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Excellent Price and quality
This Router is amazing. I expected a little less considering the low price, it performs much better than expected. I'm currently using it for tenon making and even with the Honey Locust logs I was feeding into it, it doesn't miss a beat. It has the power and versality I would expect from Skil. Highly recommended and if I had to choose again, I would choose the same one.

Gary Hoyt
This is a quality product. The motor is balanced, quiet and responsive. The adjustable speed control is a real plus. I can't find anything on this tool that is an exception. Great job of engineering this product Skill.

Good cost benefit relation
It's an excelent price for a nice product. It is good for a beginner, home ocasional works and even for starting learning woodworking.

MADE IN CHINA
I strongly urge you NOT to buy this product. I have used it one time and am taking it back to the store tomorrow. It is very poorly made. It has 2 built-in, white LEDs to shine on your workpiece. They are very nice, but they do not stay on. They flicker on and off. Also, the bases are very poorly-made cast aluminum. The one had a huge grinding in it so the motor could fit on it. Also, the plunge base sticks, meaning that, as you want to come up from your workpiece, you have to lift the whole router off. That doesn't sound like a problem, but when you're 1/16" off the wood and the springs decide to work, you mar your workpiece. Also, the plastic body is very flimsy and won't take long to break. Spend the extra $50 to $100 and get yourself something good that's made in America. I'm going to buy the Milwaukee.

This router is a solid performer for the price...
After reading some of the other negative reviews I was kind of leary but I've always learned to try something yourself...

Here are a few tips:

I find the micro depth adjustment works just fine...But you do need to pull the motor itself down (when used on a table) a tad to align the adjustment...Then tighten the clamp...Also make sure the clamp exerts enough pressure and if not adjust the allen screw as others have noted...

Also make sure the base lock is securely in place or the router will try to change its position...

Also make sure the collet is clean and use quality bits or either may cause the bit itself to slip...

I find the unit has plenty of power and will hold the adjustment just fine with a little user intervention...

Frankly all of these quirks if you want to call them that are normal for a piece of mechanical equipment...Especially for a router that costs only $89 with both bases...

Some posters had mentioned their units broke but they didn't say what happened...More expensive items aren't immune from such failures as well...

This is my second Skil 1825 as my first one is going strong after one year and about 200 hours of use...That's plenty good for me on a $89 router...