I had bad experiences with a 'generic' Chinese made router from Homebase.
Returned two because the height stop was bent, and concluded this was a design fault - they were all shipped with the router in 'plunge' position which bent the highest stop.
These routers (many of the 'branded' ones) look like a cheap Chineese copy of an older Trend.
I finally bought a B&D router which was on special offer - paid between £30 and £40 for it IIRC.
This seems much better engineered and has met my modest needs so far.
The cheap router bit set I got from B&Q is O.K. to learn on, but a good bit (e.g. from Trend) would be a worthwhile investment for a quality finish. However these tend to cost up to £30 each depending on size and complexity, so brace yourself for paying as much or more for the bits as you do for the router.
HTH Dave R