Self-Adhesive Splinterguard Splinter Guard Fit for Festool Guide Rail, Clear Replacement 495209, 220” Long, 27/32” Width, 1/16” Thickness

This splinter guard went on well and stuck extremely well. I cleaned the old tape off with a solvent, dried it then put tape on. Been a couple of weeks and still going strong.

This product is not worth the trouble. I cleaned the old track and put the provided glue on the track and let it dry for the five minutes . The bottle of glue is so small and the brush is the size of a bottle of nail polish . I put the strip in place and pressed it down. Within ten minutes of use the strip fell off.

So far, so good. I've been looking for alternatives to the Festool Splinter Guard tape. On my rails the "genuine item" adheres badly, the Festool tape starts to pull "unstick" almost as soon as you apply it. The Festool tape also leaves quite a residue behind -- so it's a project with acetone and a scraper to prep the rail before applying a new anti-splinter strip.So far, this tape seems to be adhering well (it's been on for about a week -- long enough for the Festool tape to have started separating). My only complaint is that the tape melts a bit as you trim it, so you have an additional step before your rails are ready to use. The adhesive on this tape appears to be different that the adhesive Festool uses, so I'm hoping that it will continue to hold and be easier to clean off when the time comes to renew the splinter guard.

It does what need it for

I was impressed with the way this installed and stuck on. This is a low-tech product by nature and F**tool charges way too much for their strips of plastic. this is an excellent alternative and the cost will mean that I won't mind replacing one that gets damaged from user error.

Went on easy and looks the same as Festool. Time will tell if it will stay on.While trimming the plastic does melt and looks bad. I lightly sanded the trimmed edge and it performs great. Don't know if the Festool product melts while trimming.

The whole purpose of this splinter guard strip is to get a clean crisp cut with your saw so that this strip is a perfect edge to use as a visual guide to line up, and so that the clean edge holds the material down right at the edge of the blade so the material doesn’t chip and splinter.The OE festool strip is a Teflon, therefore doesn’t ball up and melt, ensuring a clean edge. This strip does ball up and melt, so my first deliberate ‘clean cut’, is far from. I wouldn’t trust the edge to be an accurate line to line up with, where as how the original strip was absolutely perfect.Wouldn’t buy again. Wouldn’t recommend. Going to see about starting a return (for this used strip), otherwise it’s going in the trash and being replaced with the material I should have ordered.*note* I ordered this instead of OE because ship time. Won’t make that mistake again.

Works great use a dap if super glue on ends toget ends to stay down.But great deal compared to original.

Put this on multiple Makita tracks. Very happy. Much better than flappy rubber Makita replacement. Haven’t experienced any melting like others claim and I use these tracks multiple times a week in a professional shop setting. Will buy again.

I haven't used it yet but looks good it also comes with guide cleaner

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None of these strips has very good adhesive. Clean your guide first, with IPA or similar, and apply slowly with lots of pressure, and it's as or (probably better) than the Festool originals.

Compared to the genuine Festool strip, this is a bargain, however....The kit comes with several sachet's of "adhesion promoter", this would immediately indicate that the adhesive is inferior, which it is. The sachets were completely dry and the adhesive on the strip can barely fight the natural curve of the strip from when it was packaged.Let's then mention the material itself, whilst it looks and feels "similar" to a genuine strip, it is not. The material is softer and more "plastic", so when you trim the strip with your saw, the strip melts leaving a terrible edge on the guide and gumming up your saw dust port. I had to disassemble my saw to clear out the melted plastic which completely blocked the dust port.All in all, I could not recommend this product, even at this price.Do yourself a favor, buy a roll of proper 3M UHB or VHB tape and just re-use your old, original strip by moving it out a few mm, or buy an original replacement.