Looking for FWW review of Fstl Vacs and reason why

[Michael Kellough]

Being from the concrete coatings world I have an unhealthy love for vacs. I've had pretty much everything from cheapo ridgid's up to the $10,000 plus Ruwac's. Got out of the business and kept one vac for personal use (but I like it so much I take it to work)....The for some reason unseen and unheard of Metabo ASR 35. Easily the best around. Filters clean themselves, no bags, turns itself off 10 seconds or so after I shut the tool off to get all the dust out. I torture this thing unlike our shops ct36. It sees everything wet or dry and still can't complain. Ok, one complaint. It doesn't lock my systainers to it. That'll be remedied though.

Looks like they make an adapter that's pretty effective....(this UK shop sells them)

 

[Sheepherder]

[crying] Doesn't fit my ASR 35.

 

[Kev]

From what I've heard the "self clean" feature of the Protool vac is superior to that in the self cleaning Festool CT36 and that the range merge will see the self cleaning mechanism of the Protool take over ... that's when I'll invest in my next Festool vac (I haven't gone for a self cleaner yet).