Festool CT17. Advice please.

[BearTricks]

My cheap little Vax vacuum cleaner that we use to clean the house has caused us enough stress that it's going to the tip. It cleaned well the first few times then the filters got clogged and it's impossible to clean them. There's enough design flaws in the thing to make even me, with my limited common sense, angry.

Anyway I have a couple of vouchers do money off festool dust extractors. I wasn't going to bother but I had a look and there's the CT17 for £180 which looks more like a standard vacuum than a dedicated dust extractor and would come in at about half the price of a Dyson or similar, which is the only thing I'd consider buying now.

In all honesty the vacuum would mostly be used for cleaning up after the dog. My workshop is small enough that a dustpan and brush puts the biggest dent in the mess and I occasionally get in to the corners with the hoover. The dog however thinks it's the best thing ever to walk through the lathe shavings then run them through the house and chew firewood to pieces on the rug.

The most strenuous tasks for it would probably be cleaning dust and ash from around the fire and hooking it up to saws and sanders every so often.

Would the CT 17 be a good idea or am I way off base?

Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

 

[Lonsdale73]

.... there's the CT17 for £180 ...

Hello,

Where have you seen it advertised at that price?

 

[Distinterior]

.... there's the CT17 for £180 ...

Hello,

Where have you seen it advertised at that price?

This is close.....!!!

http://www.axminster.co.uk/festool-ct-1 ... -extractor

I think Festool have a £50 off voucher for dust extractors at the moment as well.

 

[petermillard]

CT17 is the old Protool VCP 171 re-coloured as a Festool, and is still an L rated dust extractor AFAIK. Specs are comparable with the Festool CTL lineup, you just don't get to latch systainers onto it, obviously.

HTH Pete

 

[Distinterior]

It doesn't look as though the hose on it is Anti-Static either. I think all their other CT's come with the Anti-Static hose.
It would probably be fine for domestic clean-up work.

 

[BearTricks]

.... there's the CT17 for £180 ...

Hello,

Where have you seen it advertised at that price?

This is close.....!!!

http://www.axminster.co.uk/festool-ct-1 ... -extractor

I think Festool have a £50 off voucher for dust extractors at the moment as well.

That's the one. Looks to have gone up a few quid

Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

 

[Lonsdale73]

.... there's the CT17 for £180 ...

Hello,

Where have you seen it advertised at that price?

This is close.....!!!

http://www.axminster.co.uk/festool-ct-1 ... -extractor

I think Festool have a £50 off voucher for dust extractors at the moment as well.

Great thanks; how does one come by the voucher?

 

[Distinterior]

Festool send them out to previous purchasers of their tools.

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

Two people giving them away here (and jolly decent of them too):

festool-50-off-voucher-for-dust-extractor-t93131.html

 

[BearTricks]

The second one is me, but the voucher has gone. I had two and I'm considering using the second one for this vacuum. I'll post if I change my mind.

As vacuums go, would the festool perform better than a domestic vacuum at the same price point? I'm tired of wasting money on cheap rubbish and I assume that as a high end tool brand, the festool probably works better than a mid range vacuum brand.

Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

So it was! Sorry.

 

[RobinBHM]

I use a Henry (actually a Hetty, my wife bought...honestly!) at home.

Cheap cloth bags, huge main filter, very powerful, dead easy to clean.

Doesnt look very pretty as a home hoover

 

[Alexam]

Beartricks, PM me you address and I will post you the one I have if you wish,
Alex