The new version of systainers looks pretty awesome!

[demographic]

For me the good points versus bad points are...

Good points:
Stiffer bottom, its ribbed and consequently stronger.
Simpler to use in a drawer system.
Additional front handle helps with drawer system.
Middle stiffener at the hings point,  without that additional bit of plastic that slows down disassembly on the standerd T-locs and some tool manufacturers (Metabo and Panasonic take note) think they can miss out and nobody will notice.

Bad Points:
Handle (which lets face it, was never that brilliant for long term use when worn) has been turned 180 degrees so more likely to let the entire box with contents fall away fron the handle while carrying it.
Heights no longer match up for sizes. This one is a pretty big deal for me and means they don't fit into my toolsafe anywhere near so well, they also don't provide regular heights for a surface and just don't play well with others in general.

In the meantime I think I'll hang on and see if Tanos/Festool remember all the advertising blurb they spouted 20 years ago and sort the heights so they work better together.

 

[Bob D.]

A question concerning the heights of the Sys³. Videos posted by many on YT show using a stack of Systainers on a dolly as an additional support when working on large workpieces on the MFT/3. The height of the Systainer stack and the height of the table are very close if not the same as if by design it seems.

So the question is do the new Sys³ have some combination that would allow them to be used in this same manner?

Though I have never done it myself because I don't take my MFT/3 out of the shop for those that do this would seem to be helpful when working on site and be able to use the Systainers to support a long workpiece.

 

[cpw]

A question concerning the heights of the Sys³. Videos posted by many on YT show using a stack of Systainers on a dolly as an additional support when working on large workpieces on the MFT/3. The height of the Systainer stack and the height of the table are very close if not the same as if by design it seems.

So the question is do the new Sys³ have some combination that would allow them to be used in this same manner?

Though I have never done it myself because I don't take my MFT/3 out of the shop for those that do this would seem to be helpful when working on site and be able to use the Systainers to support a long workpiece.

I don't know if a dolly matches the height, but without a dolly you can match the height of an MFT w/ 2 Sys IVs, a SYS II and a SYS I.  I'm sure you need a SYS2 in there to get the "half-height", but might be getting the other dimensions wrong.  I don't take my MFT out of the shop, but do find another stack or two useful for long boards or sheets to have some out riggers.

The MW1000 also matches that height.  What I do find myself doing more commonly is creating stacks on a site that match each other.  Usually for me this is a SYS1 + SYS 2, because I have a SYS-MFT and a SYS 2 that I swapped an attic lid onto a SYS1 for my main toolbox; and then the MFT lid onto the SYS2 to hold some mismatched MFT clamps and the extra parts that I don't use very often.