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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Tools are usually thoroughly engineered and easy to use. It builds up the speed when you press the trigger to start.

They are well built, reliable and reasonably priced. Bought this during the recent amazon prime day promotion. It is accurate and robust.



Cons

I now realise just how awful this router was' 'it's not worth the time to fix as i pulled out my old trend te3' 'i suspect the product is faulty' 'just outside of 2 year warranty.

It's not the easiest thing to set up and also the noise only makes it more unsettling to use. The fine adjustment knob is too small and too stiff to operate and it is severely under powered.

The clamping lever is very stiff and bends away from the unit when pushed down. Setting the height is very difficult as you have to apply so much downforce. The adaptable chuck can easily stick and it is too snug to get the bit in without force.

Ergonomically, the handles are not large and the cable running out of one leaves it feeling a bit one-sided. The plunge mechanism is laughable, sticky and clumsy.

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Quality


My husband is very happy with this product


Had borrowed one previous and was impressed with the smooth operation


Not used yet but sure that it will have the usual bosch quality

Price


Honestly fantastic product and cost effective all round


Slightly bulky but for the price you can’t complain


For the power and cost i would have gone for a unit that will use 12 shank cutters

Competitiveness


I’m an amateur diyer but wanted a decent piece of equipment that would last and do the job accurately and smoothly

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  • This product had a total of 4,045 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 28 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Had to youtube a solution to get collar out


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can easily use it for big projects bit for smaller project its not precise


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Took forever to work out how to use the thing but after a number of google and youtube searches finally worked it out


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It took three attempts and two returns to get one that wasn’t broken on arrival


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It looked like the damage was caused by an automatic pick up arm as the damage was an identical shape and in the same place on the product box


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Height adjustment fiddly otherwise good


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The enclosed booklet is not much help and the website tells me what i can do but not how to do it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    What would be useful would be a decent set of instructions and labelling of pieces

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