Soft pads for random orbit sander (lil confused)

[Sirgreggins]

I'm looking to buy a random orbit sander, specifically a Dewalt. At lowes there is a Dewalt pad but under description it says that it fits Porter cable sanders. The only Dewalt pad i can find is for the DW421K and DW423K but they are discontinued. will either of these pads work with a dewalt sander? I'm looking at the D26451K for $59.99 at lowes.

[FrankC]

You might want to look at a Bosch sander, might cost a bit more than the Dewalt but the pads are reasonably priced and you have a good choice of densities:
http://www.toolbarn.com/accessories/...king-pads.html

[hcbph]

I don't know if this applies or not but I have replaced the pad on a pneumatic sander before. It was just a threaded stud on the pad that threaded into the sander. In fact I changed it from a 6" stickon pad system to a 5" hook and loop and it worked just fine. IIRC it was a generic item I got via either Amazon or Ebay.

There really shouldn't be a need to change the pad on a ROS for years, short of damaging it. On sanding discs, most relate to the number of holes and their placement in relation to the pad for dust collection.