Either all three of the tools that were listed sold through, or they decided to pull them for the time being.  My guess is on the latter.

Poor, unloved BHC 18, corded PSB, and corded Vecturo...

"If anyone has bought anything from Recon in the last few days, have you received any shipping notification?"

Yes I've purchased Recon tools and have always received updates and notifications of shipping  ETA ( estimated time of
arrival)

My last purchase was a C18 set  because  I really like my c12 drills, Festool kept me in the loop. 

You should be okay with your purchase. 

My recon-sourced carvex showed up today. Wondering if these are supposed to come with the same bits as a new unit would. My kit came with two splinter guards but without a single blade.

I realize I may be being nitpicky, but I really would like to try festool blades vs using whatever I have on hand (perhaps indefinitely)


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Quote from: rubber_ducky on May 26, 2021, 06:16 PM

My recon-sourced carvex showed up today. Wondering if these are supposed to come with the same bits as a new unit would. My kit came with two splinter guards but without a single blade.

It should come with two blades, yes. Reach out via the "Contact Us" form on the Recon website and they should sort it out quickly. I just got a couple of tools back to back missing parts and received replacements for everything today, about a week after I contacted them.

If you want to play with your new toy in the meantime, Bosch makes excellent jigsaw blades that are on par with the Festool ones, in my opinion. You can pick up a nice "sampler" kit for about $20 at Lowes (if you're in the US), which includes 18 blades of a wide range of types.

I appreciate the advice. I’ll reach out to them tomorrow.

Oddly enough, I have a [smaller] Bosch blade kit already. They are good blades. That said, my kit came with two blades with reversed teeth. Apparently the orientation of the teeth is intentional. That was quite the learning experience.


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After a long holiday/race weekend, it appears that they're starting to prep for today's offering/offerings.

So far a T-18 Easy (Jacob's Chuck only) is queued up, as well as a Carvex PSBC 420.  They're being held behind the "Wow, that went fast!!!" gate, and if history is any indication, they may not be in that order when they're actually released to be sold.

edit: Also a PSC 420, PS 420, TXS-Plus, CT 48, ETS 150/3 (not the ETS/EC), Cordless Vecturo Set, Trion PSB 320, PDC 18/4 Basic

Happy June!

Cordless Jigsaw CARVEX PSBC 420 EB-Basic is now posted (D-handle, cordless, no batteries or charger)

Cordless Jigsaw CARVEX PSC 420 EB-Basic just posted.

The last 2 tools didn't last long!  The CT 48 E Dust Extractor just posted.

The last 2 tools didn't last long!  The CT 48 E Dust Extractor just posted.

Dang!  I'd been waiting on that PSC 420 all day and took a short break from refreshing like a crazy person.  Guess it wasn't meant to be!

Interestingly enough (to me, at least), the PDC is listed despite the Trion PSB 300 not selling through yesterday.  It appears that they have a desire to rotate through to keep the offering fresh if the sun sets on a tool that isn't moving and there are still others in the queue.

Also interestingly enough, there is a Metric Installer's Organizer Set (with the M-89-Org systainer) listed in the queue today.  First time that I personally have seen a non-power tool listed in the Recon.

I almost regret posting that, as I have a selfish desire to grab it myself, but I'm surely not the only one who saw it.

Considering that there are (or were) at least a half-dozen of those left at my local Acme, maybe they're just buying them back from retailers and selling them on Recon, or doing the same for stores that closed up shop last year?

Always.. Always check (read) the exact item you are buying.. and after it gets delivered open the box inspect the item. If you find anything missing you can get it addressed by their sales dept. Couple of my recent purchases i found some items were missing.. ensure what you ordered is what you got.

Installation Organizer Kit - Metric Version just posted.

I was waiting for it to post up, expecting to pull the trigger.  Then I did like I always do and waited until it was available to start researching it.  Doesn't appear to include anything that I don't already have other than PZ drivers.

I've kind of wanted one of these since they were released - for whatever reason, I just find this set appealing.  But I've never been able to go through with it for exactly the same reason (down the the PZ driver being the only thing I don't have). I still think it's a pretty set, though.

Edit:
I just looked closer, and per the scope of delivery, this set appears to be missing the nut drivers.

I have a hard time reconciling "This item has complete scope of delivery" with the incomplete "Contents:" listing.

For "only" 20% off instead of the usual 25%, I would probably call FUSA and ask before pulling the trigger if I was truly that interested.

I definitely agree that it's a pretty set.  I think the Large Centrotec Installer sets (of which a new version has been released in EU but not yet in NA) are prettier, especially the older version in the TLoc with the captive drill index/set.

I took it to mean "despite what normally comes in the set, the complete scope of delivery is listed in the item description below," but that may not be right.  Agree that I wouldn't purchase it without confirming.

Yeah, if they re-released that Centrotec set, I would jump on it instantly.

I'm not sure there's as much to worry about here as you might think. For one thing, Festool keeps its tool designs for a long time. Many of the tools you can buy today have been available in the same basic form for a decade or more, with only minor tweaks for usability improvements every few years. Given that Festool's warranty is so broad, this suggests that they're overall fairly confident about the durability of what they're selling: if things were falling apart, it would be a much bigger problem for them than the customers and would likely prompt design changes. (And despite what a lot of people seem to think, it's actually pretty hard to plan obsolescence into devices with widely-varying usage patterns such that they will predictably fail after their warranty expires but not before.)

The other big factors are that because that warranty is so broad, and covers wear-and-tear during the first three years of ownership, people will be more inclined to send tools in for service or replacement for relatively trivial issues resulting from hard usage that they likely wouldn't have bothered with if they had to pay for it themselves. Combined with their turnaround time guarantees, this is going to result in some number of tools that will be replaced rather than repaired, leaving the old tool to be reconditioned and resold. The no-questions-asked 30 day return policy also likely contributes to a number of tools being "borrowed" from dealers and then returned with light usage for a full refund. (I would especially expect this with more specialized tools that people need infrequently.)

The last thing I would note is that the Recon site doesn't seem to go through all that many units in the average day. We're talking dozens at most in a highly active day, likely, based on how long they last and how many people we know are buying them just from posts here on the FOG. We notice them all because we're a bunch of crazy fanboys paying close attention, but in the grand scheme of things, for a company that does north of $400m USD in sales every year, this is barely a rounding error.

My gut guess would be that the higher volume of Recon tools relative to the past is largely an artifact of the brand being much better-known than it used to be, and the number of people picking up hobby woodworking having spiked due to the pandemic.