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HobbesNJ t1_ixhq5mi wrote

Festool is worth a premium price. The tools are excellent quality and thoughtfully designed. However, the amount of premium over good-quality alternate tools is probably not entirely justified.

If you are a professional contractor/craftsman who uses your tools heavily and make a living off them, then by all means invest in Festool. And if you just want extremely high-quality tools and are willing to pay the high price for them, then they are a great choice. I'm very happy with the several Festool tools I own.

But those alternative brands are also high-quality tools. You can buy those and be very happy with them. For the average home DIYer or home craftsman they are all that is needed, particularly if money is a factor. They will all be BIFL quality for typical amateur usage.

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vacuous_comment t1_ixi9uta wrote

Agree with this.

I have a bunch of Festool and love it. I am not a pro, but I maintain and work on several houses on and off and really value having my Festool gear.

Some of the stuff Festool items were unique on is now available other places.

For example, the Festool drill driver set with right angle, offset, regular chuck etc is great. But Milwaukee now makes some version of it.

Festool track saws are great but there are many others now, including Makita.

I love the functioning and dust pickup on Festool sanders, especially used with the Festool vacuum. They are still ahead of most competition there I think.

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