Planex hose vs new D36 smooth hose

[blues]

Recently i bought a CT36AC that came with a 36mm planex hose. It is fantastic! Really like how flexible it is, so easy to handle. When i compare it to the old style hose that i have, it is light weight,  easy to handle, and compressible. But it does have the ribs (so i think it will catch at the edge of the table).
How is the new smooth hose in comparison? Any of you have both so you can compare the two? Appreciate your thoughts and inputs. Thanks.

 

[guybo]

Hi, we use the planex hose for all sorts of things and yes it get caught, but mainly for drywall,when it gives up we will buy the new smooth hose, if you noticed the new 48ac come with that hose,also festool has new connectors for the 36 hose even a planex end, All that to say wear it out,or buy a small lenght of sleeve over the end,or sell and rebuy. guy

 

[Chainring]

I can't compare to the Planex hose, but I do have the 48 AC with the D36 hose and, wow, is it nice. So far, I've hooked it up to a 10" Bosch Glide miter saw, DeWALT 20V router, DeWALT 20V orbital and DeWALT DWE7491 table saw. I don't have a 27mm hose to compare with, but I'm extremely happy with the dust collection using the D36.

 

[Peter_C]

I have both and use both. Often the Planex hose gets used for saws, routers, cleanup, etc if it is handy. Otherwise the D36 Anaconda is awesome. I call it that because at 5 meters with the way the skin on the hose feels, plus the way it reacts like a snake. No way would I go shorter, and no way would I not have a Bluetooth remote on the end of it.

Of note, not all D36 hoses are approved for the AC thumper function. Although I have used my non approved D36 Anaconda a lot for non restricted things like concrete grinders while using the thumper function. Do so knowing you could collapse your hose.

Also if you are using the thumper function a lot I would recommend getting the sliding gate to hit the filter harder. Works better than a hand over the dust collector port after removing the hose.