jmbfestool
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Pretty cheap.
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Not how I want to store my tools that are going to be USED. OK for long term storage.
Putting larger tools in these or similar containers would be hard because the tools don't really fit. A circular saw or wormdrive would fit the biggest bottom container in this stack. But then would you pile lots of little stuff around it and bury it to fill up the box? And have to take all the little stuff out when you want to use the saw.
And all of these boxes are accessible from the top. So everything in the box is on top of other stuff. Again, more digging to get what you want. At home all my small tools and accessories and supplies are stored in Craftsman tool chests with 4-5-6 drawers. Very few things are on top of others. Everything is accessible by opening one drawer.
These are different than the Festool containers because with Festool only one tool and some of its accessories are in each container. No mixing everything together. Everything is custom.
If you are USING your tools, drawers or shelves are the solution. Not boxes/containers to pile everything in together. Boxes like this are OK for storage, not usage.
Putting larger tools in these or similar containers would be hard because the tools don't really fit. A circular saw or wormdrive would fit the biggest bottom container in this stack. But then would you pile lots of little stuff around it and bury it to fill up the box? And have to take all the little stuff out when you want to use the saw.
And all of these boxes are accessible from the top. So everything in the box is on top of other stuff. Again, more digging to get what you want. At home all my small tools and accessories and supplies are stored in Craftsman tool chests with 4-5-6 drawers. Very few things are on top of others. Everything is accessible by opening one drawer.
These are different than the Festool containers because with Festool only one tool and some of its accessories are in each container. No mixing everything together. Everything is custom.
If you are USING your tools, drawers or shelves are the solution. Not boxes/containers to pile everything in together. Boxes like this are OK for storage, not usage.
KolinP
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I agree!RussellS said:
As someone who's (fairly) new to Festool and to the generally superb Systainer range I'm disappointed that - to get the drawer combinations that I really want for my tools - I have to go backwards (in Festool design terms) to the Sortainers, with their deeper drawers and their wider selection of drawer options.
I've always thought the SysPort scheme was a non-optimal concept, where it provides a 2-step access to our stored tools: firstly we slide-out a tray, and then we open the lid of a box - before reaching to get the tool(s) we need. But yes, I admit that for in-vehicle storage and 'modular' movement of tools from A to B, the Sortainers are a good solution. They're just not optimal (IMO) for tool storage and use in a static workshop.
It's true that any attempt to design deeper container-drawers (I'm imagining a slide-out SYS 2 size drawer for example) would add some huge rigidity problems for an ABS plastic based scheme ... but y'never know ...
(I'll bet this has been discussed-to-death here, in years gone by!!)
Colin P.
if you only work in the workshop and never on site then a shelf or drawer is more efficient for you but if you on site then systainers are a godsend . I wouldn't be without them. everything is in the one box and ready to go. there is no looking for part for tools when you are loading the van
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