Edges, joints & profiles · review
A plunge router for the price of two good bits. It is the cheapest way to find out whether you want a router at all.
The end of it Not a serious router, and an entirely sensible first one. Buy it to learn what you actually need.
Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgments are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
A plunge router, part number 4350470. Einhell publishes no motor rating, no collet capacity and no speed range on this listing.
It matters more here than anywhere. A 6 or 8 mm (0.31 in) collet takes small bits and nothing else; a 1/2 inch collet takes the large ones. Since a router’s usefulness is defined by what fits in it, a listing that does not state the collet is withholding the specification that decides the purchase.
At €57, assume the small one. If a large panel bit is in your plans, none of that is a criticism — it is simply a different machine, and the Triton further down this page is it.
A router bit’s danger and its cut quality both follow rim speed, not motor speed. A 12 mm (0.47 in) straight bit at 24,000 rpm and a 50 mm (1.97 in) panel-raising bit at 24,000 rpm are not doing the same thing: the rim of the large bit is traveling several times faster, which burns the timber, loads the bearing and — on a bit not rated for it — is how they come apart.
Large-diameter bits must be run slower. That is what electronic speed control is for, and it is the reason a variable-speed router is not a convenience but a requirement once you own bits over about 40 mm (1.57 in).
Read on the day this page was built: $160 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Type | Plunge router |
|---|---|
| Part number | 4350470 |
| Amazon reference | B00DEXXCXW (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 4006825580143 |
Run large bits. Panel-raising and big profile cutters need a 1/2 inch collet and a slow speed setting, and neither is likely at this price — the listing does not say, which is itself an answer. For grooves, rebates and small edge profiles it will do real work.
Yes, and that is arguably its best use: leave a dedicated bit in it — a flush-trim cutter, say — and stop swapping bits on your main machine. At €57 that is cheaper than the time it saves.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
6.9/ 10
Not a serious router, and an entirely sensible first one. Buy it to learn what you actually need.
Finding out whether a router earns a place in your workshop before spending properly
Listed because the blade or part names this saw.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
12 V · brushless · 8 mm (0.31 in) collet · bare tool
A one-handed 12 V edge router at €140 that publishes the one number that matters on a trimmer — the collet size.
Best for: Rounding over, trimming laminate edges and chamfering, one-handed, on site
Professional plunge · fine-adjust fence
A professional plunge router that ships with the parallel fence, the template guide adapter and the wrench — the parts usually sold separately.
Best for: A workshop that wants a professional router working properly on day one
18 V cordless · plunge or trim base · brushless
The cordless router, in both bases, with a brushless motor — and a genuinely different tool from every mains machine on this page.
Best for: Edge trimming, hinge recesses and template work, especially away from a bench
≈ $790
