The best brand?

[benupton]

Which is the best brand of router e.g triton, dewalt, makita
Thanks Ben

[Scissors]

The best brands are Scheer and Festool, but prepare your wallet beforehand. At the more affordable end of the spectrum Makita, Dewalt, Triton (if you can find one) and Hitachi are all good. It depends on what you want the Dewalt 621 is an excellent hand-held, the Triton and big variable speed Makita are excellent table routers, etc etc.

[GarethR]

Ben,

Depends what you're after but here are a handful of links which contain router reviews to get you started:

Router Kit Review - Woodworking Base Comparison Test - Bosch - Milwaukee - Dewalt - Popular Mechanics

Just do a word search for "router" on the following pages:

OnlineToolReviews.com - The Web's No.1 Tool Review Resource

Woodworking Tool Reviews - NewWoodworker.com LLC

I have the 3 1/4hp Triton router myself. It's somewhat of a beast to handle but I'm in the process of building an extension table on my TS to house the router.

Gareth