Makita or Festool Plunge Saw

[Petey83]

On the topic of dust extraction - does anyone know the correct attacent for a standard Henry hoover hose to be connected to the TS55??

 

[chippy1970]

On the topic of dust extraction - does anyone know the correct attacent for a standard Henry hoover hose to be connected to the TS55??

You will have to get an adapter I'm sure someone will be along with the code for you. I highly recommend the festool midi though. I've got several vacs/extractors but the midi is the best.

 

[Mark-numbers]

Festool isn't that good! I have all of the above and then some - the service is good for service so down time isn't that bad

OK, I'll bite, since it's the second time you've mentioned it and all; what specifically, do you feel is objectively 'better' than the Festool equivalent? I'm always on the lookout for tools that are better than the ones I have

Cheers, Pete

P.S. And welcome to Paul / HOJ!

OK as a rule all our tools are festool - we constantly have problems with the power leads, and little parts breaking. I think the ETS sanders go in for repair once every 6 weeks - The extractors have given up on us a few times too.

I don't deny they are good tools, I just think they aren't as great as every one makes them out to be.

For instance we have a Metabo extractor about 70 quid cheaper than a festool for the same capacity and much more robust.

But its so nice and easy to build up a collection of them, simple to store and move round etc thats why we have invested a lot of money into them.

So horses for courses i guess.

 

[petermillard]

Thanks for that. I know what you mean about the plug-it chords - I’ve not had one fail, but the socket on my DTS sander loses contact if held a certain way. Also had an RTS that just died, albeit after many years of hard use, though my ETS sanders have been fine - again, many many years of hard use.

I think there have always been comparable-but-cheaper extractors than the Festool ones, and in the workshop it doesn’t really matter, but if you cart your gear around much then being able to clip everything together into rolling stacks is a real time-saver, so £70 well spent, for me.

As you say, horses for courses.

Thanks again, Pete