Product Description

Step adapter for Fein vacs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1132 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Fein
• Model: 921072K13

Features

• Step adaptor for 1 ¼" hose
• Allows vacuum hose to adapt to smaller dust ports on tools from different manufacturers
• Reduction from 1 ¼" to 1"
• Rubber can be cut for correct step use on different tools

From the Manufacturer
This is a step adaptor for the 1-1/4-inch hose on the Fein vacuums. The adaptor reduces from 1-1/4-inch down to 1-inch. This allows Fein's hose to adapt to different sized dust ports on tools from different manufacturers. The rubber adaptor can be cut to the correct step size for the tool's dust port.

Customer Reviews

Useful piece of rubber
I use this stepped rubber tube often between a Ridgid 6" R/O sander and the hose from my venerable Fein Turbo Two shop vac. Once inserted firmly in the vacuum adaptor provided by Ridgid the resulting tight seal makes for a very efficient dustless vacuum setup.

Unfortunately at times it seems a bit too efficient with the sander motion being constrained by the powerful suction of the Fein vac. I modified the step adaptor by drilling a half-inch hole in the exposed part that is between the sander and vac hose and the resulting "air leak" allows for a good balance of suction and sander mobility. The result is WAY better than sanding without a vacuum set-up. Would recommend.

The only workable adaptor for diverse tools
I use several of these Fein step adaptors (drawing into either the 4" shop system or to one of my Porter-Cable vacuums). They provide a reliable friction fit into the dust tubes of every Bosch and Makita tool I own, and plenty of others as well. I have found that the Jet and other brands of step adaptor just aren't worth the effort: Poor fit means I have to tape them into place, which means that I've just dedicated a crummy little adaptor to one machine or portable tool. Nuts.

Until there's a law that all light machines and portable tools must have the same size TAPERED dust portal, I'll happily go on settling for this tapered fitting and skip the rest of the plastic.

Oh yeah. The Fein is also better made and more durable than its competitors -- vital for a piece of plastic that's always getting pulled out of one fit-up and jambed into another.

Best Vacuum Adapter . . . Ever
Every other vacuum adapter I've tried doesn't "quite fit" the tools I'm trying to hook to my shop vac. The Fein Step Adaptor is made of a soft rubber that is not only stepped to reasonably useful sizes, but that also stretches to fit when the step you've cut it off at is just a tad small. Great gadget. The down side? Pricey!