Can someone post a picture of the systainer inserts for delta and 5" discs?

sprior

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The Festool catalog pictures are confusing for the systainers which hold the delta sandpaper for the DTS 400 and the 5" discs for the ETS 125 - the pictures show a bunch of different shapes (round, delta, and rectangular) in front of the systainers in the pictures.  Can someone post a decent picture showing the interior of these two systainers so I can see how they are laid out for those two shapes/sizes?
 
Here ya go, these are both recent purchases:

festool #497685 above #497686 below

yhst-12496200801054_2256_46205719


yhst-12496200801054_2256_46352868


yhst-12496200801054_2256_46815541


yhst-12496200801054_2256_46942805
 
Steve, if you're thinking of buying one, why not consider making an insert that will get you far better density inside the Systainer?  Here are two examples: RO 90 and RO 125.

 
Sparktrician said:
Steve, if you're thinking of buying one, why not consider making an insert that will get you far better density inside the Systainer?  Here are two examples: RO 90 and RO 125.

Willy posted this while I was replying and I agree with him.

Sprior, I don't find these inserts to be a good value for me so I made my own inserts for some of my abrasives and I know others have too.  These are the old Classic 2 Systainers but you get the idea.

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Thanks all.  copcarcollector those are exactly the pictures I had hoped for, not sure why Festool couldn't have done that for their catalog.  And Brice and Spark I think I agree that a DIY solution would offer a far higher density, may be a little more fiddly to deal with getting a disc out, but worth it for the extra capacity.  I'm not in an extreme rush to buy an empty systainer for this, but I was wondering what the layout was.  For a while I'd probably be happy with one sys2 half filled with 125mm discs and the other half with delta pads.
 
I ordered a Sys3 to hold both delta and 5" round pads.  The Sys2 wasn't tall enough for the Delta pads to stand on end which I thought made more sense.
 
sprior said:
Thanks all.  copcarcollector those are exactly the pictures I had hoped for, not sure why Festool couldn't have done that for their catalog.  And Brice and Spark I think I agree that a DIY solution would offer a far higher density, may be a little more fiddly to deal with getting a disc out, but worth it for the extra capacity.  I'm not in an extreme rush to buy an empty systainer for this, but I was wondering what the layout was.  For a while I'd probably be happy with one sys2 half filled with 125mm discs and the other half with delta pads.

Actually getting the discs out of the 125 insert is kind of a pain in the ass at times. Works for me, but if I sanded everyday I would want something better.
 
Here is how I handle "disks".  I keep a supply on my dust extractor "cart" and then store other in a systainer.  Toying with a systainer for the 5" disks too. 
 
I ended up buying a SYS3 and making dividers so I've got space for 8 grits for both the ETS125 and DTS400.
 
Steve, you had sent me a pic without the discs installed.
The change since then looks very seviceable.  I am not geting into the shop very much until later in outdoor work season, but I might steal your idea.
Tinker
 
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