Festool lovers weep while Festool haters laugh and wink at their perfectly respectable collection of power tools. Why? Festool announced a price increase starting on February 1st, 2009.

We plugged the Festool price increase list supplied by McFeely’s into good old Microsoft Excel so we could get a feel for what’s going on with their prices.

(And just so Festool doesn’t feel like we’re picking on them, here’s our article on Grizzly’s coming price increase >>)
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