Spent $200 on a fancy dust collection hose and it did nothing

I got tired of sweeping up sawdust every single day in my shop, so I bought this super flexible dust hose from a specialty store online. It was supposed to fit my router table perfectly, but when I hooked it up, the suction was worse than my old cheap one. I spent a whole Saturday rerouting everything and even bought adapters that didn't fit right. Turns out the hose had a weird inner diameter that choked the airflow completely. Now I'm back to using my shop vac with a regular hose and it works fine. Has anyone else wasted cash on something that looked amazing but totally flopped for them?

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calebc4010h ago

Man, that's brutal. I've been burned by fancy gear like that too.

kim_ramirez32h ago

Same here man. Dropped like $300 on this fancy hiking jacket that was supposed to be waterproof and breathable. First real rainstorm and I was soaked through in like 20 minutes. Felt like such a sucker. Now I just grab whatever's on sale at the outlet store and it works just as good. Lesson learned the hard way I guess.

evan_cooper73just now

Blew $200 on a pair of "indestructible" hiking boots once. First rock I stepped on shredded the sole like it was made of cheese.