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Duane Bozarth wrote:

sandman wrote:
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An 10-foot length from Festool is close to 100 US dollars.
The fitting and sizes are normal enough, but a hundred bucks?
...

I'm sure the Festool stuff must be finely made, but it's just too
outrageously priced for me...I've not seen, however, a flexible
grounding style hose though, sorry...


Festool is cheaper than Fein.
When I go into somebody's house to refinish (sand) their solid surface
countertop, I have several choices.
Clean up afterwards, or not make any airborne dust in the first place.
I can sand for 4 hours or sand for 2.
Do a better job than the competition or not.
If I book two refinish jobs on one day, the difference on the price of
the sander is practically paid for.
There are several sander/sucker combinations from different
manufacturers. Fein pioneered the game, and several followed.
They are all around $1000.00 and selling just fine.
I don't buy tools like this because I can afford it...I cannot afford
not to.

Merry Christmas. *S*

Rob