Reviews for Makita 3-1/4 HP Plunge Router with Variable Speed, RP-2301FC

Great router

Great router and im looking forward to many years of use.

Powerful and easy to control

This router is very powerful and easy to control. the plunging action is very good and the controls are ergonomic.it sucks for mounting under a table - dont get this if you plan to use it with a table. there no way to disable the plunging mechanism and no way to adjust the height without a tremendous amount of effort. The dust collection (which requires an optional attachment) is mediocre.the optional rail guide works very well with festool guide rails, I dont have any makita rails to try. However, if you really want the festool of 2200 you are not going to be happy with this.

Works great

Its nice to have a quality router that works great and doesnt require a lot of effort to use.

Extremely well-built

Extremely well-built, smooth, solid and rugged! highly impressed with this tool. would have given it 5 stars is it actually came with a storage container. then, moglix simply slapped a shipping label on the makita box and through it in the mail - it arrived with a nice hole kicked in the side. pretty un-impressive to say the least, moglix. luckily, the router was undamaged.

Mostly good points

Ive owned this router for 2 years -- one of several routers I use. it has mostly good points, with one serious flaw (that can be fixed).