This may not be on topic but I'd like to solicit the opinion of some of you mechanical types. I last worked in a machine/welding shop about 20 years ago so I may not be completely current.
As a network engineer, I find that I don't use my pneumatic tools a lot so they remain in pretty good shape.
Back when I got my hands dirty for a living, Chicago Pneumatic was a well respected brand of pneumatic tools. At least, with the crowd I hung with.
Is CP still a respected brand? I need to replace my dual action sander and want something decent but I don't want to pay huge money for SnapOn. My jobber has IR and a bunch of other brands but CP is the brand I recognized as the best, drawing from my obsolete pneumatic tool knowledge.
Thanks,
Tom