Hi,

I have a Bosch 1617 router with the dust collection kit and, while I suppose it's better than not having kit, my router still shoots large and small chips at around a 5' radius from my router and puts a fog of fine dust into the air that settles on everything in the shop. I hate having to use my router for this reason. I have great dust collection on every other tool but this one and it makes a huge shop-wide mess regardless of how I use it.

I hate the idea of shelling out $600+ on a plunge router, but I would in a heartbeat if the dust collection is actually as good as people claim. So for those that have used the OF1400 and other routers w/ dust collection attachments, how do they compare? Is the Festool on a different level? I have a Festool sander that I love because it doesn't leave a trace of dust when I use it... is the OF1400 just as good?