Router review

Sep 24, 2005 0 Replies

This month's Good Woodworking magazine has a buyer's guide and review on routers.



Since this question comes up quite often, I thought it worth posting a summary.



They divided the routers into three groups - lightweight, mid-range and heavy duty. Each is scored out of 5.



In the lightweight range:



Trend T3 5 Bosch POF 600ACE 3 Hitachi ZK2008 4



In the mid-range:



Makita RP1110C 4.5 Trend T5 4 Mafell LO50E 4 Metabo ofE1229 4



Heavy duty:



Trend T11 5 Hitachi M12V 4 DeWalt DW625 4 CMT 1850 4 Bosch GOF2000CE 4


The DW625 and CMT1850 are essentially similar, based on the Elu MOF177E design. The new Trend is also, but scored higher because of the built in fine adjuster.



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