In Review: Festool"s Cleantex CT 26 HEPA Dust Extractor Vacuum
Festool power tools are some of, if not the most, coveted industrial equipment on the market today - and certainly for good reason.
Well known for an uncanny ability to innovate and evolve the power tools and equipment that to other manufactures had met their evolutionary apex, Festool, to be brief, is incredible and, well, usually (with the exclusion of price) unbeatable.
As far as dust collection is concerned, Festool's unparallelled reputation is impossible to question.
Building some of the most intense dust collecting/vacuuming systems available in the power tooling community, Festool's Cleantex CT 26 (26 gallon) HEPA dust extractor is a big fish in a pond of any size, and because the unit is built durably with a sealed motor housing and innovative lines and materials, the 583492 vac will keep swimming, so to speak, for many upon many years to come.
As an integral part of the Festool system, the CT 26 is meticulously designed for the most efficient use with your power tools, and for optimal use in just about every working circumstance.
In fact, the extractor has a tool-triggered auto start mechanism that turns the vacuum on and off based on the on or off-ness of your power tools.
This means your extractor doesn't run while you're not working, you no longer have to fumble about with on-off switches or leave your work-zone to flip one, and everything from yourself to your tools and projects performs more efficiently.
The vac also offers variable suction forces allowing you to choose the intensity with which the extractor cleans-up, and with Festool's new self-cleaning filter bags designed to prevent dust and debris from collecting, clinging and consequently reducing the vac's suction power, the vacuum is as intelligent as it is powerful.
These self-cleaning bags also prevent undue stress on the extractor's motor allowing it to perform better and with greater longevity.
The Cleantex has a low center of gravity for optimal balance, an integrated center handle for convenient mobility, and extra large no-marring wheels enabling users to safely and easily move between jobsites.
The thing even has a what Festool calls a "parking break," a mechanism that can be locked in place to prevent any unintentional drifting, rolling, or tumbling of the vacuum.
During wet clean-up applications (oh yeah, it's a wet/dry vac), the CT 26 is also designed to automatically shut-off when the tank becomes full, and because the extractor comes standard with a HEPA filter, the most advanced filtration system available, users achieve truly superior results in dry applications as well.
The power cord on the Cleantex is over 24-feet long to increase its functional radius, and because the vac has an integrated cord wrap at its rear, that long cord simply stows away when not in use.
The vac also includes a 11.
5-foot anti-static hose (with an integrated hose garage for a streamlined organization and hose protection) for the most convenient work and jobsite clean-ups, and because the vac has a perfectly flat, low-profile top, the CT 26 can double as a tool rest or shelf-top for your working materials.
Well known for an uncanny ability to innovate and evolve the power tools and equipment that to other manufactures had met their evolutionary apex, Festool, to be brief, is incredible and, well, usually (with the exclusion of price) unbeatable.
As far as dust collection is concerned, Festool's unparallelled reputation is impossible to question.
Building some of the most intense dust collecting/vacuuming systems available in the power tooling community, Festool's Cleantex CT 26 (26 gallon) HEPA dust extractor is a big fish in a pond of any size, and because the unit is built durably with a sealed motor housing and innovative lines and materials, the 583492 vac will keep swimming, so to speak, for many upon many years to come.
As an integral part of the Festool system, the CT 26 is meticulously designed for the most efficient use with your power tools, and for optimal use in just about every working circumstance.
In fact, the extractor has a tool-triggered auto start mechanism that turns the vacuum on and off based on the on or off-ness of your power tools.
This means your extractor doesn't run while you're not working, you no longer have to fumble about with on-off switches or leave your work-zone to flip one, and everything from yourself to your tools and projects performs more efficiently.
The vac also offers variable suction forces allowing you to choose the intensity with which the extractor cleans-up, and with Festool's new self-cleaning filter bags designed to prevent dust and debris from collecting, clinging and consequently reducing the vac's suction power, the vacuum is as intelligent as it is powerful.
These self-cleaning bags also prevent undue stress on the extractor's motor allowing it to perform better and with greater longevity.
The Cleantex has a low center of gravity for optimal balance, an integrated center handle for convenient mobility, and extra large no-marring wheels enabling users to safely and easily move between jobsites.
The thing even has a what Festool calls a "parking break," a mechanism that can be locked in place to prevent any unintentional drifting, rolling, or tumbling of the vacuum.
During wet clean-up applications (oh yeah, it's a wet/dry vac), the CT 26 is also designed to automatically shut-off when the tank becomes full, and because the extractor comes standard with a HEPA filter, the most advanced filtration system available, users achieve truly superior results in dry applications as well.
The power cord on the Cleantex is over 24-feet long to increase its functional radius, and because the vac has an integrated cord wrap at its rear, that long cord simply stows away when not in use.
The vac also includes a 11.
5-foot anti-static hose (with an integrated hose garage for a streamlined organization and hose protection) for the most convenient work and jobsite clean-ups, and because the vac has a perfectly flat, low-profile top, the CT 26 can double as a tool rest or shelf-top for your working materials.
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