Sys3 M vs Sys L Systainer System

[Mr_Mod]

No, cannot import them - Festool don't allow dealers from other countries to sell to the Aus market.

I regularly import Festool items from Europe into Australia without any problems. There are dealers who will sell and ship to you. Also you can just get the Tanos named items freely by mail

 

[MaineShop]

Why in the world would they give you the new systainers but not the rails, it is the best part about the new systainers. The real tragedy  is that the new rails take a different cabinet width then the sys-az drawers, not by much, like 10mm. What a wasted opportunity. Now with every bench or rack you have to commit to one or the other not both. Willing to bet they sell a ton more 10 dollar rails instead of 50 dollars drawers. Boneheaded.

I do not think the different widths are really an issue. For universal shop use one can just use plywood shims. I can see it being practical where the "lower" locations would use SYS-AZ for direct access while higher up the stack opening the systainer in place is not practical so just shimmed rails will be used. Besides, the rails should be reasonably easy to 3D-print in a wider iteration.

The only real issue with SYS3's is the breakage of the heights system as that makes it a no-cigar for mobile work use cases.

Using a 10mm shim strip is really less then optimal when you are trying to use the rails in a 32mm hole system which is the whole point of adjustable rails. And if it is better to 3d print a product myself then you just failed on selling a product, kind of the whole point of my post. The point is they had an existing product that could have dovetailed nicely with their drawer product, and instead they made it off by less then half an inch so that the two do not play nicely with each other. Can't help but see how that is gonna cannibalize your sales of the higher priced item for the lower priced item as they just made it an either or situation. Maybe it is in relation to making the rails work with BOTT or something but if that is the case they should sell rails separately that match the sys-az dimensions, in my opinion.

I just think it was poorly done engineering and that is usually the appeal of their products, if I want products I have to customize to make work, there are plenty of other brands.

 

[Coen]

Sys3 L might be nice for Bosch GCG 18v-310 though  [cool]

Somehow Sys3 L is 5mm wider than Sys T-Loc Midi  [huh] [huh] [huh]