Routers reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars·74 reviews

Cordless tools have liberated woodworkers from power cables for drilling, driving, and sawing. Routers, with their demand for sustained high RPM under load, have been slower to...

4.5 out of 5 stars·71 reviews

The Makita RT0700-series compact router has become one of the most popular professional trim routers in the world, and for good reason: it combines a proven 710 W motor with the...

3.9 out of 5 stars·49 reviews

A wood router is one of those tools that quietly expands what you can build. One day you are making simple butt joints and screwing things together; the next, you are cutting neat...

4.5 out of 5 stars·40 reviews

Few power tools transform a piece of wood as dramatically as a router. In the right hands, it cuts crisp rebates for cabinet backs, shapes decorative profiles along table edges,...

5.0 out of 5 stars·30 reviews

When routing moves from occasional edge profiling and hinge recessing into daily production joinery — cutting deep dados in hardwood worktops, routing stair stringers from solid...

3.8 out of 5 stars·38 reviews

When fine detail matters more than raw power, a standard woodworking router often falls short. Scale modellers, luthiers, jewellery makers, and precision engineers routinely work...

3.7 out of 5 stars·39 reviews

A compact electric router is one of the most transformative tools a DIY woodworker can add to their kit. Tasks that previously required expensive specialist tools or professional...

4.4 out of 5 stars·28 reviews

A powerful plunge router unlocks joinery and profiling capabilities that transform what you can build in a home workshop. The Ryobi RRT1600-K brings serious routing power — 1600 W...

3.6 out of 5 stars·31 reviews

Cordless power tools have transformed how we work, freeing us from power cables and extension leads for drilling, driving, sawing, and grinding. Routers have been one of the last...

4.6 out of 5 stars·18 reviews

At the top end of the router market sit the machines that professional joiners, kitchen fitters, and furniture makers reach for every day. These are not lightweight trim routers...

4.1 out of 5 stars·20 reviews

When a professional woodworker needs one router to handle the full range of workshop and on-site tasks — from fine hinge recessing to deep joinery in hardwoods — the tool must...

4.0 out of 5 stars·11 reviews

Whether you are building a piece of furniture from scratch, adding decorative detail to a cabinet door, or cutting precise grooves for joinery, the difference between a project...

4.4 out of 5 stars·9 reviews

In professional woodworking, there is a tier of tools that sits above the already-excellent offerings from respected brands like Makita, DeWalt, and Bosch Professional. Festool...

3.9 out of 5 stars·9 reviews

The cordless tool revolution has reached routers, and for woodworkers already invested in a major battery platform, a bare-tool router that shares the same batteries is a natural...

4.3 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Not every woodworking project demands a heavy, high-powered router that costs as much as a table saw. Sometimes you just need to round over a sharp edge on a shelf, cut a clean...

4.8 out of 5 stars·7 reviews

In Makita's comprehensive router lineup, the RP1111C occupies the upper mid-range — more powerful and refined than the entry-level models, but more compact and manoeuvrable than...

5.0 out of 5 stars·6 reviews

A plunge router is one of the most transformative tools a woodworker can own. Unlike a fixed-base router that starts cutting from the edge of the workpiece, a plunge router can be...

3.4 out of 5 stars·6 reviews

Professional carpenters, kitchen fitters, and furniture makers know that not every routing job needs a full-size plunge router. For edge profiling, laminate trimming, hinge...

5.0 out of 5 stars·4 reviews

In a professional cabinet shop or furniture factory, the difference between a finished panel that looks factory-perfect and one that looks obviously hand-trimmed often comes down...

4.3 out of 5 stars·3 reviews

At the summit of the professional woodworking tool market sits Festool's OF 2200 EB-Plus — a router that makes no compromises. With a 2200 W motor, a 12.7 mm (1/2 inch) collet for...