, the rest of your order will ship now and we will ship the FLEX Polisher as soon as it arrives.
 
BigAl3 said:
AG now carries this! The FLEX Orbital Polisher is a powerful Dual Action polisher! Larger orbit and powerful motor. Polish out swirls, dual action buffer, DA polisher,
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Why am I not surprised?



They always seem to start carrying the item of the moment. You've got to hand it to them. How many businesses can you name that listen so intently to what their customers ask for?



I'm not too impressed with the price though. Detailed Image and Power House Tools are both much cheaper. This I am surprised about because AG's prices are usually more competitive.
 
Saw this coming for a couple of weeks. They had a pretty large thread growing by SuperchargedG (RedG35 over there). Normally, it would seem that they shut down threads on products they don't carry, but this one just kept going. I was figuring they were probably in the works to pick it up.
 
After cleaning my pads and squeezing moisture out of them, I let them air dry for two days. In the interest of speeding up the drying of the pads, I tried using the Flex to spin dry any remaining moisture out of them. The orange pad was fine. However, not a good move on the white pad. I had red transfer from the velcro onto the pad backing, and the BP velcro started lifting up from the edge of the BP.



I do have the 5" replacement BP, but I also really like the size of the 6" plate. Any of you all know what I could use to re-glue the velcro to the BP?
 
Yeah, I usually let my pads air dry as well. As I posted on the Odyssey detail, when I tried spin drying one of my Erasure pads it didn't work out so well for the black bp. I'm not sure about re-gluing. I do have some 2 part Epoxy stuff that I used for putting some new tweeters in my Allroad that migh work, but not sure how thin it dries. I can't remember if you're on the waiting list for a new bp from Powerhouse as well when they come in. Supposed to be 5.5" approximately and softer material.
 
I've been trying to avoid this thread so I won't be so tempted to drop $300 and then figuring out how to hide it from the wife. And now AG carries it too! I think Meghan is trying to get my wife to leave me so she can have me all to herself!
 
BlackElantraGT said:
I've been trying to avoid this thread so I won't be so tempted to drop $300 and then figuring out how to hide it from the wife. And now AG carries it too! I think Meghan is trying to get my wife to leave me so she can have me all to herself!
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All I can say is that it's worth a tongue lashing from the Mrs, it really is that good. :grinno:



This is awesome though...all this new info on the Flex coming out!!! New distributors, potential new accessories, backing plates, pads and such. The community of users is growing at an exponential rate. More and more possitive feed-back is coming in from each new user.



When I bought this thing I knew there was a good chance I'd have a useless one trick pony on my hands. Rather, this is turning out to be one of the best compulsive purchases I've ever made.



The future for the Flex is looking bright...bright indeed. :cool:
 
DJ_JonnyV said:
I can't remember if you're on the waiting list for a new bp from Powerhouse as well when they come in. Supposed to be 5.5" approximately and softer material.
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I'll give them a call Monday and see if I'm on that list. Do you know when it's supposed to come in?
 
DJ_JonnyV said:
Saw this coming for a couple of weeks. They had a pretty large thread growing by SuperchargedG (RedG35 over there). Normally, it would seem that they shut down threads on products they don't carry, but this one just kept going. I was figuring they were probably in the works to pick it up.
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Darn how did you know that was me who started that thread:D I was also suprised that it did not get closed down.....as well as zoranc.I am glad that they did listen as this product is probably the best thing to hit the detailer,s world in a long time.The udm was ok but it is not even in the same league as the flex.
 
I was going to get a UDM but when I saw this I said forget about it. Im def. getting one just unsure about the pads to use. I was about to buy a UDM with LC CCS pads but I heard that on the new Flex they may not work best. Which pads would reccomend for the XC 3401? Thanks.
 
i am officially the proud owner of a flex xc 3401 vrg as of today. now i just gotta wait for my pads and polishes from autogeek.net. should be here monday, i'm stoked
 
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