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That's sort of where I end up, probably the coreless one as I've got the batteries.
Obviously that's £300 (or £260 corded). But it's a plunge router as well, with all the bells and whistles. Whereas for my use I'm wondering how much benefit I'd see between +£100 for the Bosch/Makita over a £40 one. I'm unlikely to be disappointed with a £40 router not being exactly what I need/want, but would be with a +£100 one.
Worth saying I unexpectedly came into a small amount of money, which my OH has given me license to just spend. So that's what's funded my recent tool purchases. I've got ~£300 left which would get me a cheaper router, mitre saw and a grinder, and some clothes. I can top up, but Nov-Jan has a shit load of birthdays, Xmas car and motorbike insurance renewals so would rather not. Which would mean waiting until spring.
Thinking it through a mitre saw would have made loads of aspects of making my work bench faster and easier. So I've sort of answered my own question there.
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tbh in your shoes I’d go for the Makita knock off. As I’m investing to make money with tools I get to go top dollar, guilt free 🙃
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I have a Makita rip off from Rutlands.
https://www.rutlands.com/sp+routing-routers-1-4-routers-precision-1-4-router-with-trimming-offset-and-tilting-bases-rutlands%C2%AE+r5059It was on sale when I bought it, so you got the plunge and trimming bases and a set of cutters for £70 down from £130 so it seemed like an absolute steal. About 4 people where I work bought one, lol.
The router in the link above looks slightly different in that the body is black and mine is makita green but I’d assume they were identical really.
It had a ridiculously short flex on it so I replaced it with a tougher and longer one. But tbh, it’s fucking noisy, all routers are but this one seems particularly offensive. It does feel cheap, it doesn’t have a soft start, and all in all even though it was incredibly cheap, I wish I’d just bought a cordless Makita one on the basis that although it’s small, the cord massively reduces how handy it is, and it also just feels like a fairly poorly made tool.
I’ve used one of those corded Bosch ones and it seemed fine, I imagine the Makita at a similar price would be virtually identical.
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Also, a mitre saw is generally much more useful than a router IMO, or at least I’d want a saw before buying a router anyway.
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I’m very happy with my Dewalt mini router with plunge and fixed base. At the pricey end but it’s great.