CT-22 Long Life Filter Bag

[jeffinsgf]

The thread regarding discontinued fleece bags for the CT-22 has me working on a decision. I bought a Long Life Filter Bag when I bought my CT-22 20-some years ago. It's never been used.

So...do I buy a 20-pack of paper bags for $160, knowing I'll probably never use the last of them because either the vac or the operator will have expired.

Or, buy a 5-pack for $50 knowing they'll probably be discontinued when I run out.

Or, start using the Long Life Filter Bag.

Option 3 seems the least desirable to me. The whole point of using a dust extractor is to be rid of the dust...not transferring it to another bin.

I'm leaning toward Option 2 and further delaying the use of the LLF by 5-8 years.

 

[Cheese]

I'm purchasing the 5-pack Jeff...knowing full well that within 10 years both the vac & the operator will have expired.  [smile]

I've done a search and there's nothing available from the big names.  [sad]

So, I think it's down to the little local Festool dealer that has some sitting on a dusty shelf.

 

[jeffinsgf]

So, I think it's down to the little local Festool dealer that has some sitting on a dusty shelf.

Yeah, my two options are Cleveland Tool & Cutter...smaller local dealer who "might" have that dusty shelf...or Hartville Hardware who's probably been out since a couple weeks after the announcement. BTW...was there an announcement? This is the first I've heard of the fleece bags going away.

 

[Cheese]

I've already tried Hartville.  [sad]

No official announcement just our unofficial announcer... [member=8955]Coen[/member] .  [smile]

 

[Coen]

I've never heard Festool announce any discontinuance, sadly. I just see things slowly disappearing out of stock everywhere, prices rising and then it getting disappeared from the Festool site. Highly annoying to be honest.

 

[rmhinden]

I ordered another box of paper ones that last a long time for me. 

I did notice that Tool Nirvana still sells the CT22 Longlife Filter Bag.

Bob

 

[Coen]

I never said the longlife bag has gone the way of the dodo.

For the CT# 22/33/44/55  (bags for the 11 discontinued years ago; use 22 bags for that)

There are;

1) The paper bags (that tear too often)
2) The longlife bag
3) (appeared later as far as I remember); The fleece bags

My original post was purely that I saw the #3) item disappearing. I don't want the paper bags, as they tear too easily and I don't want that longlife bag either because it's not supposed to be used with fine dust like plaster, concrete, etc. and you need to dump (yuk) it out for dozens of times before it even pays off.

 

[jeffinsgf]

I've already tried Hartville.  [sad]

Yeah, me too. I'm going there tomorrow for their Fall Tool Sale. Was going to pick them up in person instead of having them shipped.

I've not had Coen's experience with the paper bags. I did have one where the glue failed between the inlet and the paper...luckily before it was installed. I put it back together with double-faced tape and it worked fine. I've never had a tear (knock on wood).

I'll pick up a pack of the paper ones tomorrow.

 

[PaulMarcel]

I bought a 5-pack of bags and put it on a shelf while using the remaining bag. Before I ever opened it, I got a great deal on a long-life bag and have never opened the box (honestly, would have to search a bit for it...) Love the long-life bag. I could see using disposable bags for drywall/paster but why not use the bag you already have for regular old sawdust? Dumping it out is super easy

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Would this be a case for the CT VA-20? and have those bags last nearly forever. It's certainly not the economical way to go, but extends the life of what may eventually become an obsolete bag.
Of course, you could damn near buy a CT-15 for the cost of the cyclone.
(I just checked, they are the same price, in NA anyway)

I have almost bought one a few times, just didn't follow through, only to think I should have.
I filled a CT-15 bag  Tuesday, in just a few hours, purely with TS60 cuts. That was a lot of sawing.
First time I ever bricked the 15. I was shocked that I could be full that quick, just sawing. The CT-26 was connected to a router, where I would expect that, but it has more capacity.

 

[Coen]

The CT-VA takes up space. A 22 will fit below a CS-50, anything with the CT-VA won't.
In my country's Festool YouTube channel they promote the 36 and 48 for stationary use. But they have those next to the table, which kinda defeats the compact foldable character of their tables.

 

[jeffinsgf]

The CT-VA takes up space. A 22 will fit below a CS-50, anything with the CT-VA won't.
In my country's Festool YouTube channel they promote the 36 and 48 for stationary use. But they have those next to the table, which kinda defeats the compact foldable character of their tables.

Yeah, this is my issue, too. I have a cubby built into my workbench for the CT-22 where it just fits. It's just below the workbench surface, so I don't even have to bend down to plug in tools and hoses or flip the switch. That's why I've never gone with a cyclone of any kind for that vac. I have a Dust Deputy on an old Nilfisk where the bags are brutally expensive and ridiculously small.

 

[jeffinsgf]

I bought a 5-pack of bags and put it on a shelf while using the remaining bag. Before I ever opened it, I got a great deal on a long-life bag and have never opened the box (honestly, would have to search a bit for it...) Love the long-life bag. I could see using disposable bags for drywall/paster but why not use the bag you already have for regular old sawdust? Dumping it out is super easy

I guess I just like popping the cap on the end of the tube and pitching the whole mess. I bought the long-life bag thinking (knowing) that some day bags wouldn't be available. It's my insurance policy.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

The CT-VA takes up space. A 22 will fit below a CS-50, anything with the CT-VA won't.
In my country's Festool YouTube channel they promote the 36 and 48 for stationary use. But they have those next to the table, which kinda defeats the compact foldable character of their tables.

That is honestly the main reason that I have hesitated. Mine in sitting in a fitted space that would take some modification, to make it work. At this point, I'm not looking to do that. Maybe in the home shop, after the move, when the opportunity for change is there? Then again, I might not need as much volume either.
My router table will probably be tied to the higher air volume dust collector, not the CT

 

[rst]

Crazy, I’ve been using the Dust Router system with my self built router table for at least 20 years.  I just ran 100 + feet of beaded edge quarter sawn oak. I have an Incra Superfence connected to a Festool router table table split hose with a 2” Fein hose running to an Onieda cyclone and Fein extractor.  Absolutely minimal chip escape, mostly at the feed end and then still minimal, none below in the open cabinet