Triton

Tom - no matter if it is a tool or a washing machine, whenever I opt for the extended warranty, it breaks down one week after the extension expires. Maybe it's just me and my bad luck - I dunno.

John Smith_ said:

Tom - no matter if it is a tool or a washing machine, whenever I opt for the extended warranty, it breaks down one week after the extension expires. Maybe it's just me and my bad luck - I dunno.

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Kinda the same luck I usually have.
Sommerfeld has the router for 249$, but says in the catalog that ALL warranty issues are to be handled directly by Triton.
Price is great, but that makes me a little leary. Almost like too good to be true.
Tom

I have that Triton TRA001 and bought it at the best price I could find. I had a warranty issue (aka my dumb A#$%% broke it and Triton's service department who spoke unbroken english, went beyond my expectations of covering the repair. Very buyer friendly. Buying the Triton was one of my best buys in the shop.

Thanks Marco! Thats really good to hear!
Maybe I’ll give Sommerfeld a call tomorrow.

Love my TRA001. No problems with it at all. I've had very mixed results with extended guarantees. If you have something wrong with a Triton, they will bend over backwards to take care of it. Get it, enjoy it.

DesertRatTom said:

Love my TRA001. No problems with it at all. I've had very mixed results with extended guarantees. If you have something wrong with a Triton, they will bend over backwards to take care of it. Get it, enjoy it.

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Thanks Tom, that’s good to hear!!

I have had a TRA001 for many years with no real problems

Well, thanks for the help guys! Didn’t get a chance to call Sommerfeld today, got busy at work. I did call Home Depot last nite tho. Guess thats out. Guy in the tool department is a woodworker, he said he had never heard of a Triton router, but even with that extra warranty, the exchange is only 30 days.

"Guy in the tool department is a woodworker, he said he had never heard of a Triton router..."

hahaha, Probably uses a Sears Craftsman 1/4" 1/2hp fixed base router.....LOL

Personally I wouldn't dream of spending an extra $110 on a warranty for a $250 tool. You would have nearly paid half the replacement cost.

TenGees said:

Personally I wouldn't dream of spending an extra $110 on a warranty for a $250 tool. You would have nearly paid half the replacement cost.

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Very true, didn’t look at it that way!

Holsterguy said:

Looking for opinions.
I found a dealer that has the Tra001 in stock for 249$.
Found the same router at Home Depot for 309$, but they offer a 2 or3 yr protection plan for an extra 50$.
Would you guys pay the extra 100$?
Thanks
Tom

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No. Most hardware goes bad at the beginning of it's life.

cityguy said:

No. Most hardware goes bad at the beginning of it's life.

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Thanks Cityguy

Not sure this is timely, but I bought my Triton from Home Depot online and they delivered it to my closest local store.

Holsterguy said:

Thanks Cityguy

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Let me restate that. I'm reading this thinking a computer router not a woodworking router. So most technology hardware goes bad at the beginning of life. I don't know if that holds true for tools. But I've had a pretty good experience with tools excepting the Freud Router I bought at Lowe's for $99 some years back. It's not that it's a bad router it's that they don't have any of the accessories that you need to use with a router for the Freud. It was a going out-of-the-router-business sale by Freud and it was a great price. Lowe's marketed right at Xmas for one-day only. Now I'm having to face replacing it for almost $300 with a Bosch and it's hard to get myself to spend another $300 while the one in my basement has had very little use.