3 1/4 inch powered hand planer

[Cory Garret]

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post. I've been lurking for a little while gleaning some of the wisdom shared here. Great forum!

I have a question. I've narrowed down my choices for a 3 1/4 in powered hand planer to the following:

The Bosch 1594k and the Worx wt620k (Which I think is also rebadged as a Craftsman 26729).

Do any of you have any experience / feedback on these two?

One of the reasons I am looking at these two is what appears to be good dust collection ability with a shop vac.

Can't afford a Festool yet which seems very highly regarded here.

Thanks in advance for any input you can provide.

[Dave Sweeney]

All I can say is that when I purchased my handheld planer, my grade for doing research before the purchase would have been an F. If I were buying one today it would be one of the two Bosch models and dust collection/direction system would be one of the main reasons why.