Festool 203430 Compact Cleaning Set in Systainer

Some time ago I bought a more heavy duty shop vacuum, brand Metabo. Unfortunately, it didn’t come with any accessories. More annoying to me was the fact that it wasn’t able to buy any Metabo accessories for this vacuum (ASR35). I searched and looked at any 35mm compatible stuff, such as e.g. from Bosch. Eventually I decided to buy Festool, which are not the cheapest. I’m quite sure that all of this stuff from whatever brand is manufactured by other companies specialized in this. Beside this set I also bought a Festool hose (3m, 27mm) and some other Festool vacuum accessories. Overall I’m happy with all of it and increased the functionality of my shop vac, however, price tag is quite heavy.I like the quality and functionality of the Festool parts. The sustainer size is at the small side, and became too small since I bought additional Festool nozzles. The only criticism would be that the air ‘regulator’ in the angled connection piece between hose and wand opens (gravity) during use and reducing suction force. I typically want full suction all the time and applied tape to keep it closed.3 piece wand: good length, sturdy, light. (Was considering SS version, glad I didn’t)Floor nozzle: nice small for smaller areas and underneath benches etc. I ended up buying their larger floor nozzle as well ($69, not available on Amazon), which works way better for larger area.Long nozzle: good for creases (such as between the seats of my car :))

This set makes an already great vacuum much more versatile - I didn't have a dedicated vacuum attachment for hand power tools in the shop and consequently had a lot of dust and chips every time I fired them up. There are a few tools that don't have a vacuum attachment and this set makes clean up a snap. Being able to use it more as a traditional vacuum is a real bonus, my old shop vac won't get much of a workout now that I have this!

Ok the product works great as advertised. However I bought it with the sustainer. I “assumed” it would fit nicely like everything else Festool. No true. Even following the picture things are awkward and you have to really fiddle with the pieces for the sustainer to close.

This does the job as intended not much else to say. For those who complained that it is not sturdy, well it is not designed to lever boulders out of your yard. As for the complaints about the case--there is a picture in the lid showing how to load the pieces correctly.

You just spent $800 on a dust vac...why are you trying to rationalize this?

I have a garage full of festool. Love the engineering design, the build quality and the systainer cases. The festool system makes it easy to ensure that I have all of my tools, parts, and pieces together when leaving the job site. Not so much with this product. Besides being overpriced (it's a festool, so I've come to expect that), the systainer was just an afterthought. Whoever said there was a picture of how to pack this, must have bought a different model. Pieces came loose packed in the case, and it took me a half an hour to figure out how to repack. Have come to expect a higher standard from Festool.

Had to buy the brush separate, fits festool hoses and matches everything else. I got an empty #2 container so there would be more wiggle room inside.

A good product but definitely difficult to justify the price. I can understand Festool products being more expensive because of engineering and quality but this is just a bunch of plastic parts - no better than the average Chinese stuff. The only real difference is that it fits Festool's odd sizing.

Does the job well

Todo correcto

Utilise pour les sol en abs fabriqué en Italie livraison dans son systainer T-Loc

Great items a must when you have the festool vacuum. The box supplied fits on top of the vacuum. Very happy wurth the money hands down.

If you have a Festool dust extractor, this is a must!