I managed to burn up my Dewalt router while making some raised panels and needed a router in order to finish the project so I started looking for something that: a) I could afford and b) that would be heavy enough to swing that panel raising bit.  The only router that satisfied both requirements was this one. I was a bit hesitant to buy one that was so much cheaper than any other name-brand router in its class but did it anyway.  The router came in and I was quite pleased with it even though it does not have the bells and whistles that the Dewalt had.  It runs fine, is easy to adjust in the router table (thanks to the extension handle) and most importantly, it is still running!