Benjamin
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I have spent the last 6 months using the dust deputy in the field and here is my views on it.
It's absolutely essential for drywall work, it handles 99.percent of the drywall dust and is a absolute life saver for that.
For everything else it's incredibly bulky and a real chore to move around and set up. Don't get me wrong it's a incredible device but the fun thing about festool is just bringing the vac with you and attaching your sortainers to it and everything else super fast and easy , but wheeling around the dust deputy on the vac feels very bulky and is seriously heavy to walk up and down stairs and it's very awkward to carry, as I might be spoiled now but when you get used to the convenience of the festool line it's hard to take a step back.
If you had a shop and it's in a stationary spot it would be a different story but I think you should just bite the bullet and buy both the dust deputy for drywall work and long lasting bags for everything else.
Don't forget you need to get there kit as well to make it anti static which is also a choir to set up , but in all honesty it really beats the ct 36 any day as I dry walled a entire house and zero dust made its way to the filter.... ZERO
I showed a picture to a local festool merchant and he was pretty surprised about its efficacy .
Anyways if you have a shop or do drywall work definitely grab one , if not I would look into purchasing bags . Hope this helps
( UPDATE ) since this post I have recently bought a midi and the dust deputy is a little easier to move around with it instead of the 26 that I had.
It's absolutely essential for drywall work, it handles 99.percent of the drywall dust and is a absolute life saver for that.
For everything else it's incredibly bulky and a real chore to move around and set up. Don't get me wrong it's a incredible device but the fun thing about festool is just bringing the vac with you and attaching your sortainers to it and everything else super fast and easy , but wheeling around the dust deputy on the vac feels very bulky and is seriously heavy to walk up and down stairs and it's very awkward to carry, as I might be spoiled now but when you get used to the convenience of the festool line it's hard to take a step back.
If you had a shop and it's in a stationary spot it would be a different story but I think you should just bite the bullet and buy both the dust deputy for drywall work and long lasting bags for everything else.
Don't forget you need to get there kit as well to make it anti static which is also a choir to set up , but in all honesty it really beats the ct 36 any day as I dry walled a entire house and zero dust made its way to the filter.... ZERO
I showed a picture to a local festool merchant and he was pretty surprised about its efficacy .
Anyways if you have a shop or do drywall work definitely grab one , if not I would look into purchasing bags . Hope this helps
( UPDATE ) since this post I have recently bought a midi and the dust deputy is a little easier to move around with it instead of the 26 that I had.