Thread: $300CAD - Festool FES-201516 RTSC 400 PLUS 18V Brushless Orbital Sander 2x 3.1

very cheap. I'd jump in on a buy if postage was reasonable

I know right!

Anyone have contact in Canada please let us know!

Just a reminder warranty and charger plug are for US only.

Originally Posted by barrysumpter

Festool FES-201516 RTSC 400 PLUS 18V Brushless Orbital Sander 2x 3.1Ah Kit - Atlas-Machinery

$300 CAD

Anyone have a contact in Canada?

Originally Posted by barrysumpter

Anyone have contact in Canada please let us know!

Just a reminder warranty and charger plug are for US only.

To answer your main question -- yours truly. (look at my signature block)



To respond to your unspoken question -- I'm fairly sure the smarts within the battery charger can tell that the charger isn't plugged into 120V, 60 Hz so the battery charger won't work on Australian power systems. (I had the opposite, my Aus charger didn't work on US/CAN voltage cycles.)

I'm not sure what issues would surround using 120 V, 60 Hz electrics on Australia's 240 V, 50 Hz supply.



And shipping.
Air postage from Canada is a mix of "by volume and by weight". I haven't worked out how it works but the Post Office ladies seem to measure and weigh parcels 4 or 5 times before quoting the price. In 2015 we air mailed some gifts back to AUS. Cost was about CAD $180. Maybe a bit more. Volume and weight for the presents was significantly less than the Festool sander and systainer.


Delivery via yours truly?
Is an option, but I may not be back in Aus before July 2021.

I have an Australian Festool charger.
220 ~ 240v to 18v

I'm deducing it's a way to keep the Festool countries from competing.

The warranty won't be honored in Australia like an Apple Global Warranty.

I know our notebook power supplies work in both countries.
I just have to use the right power plug.

So the question is is the price savings worth the hassle and cost plus shopping?

Any suggestions on which Canadian shipping company you think is the best?

Product Weight: 3.08 lbs (1.4 kg)

SYSTAINER SYS 2 T-LOC Dimentions
Product Length (mm) 396 - 40cm - 16in
Product Width (mm) 296 - 30cm - 12in
Product Height (mm) 157 - 16cm - 6in

Deducing that shipping box will be larger.

PackSend.AU ~$100AU
secureship.ca ~$115CA - $119AU

Parcel Monkey
Cheap Shipping from the US to Australia | Parcel Monkey
UPS Expedited $77
DHL $82
UPS Express Saver $82

If you don't have an existing charger to suit there is one currently on Gumtree.

Originally Posted by barrysumpter

I know our notebook power supplies work in both countries.
I just have to use the right power plug.

I don't think this is relevant. Notebooks are typically supplied with "universal" chargers - just pop on the right plug adapter and you're good to go.
As far as I know, the Festool charger is tied to the country of supply's power system.

Originally Posted by barrysumpter

So the question is is the price savings worth the hassle and cost plus shopping?

Any suggestions on which Canadian shipping company you think is the best? Can't help you as I tend to ship stuff as accompanied luggage when I travel.

Product Weight: 3.08 lbs (1.4 kg)

SYSTAINER SYS 2 T-LOC Dimentions
Product Length (mm) 396 - 40cm - 16in
Product Width (mm) 296 - 30cm - 12in
Product Height (mm) 157 - 16cm - 6in

Deducing that shipping box will be larger.

PackSend.AU ~$100AU

I've just gone down stairs and weighed my ETS 125 REO. Similar form factor and weight to a RTS 400

In its Systainer the ETS 125 REO weighs 3.7 kg
two 3.1 Ah batteries would add something like 1.3 kg
The charger (mine's a TCL 3) would add a further 0.7 kg or so

The whole shebang including the external cardboard box would come to something like 6 to 6.5 kg.

So you may want to re-estimate the shipping costs.


Oh, and before I forget, your CAD $300 is actually CAD $315 after including taxes.

Still happy to attempt to acquire one for you, but I'd need your commitment

Righto. Still calculating.

Parcel Monkey still showing $100 for 8lbs (over estimated by double)

So $400CAD would be $420AU

Ian,
PM sent.

Barry
Without seeing the shipping box, I estimated 14 lbs. Near enough for now to 6.5 kg.
Parcel Monkey is estimating about $140 +GST to ship to Australia via UPS.


Just be aware that the Canadian-US Border is currently closed.
I have two relatively small packages (one about 500 g, the other about 2 kg) currently sitting in Los Angles and San Francisco (respectively) waiting for on movement into Canada.

I've bought Fe$tool from the UK and registered the tools for warranty here without a problem. Never needed to claim, so who knows what might happen.
That sander kit (new model) is over $900 here now, so even a couple of hundred $ shipping will still see you well ahead.

When you registered, did you register thru the website or thru sales support?

I was able to register thru sales manager on a Festool battery saw after the website and sales support told me I couldn't.
As I didn't have an authorized seller number.

I don't expect to need the warranty either since it's just for hobby use.

Individually ~$1100AU here I think.
But available in a pac for $990AU.
With Festool cable and battery port to mains converter.
And bluetooth batteries which the CA batteries are not.

I have always registered via the web but one of the questions asked is about who sold it to you and you have to select off a list of AU sellers.

This may have consequences for the warranty.

Ian,
Another PM sent.

I registered through the website. Think I just selected my local Total Tools who have supplied most of my Aus Fe$tool. Went through fine, and all the tools show up in my account on the website, with warranty details.