Festool MIDI 2 hose adapter for Henry pipe and tools. Reviewed.

Feskit adapter for Festool  27mm hose and Henry cleaning kit

I was introduced to a company called Feskit UK by Peter Parfit from the New Brit Workshop, who reviewed the excellent Dust Door for the Festool TS-55. This is a superbly engineered piece of plastic, that looks every bit like it had come out of the design studio in Wendlingen, but in fact had been designed and made on a 3D printer in the South West of England, by a very nice chap called Mike.

Dust Door for the TS-55 by Feskit

The Dust Door as it's name belies, reduces still further dust created by the blade of the famous track saw, making for a vast improvement over standard, according to many happy users.
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Festool Cleaning Kit

When I bought my Festool CTL MIDI 2 dust extractor, I did consider buying the cleaning kit, which is pictured above, but the £82 seemed a bit steep, especially when you consider that Numatic, a British company, famous for their Henry industrial vacuums sell a similar kit for under £15.00!

Numatic cleaning kit for Henry Vacuums

The Henry industrial vacuum cleaner is a British institution and can be found in homes, offices and workshops the length and breadth of the UK.

Festool 27mm hose now fits the Henry toolset with this neat inexpensive adapter from Feskit

We have a Henry which we bought donkey's years ago and which has never missed a beat. I was thinking about buying a new one for the house and using the present one to clean the workshop floor. When I saw that Mike had designed an adapter that joins the MIDI 27mm hose to the Henry pipe, I could not wait to give it a go.

Compared to the smaller Henry, the suction provided by the MIDI with the Henry pipe and floor attachment is outstanding. The adapter simply slides on to the 27mm rubber tip of the Festool hose and pushes on to the Henry pipe and hey presto the MIDI dust extractor is now a vacuum cleaner!

As I already had the pipe and tools the total cost came to just £8 for the adapter plus £2.85 postage.  Compare that to the £82 for the Festool kit. If you do not have the pipe I see that you can buy it on Ebay for £13.48 with free postage.

The Feskit Henry adapter will fit all the Festool dust extractors with a 27mm hose, CTL, Mini, MIDI and also the one made by Makita.

Mike is at pains to point out that his company has nothing to do with Festool, but from the Feskit products I have bought, they are clearly built with the same precision and attention to detail.