Okay, most people have seen these but here's a short review for those of you that haven't.

Text and photos copyright 2011, Brice Burrell
Festool T-Loc review is also on my site.

Festool just released their T-Loc Systainer here in North America. I'll go over all the changes in this greatly improved Systainer. So here it is the new T-Lock Open Connect Systainer.

In this video I'll give you an overview of how the T-Locs work.

The New Festool T-Loc Systainer

One of my favorite features of the new T-Locs is being able to open the Systainer while stacked. Check out the video below to see how well it works.

Opening a T-Loc Systainer while stacked

The T-Locs also have a very nice new handle, it's more rounded and doesn't have the ribs like the old style did. Much, much more comfortable!



Remember those annoying old labels that always fell off. Not a problem anymore. The T-Locs have four slots for labels/cards, two in the front and one on each side. In the pictures above and below you can see the custom cards I made for my RO90 abrasive Systainer. I used light weight business cards for my ink jet printer. The cards need to be trimmed slightly on the width to fit.


Here I'm dropping in my custom card and a clear protective sleeve in the side slot. Each Systainer comes with one protective sleeve. Festool sells ten packs of the these sleeves so I picked up a pack to protect all of my cards.



The T-Locs are compatible with the old style Systainer but there is a catch. The old style Systainers and Sortainers will only clip to the bottom of the T-Locs. The T-Locs work with Festool vacs and Sysports just fine.


I purchased several new T-Locs to replace some of my older classic Systainers. The plastic tool inserts from the old classic Systainers need to trimmed a little to fit into the new T-Locs. In the video below I talk about this.

Fitting old Festool tool inserts in the new T-Loc Systainers

I happen to think the new T-Locs are a big improvement over the old Systainers and I'm looking forward to putting them to good use.

Your list, I mean Craigslist.

Brice,

In your last picture, it looks like the bottom of the T-Loc covers the tops of the old-style systainers.  How difficult is it to unlatch the bottom one?

Brice, think of all the people on here that would have been interested in buying your systainers.  Ok, so 2 of us, but still, come on.  Keep it in the family. 

Also, what's been happening with your videos.  I know it's not on my end since someone else commented on it, but recently the audio is very low like your mic is far away.  Did your production team suffer economic cutbacks and now you're doing all of it? 

Several outlets here in the US sell both the Tanos T-Loc and Classic (also called Basic) Systainers.  Maybe one of the vendors can tell you if they plan on phasing out the older style over time, but currently most carry both.  Festool has stated that their plans are to change over to the T-Locs for their product line.  And, since the inserts are available from the parts department, the old style inserts should be available for years to come.  So, no matter which style of Systainer you want to go with, I think you should be okay for some time.

Here's a couple of vendors:

My Systainer
Systainer World