It’s Not a Toy
April 15th, 2008 | Published in contractor selection, remodeling, renovating, tools | 2 Comments
You spend an entire month sourcing out a qualified, professional contractor to build and install new kitchen cabinets in your house. Finally you’ve found your guy: impeccable references, stunning portfolio, reasonable pricing—time to get building.
He pulls into your driveway in his Sprinter van bearing his company logo. Wearing Carhartt overalls and sporting a pencil behind his ear, he’s all class, baby. And then something happens that you weren’t expecting. While pulling out his tools—the usual heavy-duty suspects—out springs a Hello Kitty Power Sander.
If you’ve somehow managed to avoid Hello Kitty thus far, she’s that iconic Japanese character you see fixed onto everything from clothing to backpacks to jewelry, electronics …
Yes, literally everything. So why not construction equipment? Well, the obvious question is, how safe could a pink-hued, animated character-enhanced sander be? Unfortunately, exhaustive Internet searches led to zero product reviews, neither from amateurs nor professional builders. While we can’t provide a review, we can give these words of advice: if your contractor pulls out this device, kindly ask him to put it back into his Hello Kitty tool box; playtime is over.
Has anyone used this sander? Or can possibly suggest a reason for its existence?



April 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pm (#)
Is this for real???
I have never in my 20 years of carpentry heard of anything like this.
However, I would be interested in seeing a Hello Kitty sander. I doubt there is a big business in manufacturing and selling Hello Kitty tools:)
At least non of my colleges is a fan of Hello Kitty:)
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:40 pm (#)
As a contractor I really don’t care if it’s called Hello Kitty, Fisher Price or Dewalt. If it works better than all the others I’m buying. Just let me know when you find that review!