Hitting 30 years in carpentry and ditching the Festool hype for good

man, i feel you on the festool hype, its like they brainwashed half the shop with those prices. been saving up for a year just to afford one and now im second guessin every dollar spent. switched to dewalt for my drill and saw and damn if it doesnt get the job done without breakin the bank. sucks watchin the old timers push that cult stuff when us apprentices are barely makin rent. same shit here, wish id known better sooner.

deWalt's flexvolt line has held up way better for me on big framing jobs, saved about $800 switching from festool sanders alone. if you're doing cabinets, their 20v max router kit is a steal at half the price.

dewalt's 60v track saw does 90% of what the festool ts 55 does without the wallet pain. swapped my whole kit over and cut setup time by half on job sites.

man, same here with festool, ditched em for deWalt last season and my wallet's finally breathin again.

festool's a damn ripoff, dropped $2k on their domino last year and it crapped out on the third job, dewalts been solid without the hype.

man, same here, ditched my festool setup after they jacked up prices again and dewalts been solid without the cult guilt.