With regards to your dust boot, I experimented with mine because of the risk of colliding with the rails and visibilty issues of using a dust boot. I think that using the nozzel alone without the boot is better and obviously lighter. I held the vacuum nozzel at the same height as the collet nut aimed at the bit and it pulled in at least 95% of the debris, so little flew around that I have removed my boot and remaking the shoe so that the vacuum nozzel is at the same height as the collet nut and aimed at the bit. The end of the nozzel is within an inch of so of the collet nut. So I have no brushes around the shoe and no oversized boot below the router, just a shoe (top part of the dust shoe) that extends in front beyond the mount enough to have an angled slot to put the vacuum nozzel into. Maybe if you try this you will not need the extra weight of the dust boot. Experiment and see what you think.