Systainer Design Weak Point ??

[Svar]

They are just heavy and don't work well, can't be stacked, rust, dent, etc. 

Exactly. I'll take blow molded over steel case any day.

 

[Cheese]

Exactly. I'll take blow molded over steel case any day.

Had I known, I would have shipped you every one of those turds I threw in the garbage. On my dime by the way.

 

[Svar]

Had I known, I would have shipped you every one of those turds I threw in the garbage. On my dime by the way.

You should always properly recycle them ... to manufacture more blow molded cases.

 

[ben_r_]

Ive had that happen to both the black Tanos versions and the standard light grey ones just from being shipped to me. I read all the time on here about how much people love Systainers and how tough they are, but from the very first time I laid my hands on one years ago up to today, I still think they are flimsy plastic cases with some nice organizational and space wasting properties. That said, I love how much you can get from selling them!

 

[Cheese]

Had I known, I would have shipped you every one of those turds I threw in the garbage. On my dime by the way.

You should always properly recycle them ... to manufacture MORE blow molded cases.

LOL...

 

[Michael Kellough]

I hate the blow molded polyethylene cases as well. Besides the huge volume of wasted space the material is just too slippery. A stack of the things is just a cascade waiting to happen.

 

[Tyler Ernsberger]

The issue is  that Festool made these Systainers cheaper.  I did a couple test.  The new promo Systainers are 40 grams lighter versus the normal Systainers.  That the equivalent of 27-28 5mm dominos.  The Systainers were made with less material making them lighter and cheaper.  The new Systainers have a cheap feel to them,  being that they are lighter less material was used resulting in more chips and cracks.  Don’t believe me,  grab a digital scale and weight your normal t-loc compared to the new promo Systainer. 

 

[Klemm]

Ahhh - shipping damage! -
we learned a few things over the years.

As a result TSO designed a custom made, tight fitting SYSTAINER shipping box adding all around stiffness to the unitized shipment (contents and packaging) while protecting the SYSTAINER.  No secondary internal collisions possible. As a result our Sky Blue TSO SYSTAINERS ship well.

Hans and Eric

 

[RustE]

...The new promo Systainers are 40 grams lighter versus the normal Systainers...

Did your ‘normal Systainer’ sample have a bar across the back between the hinge pins?

The promotional blue Festool Systainer seems to be about the same build as the orange Fein Systainer.

 

[Dick Mahany]

...The new promo Systainers are 40 grams lighter versus the normal Systainers...

Did your ‘normal Systainer’ sample have a bar across the back between the hinge pins?

The promotional blue Festool Systainer seems to be about the same build as the orange Fein Systainer.

My Special Edition Blue Systainer did NOT have the bar across the upper rear side side.  Nor did it have the vertical webs that support it.  On all of my Festool Sys 2s to date, almost all do have that reinforcing bar and vertical webs.  In contrast, the Tanos branded Sys 2s that I have don't have them either.  It would be interesting to compare the blue Sys 2 against a Tanos Sys 2 for weight comparison.