need recommendations for new shop cabinets with systainers in mind...

[onocoffee]

The interesting, to me anyway, thing is that Festool seems all about job site work, not in a dedicated workshop. This is most apparent in the MFT, which is portable, and the in-systainer tablesaw.

If they were going after workshops, they'd make a bigger stationary table without folding legs. Something hefty to stay put under loads. Same for the tablesaw.

Not that this is bad, mind you, just as I said (and others seem to agree) what their target market is and isn't.

I presume that the in the European market, Festool is very popular on the jobsite. Recently I heard that Festool USA has started to outpace Germany in sales. I wonder if this might have an impact on the focus of upcoming products. Perhaps the Not-Too-Very-High-Priced-Over-Corded with the ETSC2 and the lowering of Abrasive Systainer Sets are an indicator of this?

I would prefer though that Festool not necessarily follow the trend of the other tool manufacturers with more cost-cutting and a switch to canvas bags (I really despise those).