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Post by HenRun on the Run on Mar 4, 2018 13:40:33 GMT -5
They are non snag for sure but they can fray a little if being run over a sharp object. Haven't looked too close but hopefully they are some type of ripstop pattern/weave.
I got a little fray/tear on the very first day but it was superficial (like me!) and now I don't think I can even find it.
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Post by chippiegary on Mar 4, 2018 13:50:00 GMT -5
Good to know henrun that little metabo 18 v vac looks interesting reckon it would be a great pairing with the kss40/50 especially with the metabo 7.0 ah batteries I wonder if anyone has got one of the vacs yet ? We’ve had a bit of your weather in the uk here last week couldn’t get the van out for the last four days uk comes to a halt when it snows !!
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Post by huntsgemein on Mar 5, 2018 6:26:35 GMT -5
The old Electrolux hoses from the 60s with similar woven nylon outers would tend to fray around the nozzle interfaces.
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Post by yetihunter on Mar 5, 2018 18:37:21 GMT -5
Yeah, my imported hoses have been looking really sweet, rolled up and hanging, downstairs, in the shop while I've been swamped at the day/night/all of the time
job, upstairs the past month. :0
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Post by oncomeme on Aug 7, 2018 23:03:23 GMT -5
I bought one 27mm to try out and promptly picked up the 36mm and another 27 a week later. They're so much easier to coil up and move around it's not even funny and they don't snag on rails at all so I can just throw away all those stupid little plastic end caps I keep losing track of when I need to join them together. They do crush a whole lot easier, so they might not be the best choice if you're working with or around folks who don't look where they're stepping or rolling things around, but aside from that I have yet to experience a down side.
Could not possibly care less about the new twisty ends. They still work on all my non-Festool tools without issue so the "vendor lock in" gripe is one I have great difficulty swallowing, and the amount of dust that occasionally collects in the little recesses is both negligible and comparable to what falls out whenever I change any hose of any kind. Pack some Sugru in there in it really bothers you.
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Post by calidecks on Aug 16, 2018 22:42:51 GMT -5
Aren't they just the old hoses with a tight wrapping material? I compared the insides, I couldn't tell any difference there.
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Post by jozsefkozma on Aug 17, 2018 14:45:28 GMT -5
It feels a lot smoother , and as sad before it is a lot easier to roll it up . I feel it is a major improovment , specially on interior work and at cleanup
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Post by kraftt on Aug 21, 2018 10:03:28 GMT -5
fwiw I haven’t tried the new sleeved Fest hoses but I tried sleeving existing hose, with some braid I had laying around, and it really helps. Though I think the type of poly and thickness of the Fest weave looks like it’s on another level. I’ll add that when I first got a track saw it took me a while to remember to always set the vac & hose in front of the cut and not behind me which solved a lot of issues. However if flexibility, mobility and avoiding snagging is the goal then a suggestion aas offered in an old thread of using his AeroFix hose is a great solution. I never bought the full AeroFix kit so I never got that particular hose but I did pick up a similar hose that also stretches about 10ft./ 3m and is very floppy. The nature of these hoses is that if they do snag (they tend not to) their stretch changes the rib angle and the hose moves along. You don’t notice any drag because the supple stretch action masks it until the hose slips along. It fits into the storage case too so it’s always with me. The other component to making this a great system (for small to medium jobs) was finding a light, quiet mini vac to go along with it. You disassemble & gut any restriction mfg built into vac which greatly increases suction and fit it with a reusable filter. To clean filter you either brush it off when you dump canister, though you don’t really need to for quite a few uses, or if you want it spotless just give the filter a few swipes with your big vacuum when you get back to the shop - you don’t have to ever remove the filter. These mini’s are so small & light I’ll sometimes leave it atop the cutting table.  |
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Post by kraftt on Jul 14, 2019 12:24:33 GMT -5
When I was looking at that FLEX rebrand of Nilfisk 33/44 I saw that their rebrand accessories were reasonably priced vs shopping for same item under Nilfisk name (from what I could tell). On the bottom of FLEX's accessory pdf there's a braided hose in grey with red tracers. It has a breather tool end (that works with bosch etc) but I'm sure it twists off.  |
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