onocoffee
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This video just dropped from a tool show in Germany. New and updated CT vacs and the upcoming ETSC EC sanders.
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Only the CT 26 ones on display were the "new" version, the FT employee actually used the "old" 36 and 48 for comparisons.usernumber1 said:...
all the vacuums have a built in BT module looks like. ct26 lost the mechanical controls but is also AC now? the ct36 still has mechanical dials
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mino said:IMO this new CT 26/36/48 series version is a downgrade on almost all fronts.
- no manual controls
- no more upgrade option => no native air-control option, no native second socket option
- the "bolted-on" 2-socket contraption is extremely exposed hence unusable in practice, a clear band aid when test group screamed about the loss of the 2-socket option ..
+ beefed up front panel plate (was notorious for being broken by rough use)
+ no change in the form factor and the bins/bags/accessories system
The only real "positive" I see is the marketing checkbox that BT is now included by default. But skipping the "upgrade" slot is a far bigger issue that cannot be compensated by that. Worst, there was zero (technical) reason for that removal!
Overall, I rank this one as the second biggest botch-up by the "new gen" FT products team. Right after the Systainer heights desaster.
Well, there is/was nothing preventing FUSA to just ship all vacs with the BT modules and be done with it. No need to "update" the vacs worldwide for that.jronman said:As a United States Festool user all we get is the Bluetooth module. We don't have the DL Air module, the SD and SD E/A power plug modules, or the EAA energy box module.
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jronman said:Festool doesn’t seem to have a pattern for releasing things.