New cordless tools fall 2025

Cheese said:
I have 2 very specific needs for a CT SYS, vacuuming the AC condenser coils outside to remove the "cotton" from nearby cotton wood trees and vacuuming train tracks that run along at the 8 ft level for LGB garden trains. Both tasks need to be done at least twice each year and using the Miele canister vac with a 5' hose is just not very convenient or easy. My present options are to drag up CT's from the basement or drag in CT's from the garage. 😡

Actually, the CTC SYS would work well if the run-time was longer than 14 minutes.
Click to expand...
I'm not a model train person whatsoever, but that's pretty cool.
 
Cheese said:
Actually, the CTC SYS would work well if the run-time was longer than 14 minutes.
Click to expand...
My use cases are mostly remote work but beyond the need for some small clean up tasks. In almost all the cases I would need more runtime. With the current runtime I would need multiple batteries and/or be charging all the time. Both of which to me defeat the convenience of battery powered tools.

That train is really cool!
 
SoonerFan said:
In almost all the cases I would need more runtime. With the current runtime I would need multiple batteries and/or be charging all the time. Both of which to me defeat the convenience of battery powered tools.
Click to expand...

I agree 100%...when you have to drag around a 12# Energy Set just to use a vacuum for longer than 15 minutes, the cordless advantage disappears. Besides, you still need to have mains power available or the vac only works for 14 minutes.
 
SoonerFan said:
My use cases are mostly remote work but beyond the need for some small clean up tasks. In almost all the cases I would need more runtime. With the current runtime I would need multiple batteries and/or be charging all the time. Both of which to me defeat the convenience of battery powered tools.

That train is really cool!
Click to expand...

And that's exactly why every single competitor has tabless batteries for a few years now and we are still waiting for Festool to release them. Although they have recently said they are working on it but don't have any specifics yet.
 
squall_line said:
The FUSA site is always one of the last sites to be updated.

Until anything actually hits the shores in North America, there is no guarantee which of the new tools will be coming here and when.
Click to expand...
Curious given how prominently they’re featured when you go to Festool.com. You’d think they would announce in all countries simultaneously and just release to different markets at different times.
 
luvmytoolz said:
But with the original body design, not the new D handle the cordless has, which I think is a shame.
Click to expand...
Yes, agree with that. Wonder if that whole front assembly can be swapped onto the current model?
I'll be selling my current one and getting the cordless, for the handle as well as the fence improvements.
 
Lincoln said:
Yes, agree with that. Wonder if that whole front assembly can be swapped onto the current model?
I'll be selling my current one and getting the cordless, for the handle as well as the fence improvements.
Click to expand...
No, Festool have confirmed the newer frame isn't backward compatible with the older DF500 unfortunately.

Normally I stick to corded for tools needing a vac connected, but if I didn't have a DF500 already I'd be getting the cordless one, it looks great!
 
luvmytoolz said:
No, Festool have confirmed the newer frame isn't backward compatible with the older DF500 unfortunately.

Normally I stick to corded for tools needing a vac connected, but if I didn't have a DF500 already I'd be getting the cordless one, it looks great!
Click to expand...
If it hasn't already been said before, they dropped the ball on this one( In my ' I'm not an engineer' humble opinion).
For a company that likes to make money and charges a pretty penny for things, why would they not make it backwards compatible?

How many of us would have purchased the new style fence with the pins if it would fit the existing DF500 we pretty much all have.
 
They probably figured out a way to get it working without spending the time to machine the fence bedway - hence new stuff wouldn't be compatible with the old system.
 
Really can't understand why the new version of the 500 as a corded model doesn't also have the improved ergonomics? Many of us had been waiting for this and yet they only did it on the cordless version.
 
mcooley said:
Really can't understand why the new version of the 500 as a corded model doesn't also have the improved ergonomics? Many of us had been waiting for this and yet they only did it on the cordless version.
Click to expand...
Their response was that the corded was left with the design most were comfortable with, dunno about that one though, the D handle is a long overdue and massive improvement in my opinion, I'm sure I can't be in the minority there.
 
Hipplewm said:
I wonder how much heavier the battery one will be? I like the idea of the new base plate and all, but I'll keep my trusty DF500 for quite a while
Click to expand...
I don't think the battery weight will need to be a consideration at all with the new D handle, the DF700 is a very heavy tool, but the handle makes it amazingly ergonomic so it's not at all obvious in use.
 
luvmytoolz said:
I don't think the battery weight will need to be a consideration at all with the new D handle, the DF700 is a very heavy tool, but the handle makes it amazingly ergonomic so it's not at all obvious in use.
Click to expand...
still have to lift it up and down tons of times....I like to use the 4mm for drawer boxes and if you need to make 20 drawers, that is 80 pieces of wood and 320 holes, even if you get 4 pieces of wood together at once, that is a ton of holding and lifting and setting down.....it adds up
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top