by Steven D. Johnson
Racine, Wisconsin
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A Brief Word on the New T-Loc Systainer
Yawn.
Well, I promised it would be brief.
Past ravings are ample evidence that I am firmly in the Systainer "fan" column, but I get the
feeling that the new Festool T-Loc Systainer was a solution looking for a problem. Yes, I suppose being
able to open the Systainer on the bottom while the balance of the stack of containers stays locked
together is a nice feature, but was that really a serious, deal-breaking problem? Yes, I suppose
someone broke a fingernail once opening the original snap locks, but was changing the latch
important enough to reengineer the entire product lineup? Impress me more with your engineering
prowess and put an LED light on the front of your jigsaw. Actually, that is unfair. Tanos, the
maker of the Systainer, likely instigated the changes, and Festool is likely being forced to modify
all its custom tool inserts to fit the new Systainer.
The new T-Loc Systainer is nice, and the changes, more evolutionary than revolutionary, will help
keep Festool way out in front of the competition, but I won’t be rushing out to replace all my
current Systainers.
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