Need a cordless router - OFKC 500 and North America
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Can't compare to the Festool, but I have used Milwaukee, Makita and DeWalt cordless palm routers at work and the Milwaukee is what I bought for my shop at home. The Makita is very good, too, but I like the collet on the Milwaukee better. It also helped that I'm deep into Milwaukee 18V for my lawn and garden gear. The plunge base for the Milwaukee is nice. Swapping bases seems a bit easier on the Milwaukee than others and the micro-adjuster on the fixed base works very nicely (Makita doesn't have micro-adjust). Any Milwaukee 18V battery will work, but the little ones (2Ah and 3Ah, I think) give the best balance and last a surprisingly long time. If you already have batteries and charger for one "M" or the other, just pick the one you're already invested in. I am confident you'll be happy with either. If at some time in the future Festool decides NA is worthy, if you're like most of us, adding yet another router to the stable will be the smart move.
DEwalt makes a really good one, just solid
mino
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OFK500 / OFKC500 are really specialty tools. I would *strongly* advise you check out the OFK 500 in person at some local dealer.
It is one of those tools which you either absolutely must have once you see how it works, or you find it too restrictive as you do not use a trim router enough for it to matter.
Those small OFK 500s are definitely *not* directly relatable to any other trim router out there. Starting with the special bits they use..
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If you are not looking into the OFK 500 specialty trimmers - which I presume you are likely not - the MFK/MFKC 700 series are a much better option as the cordless router of choice.
But no idea when that one comes to US.
I would consider a small Makita or Milwaukee and the MFKC 700 as the "daddy" option upgrade once it comes.
It is one of those tools which you either absolutely must have once you see how it works, or you find it too restrictive as you do not use a trim router enough for it to matter.
Those small OFK 500s are definitely *not* directly relatable to any other trim router out there. Starting with the special bits they use..
ADD:
If you are not looking into the OFK 500 specialty trimmers - which I presume you are likely not - the MFK/MFKC 700 series are a much better option as the cordless router of choice.
But no idea when that one comes to US.
I would consider a small Makita or Milwaukee and the MFKC 700 as the "daddy" option upgrade once it comes.
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