In Europe and other areas Festool has intergraded the vacuum hose and power cord. UL in the states will not allow this so I did my own workaround. I do allot of wiring of Home Theater and computer networks and used Techflex in the past to bundle cables. They have a newer product called Gorilla Sleeve, this utilizes flat filaments to achieve a thick abrasion guard for use on hoses. Which I felt is perfect, I used large shrink wrap on the ends and the 1" 1/4 Gorilla Sleve for the normal hose that comes with the CT22.
This worked out better than I expected. Unlike the Europe model where the cord is inside the hose this is not so you do not loose diameter. Also this stuff slides easy, unlike the old hose with ribs that sounded like a plastic saw blade over the guide this glides ease and the saw moves better on the guide.
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