Rupes BigFoot Mark V Polisher Reviews

This is a great machine. It's feels and sounds like a huge improvement over the mark3 polisher. No issues with backing plate overheating or velcro failure.

Has to be one of the best polishers out there. Super smooth and quiet and easy to use. Love the variable trigger makes cleaning up and spreading out polish easier. Will be looking into the other sizes rupes offers

First off, Reece was a great help with making this purchase. Over the past few years, I have contacted Reece often for help and suggestions. Reece along with the rest of the DI staff are hands down the best customer service I have ever dealt with, period.
The polisher exceeded my expectations. I honestly couldn't believe it. Rotary polishers make me nervous, and my little Porter Cable was leaving a lot of corrections I felt I should be able to remove. The Mark V LHR15 was the answer. It was so smooth it felt like polishing with Unicorn tears. The trigger is my favorite part. It is easy to operate, easy to adjust the speed, and just easy overall.

I really like everything about it except, as another reviewer has noted, once the backing plate heats up, the velcro will loose strength and the pad may fly off. This is exacerbated if you are trying to angle the machine into the curvature of a panel. I've never had a pad fly off any other machine. I use Rupes pads.

Purchased the new Mark V Rupes Polisher....it's the best ever.

i own a large detail shop in n.e 10k sq. ft. with 10 employees the machine is great but the problem is the backing plate the pads fly off!! the velco is not strong enough my guys went back to the mark III

This thing is AWESOME! Very light weight, quiet, and polishes like butter. Great paint correction tool

Just gave it a try on a job and I'm impressed does have more power than the cordless but also less vibration at high speeds than mark 3

Great experience
So smooth and a lot quieter and not as heavy as the mark 3.