I have all love for the GKF 12V-8 Bosch cordless trimmer (can i say a router?)
1. It's light, can be rotated or angled any other way.
2. Excellent weight distribution, its base heavy (unlike normal trimmer which is top heavy due to the motor), so easier to balance even on a thin 18mm edge.
3. The DC motor has no forced torque on the user. A normal router with top heavy, spinning at 20-30K RPM has a will of its own to turn. You can feel that when you swipe it around, it tends to pull your hand around.
4. Super easy depth adjustment with micro metric,
5. Excellent big well-designed flat base.
6. Debris/dust doesn't SPRAY all around, somehow its more collective going down. Normal trimmer I must pakai eye PPE, confirm akan kena in face, or eye, but on this one, less need, but i still use anyways, it's a habit.
7. Router bit bearings don't get caught up in dust/glue. I dunno why, but on a normal trimmer, i'd have to occasionally clean glue/dust residue from the bearing.
8. It's not as noisy as a normal trimmer, I dun have to use ear plug, and I can go through even at night. Normal trimmer, cutting laminates/abs is almost as loud as circular saw cutting wood. This one a bit louder than drilling wood.
9. Battery life, single 2AH battery lasted me a whole 20ft length of cabinets carcass, I'd say >120 ft length of trimming
10. All of the above gave EXCELLENT control.
I'm so amazed, for RM560+ it is a excellent investment (much better than the more expensive Makita cordless jigsaw, which I kinda regretted). Now I don't frown when I have to trim laminates.
what control do you mean? it rides and rely on the bearing right when you do those important cuts/trim? and its axis is offset from the body
for me router control is when you freehand plunge into a work area and can cut out a letter C for example.
also i dont think it has the power to do a 1/2inch roundover on solid wood unless you lower it down 1mm each time to remove waste slowly..
hence its foremost , a laminate trimmer but a very good one at that.