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Quality


Great design, you can feel the quality when you hold it.


I've had no problem with the plunge router, but have used it very little.


The spindle lock does not function with the switch in the on position.


The quality of the tool is way up there and will never buy another low end tools ever.

Price


This is an excellent package at a very competitive price.


Price was excellent, will not get to use until after the holiday.


Amazon had the best price i could find, it showed up sooner that they had figured.

Shipping


If it's under warrantee, you pay shipping.

Packaging/appearance


The aluminum body of the pc, imo is superior to the magnesium body of the ridgid.


I can only say this: i see that the pin is steel and it inserts into a hole in the steel shaft.

Competitiveness


I was at first concerned about reliability of a refurb but this machine is excellent for what i need it to do and got it for a ...  Read More


This is by far the best router on the market for the price.


Porter cable only has dust collection for the plunge base, and it's not compatible with standard shopvac hookups.


The only flaw is from porter cable, the wrench that they sent is just a little better than cheesey.

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    base, motor, great, fixed and set.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 78.7% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 199 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 10 2020.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    After years of low end routers such as craftsman and ryobi i finally got a real set of routers


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Could not find fault with it as other magazine reviewers have found


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I explained it didnt work that way


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The old router package was not variable speed the motor had a poor fit in the bases no soft start was not user friendly and was lacking the router lift adjustment


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    When im using the fixed base in the router table saw dust can collect between the motor unit and the base making it sometimes difficult to remove the motor unit from the base


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Dust collection needs to be running at 100 to keep this from becoming an issue


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Best router on the marketplunge base type 2 is excellent the grip vac accessory for the fix base helps with dust pick up it has a shield that stops the air that is blowing from the router from interfering with the vac pick up

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