[Mike_C]

Hi all

My first post here....

In short: avid woodworker (retired from hitech a while back) make mostly custom furniture.

I have a big (3+ HP) Makita router on my table and a makita trimmer for small stuff and am looking to get a new 1/2" router with budget in mind for most handheld work

Since im in europe - and need 240V - i have basically narrowed it down to the Trend T7 vs the Triton JOF001 ( iknow they are not rated at the samepower - but both will do and the price is close)

Does anyone here have 1st hand experience with these? Functionality wise they both seem fine - but with few online reviews (relative to the older models) - hard to tell about reliability and longterm

Looks like the Trend is similar to the Erbauer (which might not necessarily be bad if quality is good)

Thanks for the help
Mike

 

[Mike_C]

hard to find in EUrope

Thanks Chuck!

Yeah I saw the Amazon reviews...but there are very few on this new model....and you never know with amazon reviews which are paid for or which are by people who are not well versed in tool usage...
Thats why i was looking for hands on experience from people here.

RE the US vs EU - there are unfortunately very few fixed based 1/2" routers still in production ( at least that i know of) the ones i know of are the Makita 3601b (AKA "Kettle") which is reliable but quite hard in usage (had one of those) or the very pricey Bosch GOF 1600 which has fixed + plunge like some american models.

That is why i am looking for a plunge base in the 100 EUR price range ....and apart from these two above i only found real noname "sticker" brands

M

 

[Mike_C]

@tom

Thanks for chiming in....

Indeed i hope that some brits will add to this as i gather Trend isnt selling in the US

RE Triton - are you happy with the robustness of the mechanical design and longevity?