PRODUCT REVIEW
Festool CTM MIDI dust extractor: Top of the M class?
By PETER BRETT
RETAILING at over £600, (though prices do vary) end users would be justifi ed in expecting the Festool CTM MIDI 1 dust extractor to be packed full of class-leading features as well as effi cient and safe dust extraction – and to cut a long story short it is exactly that.
In the few weeks I have used this machine, I have come to appreciate its many virtues, but I am fi nding it hard to make the all- important value for money judgement.
Of course, for Festool Fans the answer is a no-brainer. I own and have used enough Festool tools to appreciate the Festool System that enables the various tools and accessories to work together, and the benefi ts that this brings. But I also have a value-for-money hat on which wants
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to check what a buyer is getting for the price.
I am sure that I am not the only end user that faces this dilemma, but hopefully a closer look at the features will help me solve the costs / benefi ts conundrum.
Sophisticated and mobile
One of the things I really like about this dust extractor is
that the hose and cable are well stowed so that moving it and lifting it are really simple and there are no cables to catch on things around the worksite. The cable and hose are also easy to stow so, at packing up time, you don’t waste time dealing with
twisted cables and hose. I have
to say that this is a real effi ciency gain, so maybe that is a tick to put into the credit column of the value chart.
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