Reply by StephenO

I have lately been playing around with some of the Festool line at my local Rockler store, and they are definitely quality tools. I think what makes them seem so expensive is the fact that the market has been flooded with Chinese stuff that is either lower quality or flat-out garbage, but it’s dirt cheap and it lowers peoples’ perception of what prices should be. Disposable lighters cost all of $1, so why would anybody want to spend twenty bucks on a Zippo? ;)

-- -Steve, Seattle