Poll: Curious about Festool ownership

[Victor Robinson]

Just scratching an itch...

Even though Festool and Sawstop now have the same parent company, for the purposes of this poll, please do not count a Sawstop as a Festool.

[Mike Henderson]

Domino, track saw and Kapex. Tried the cordless drill and jig saw but prefer my DeWalt. Sold the drill and jig saw.

Mike

[Jim Morgan]

Oh oh, Domino.

[John Lanciani]

Domino and track saw. I have an MFT as well, but it's just being used as a stand for a 9" DeWalt radial arm saw (Some irony there...)

[Nick Decker]

I have two of their sanders. Was afraid I might succumb to the "slippery slope" but it hasn't happened for me. Excellent sanders, but not enough so to justify the price. Can't comment on their other tools.

[Justin Ludwig]

2 - 150/5 ROS
1 - ES55 Track saw with 2 tracks

Would buy the sanders again in a heartbeat - they are workhorses for me.

Will buy a Makita track saw if my FS ever bites the dust - merely because of cost. With that said, I have no regrets buying the one I have as it's paid for itself 100 times over.

[Pat Barry]

They seem to be great tools but I am not in the market for anything new for the forseeable future.

[Bernie May]

I have the domino, both track saws, and the router. I do love them, mostly for the dust handling. All excellent, but probably not worth the extra money. I had some extra money so I bought them.

[Dominik Dudkiewicz]

Domino 500, OF1400, TS55, HK85, Jigsaw, DTS400. Like them all, but think the high end Bosch jigsaw at nearly half the price would probably have been no worse. The others I chose mainly for dust collection and the DTS as there were no real alternatives.

[Cary Falk]

I bought a used Domino. At half price I am not in love with it enough to go further down the slope.

[Dick Mahany]

After a major downsizing, the Track Saw and Domino have been game changers and allowed me to find new ways to work. I also bought an MFT, LR32 Euro hole drilling kit and a CT Vacuum and am very pleased with those as well. My routers, jig saw and SCMS are Bosch and I won't part with them. Festool make some excellent tools, but IMHO there are equally high quality tools produced by other manufacturers at a far better price point. I still use a DeWalt drill and an impact driver that are over 10 years old and still work perfectly (other than having to replace battery packs more than I would have expected)

[Andrew Joiner]

I bought a used Domino. At half price I am not in love with it enough to go further down the slope.

I tested 2 different Festool sanders with a stopwatch on pencil marks. I wanted them to out perform my $60 Milwaukee. They were the same or inferior in speed and swirl marking. Then I priced the "special" abrasive disks. I also tested the Swiss made Bosch 1/2-Sheet sander. It was inferior to the Milwaukee as well.

I learned a lot from the tests, but it was like a cold shower on my tool lust.

I would buy a Festool. However for 2 to 3 times the price of the competition I expect noticeably better performance.

[Jim Finn]

I have the small Festool sander and I like it. It is slower running, even at high speed, than my other sanders. This makes is smoother running. A plus for me. I bought it because it is the lightest one I could find.

[Andrew J. Coholic]

-4 vacs, 26x2, 48 and the newer portable one
-one domino, standard size
-one router 1400
-older 55 track saw
-15 drill and driver
-90 and 125 rotex, two 125eq, one 125 ec

vacs are a staple in the shop. Have the 26's with extra long hoses set up stationary with Oneida cyclones. The other one we use with the other brands of sanders, Lamello machines etc.

I have bought and converted several other tools to use the festool pigtails so they are just as quick to attach and use with the vacs.

[Brian W Evans]

Domino XL, trim router (MFK-700). I own these because I don't think there are other tools that do the same thing (possibly excepting the trim router, although I think the alternatives are even more expensive). I might buy more in the future but I'm happy with cheaper substitutes for everything else so far.

These are exceptionally well-made tools and I have no regrets about buying them.