Ozito 850W Router

No worth – Stop in the middle while doing the job won’t recommend

Warranty replacement – Purchased from Bunnings earlier this year and used for small DYI projects. The unit has siezed but Bunnings Wonthaggi refused to supply a warranty replacement because I could not produce a receipt. On my first visit to Bunnings a very helpful young man attended on me and as a replacement was not in stock he ordered one for me. A sales receipt was… Read more

not mentioned then. Due to your product failing I was unable to complete a small birthday present. On returning to Bunnings 9 days later to collect a replacement unit, I was then asked to produce a receipt by a young lady and it was "bad luck and have a nice day mate". I assured that she was not my mate! Receipt or not I ask that you stand by your product and honour your three year warranty.

You get exactly for that sum of money – I have professional Bosh router, but it is fixed to the table, so wanted something cheap enough for small jobs. It is not he best device (same size Makita is way better constructed, but cost way more!). As a beginners tool or a second one - not bad at all, 3 year replacement warranty and after that it will be allowed to die if it chooses so. If… Read more

you find this old model - take it to try if you need router at all, before buying a 400 dollar monsters.

Reasonably ok for a cheap product – Bought mine 4 years ago now. Has been ok. Few issues to start off with. The dial adjustment for spead works loose. The spring lever that holds the router at depth works loose awell. After fidling around with it, it has stopped playing up. The only real issue I have now after many cabinet making experiments is getting parts for it. You have to ring… Read more

up ozito to find out if they stock the part. Then ring bunnings special orders only for them to then send on your request to their specialist spare parts arm to work out if they have any in stock and what the prices are. Other than that it has been ok. If your in the market for a cheap get out of trouble/jail product this is it. Otherwise save up some serious money and grab a better quality one. (which i am almost there :) )

An expensive piece of rubbish – Cutting 6mm mdf and broke two 1/4" cutters due them them working loose and moving away from the base. Impossible to get bits tight. An expensive mistake $79 on the router and $60 worth of bits. Show details

Unit flexes, won't cut straight. Was rusted in the box – On opening the box and assembling, I found the unit would not plunge as was stuck in place. After lubricating I got it to the point where it was somewhat usable. After the first 4 cuts, the unit started to flex badly resulting in ever deepening cuts in one direction and shallower cuts in the other. Put it in the bin and bought a Ryobi at nearly triple the price. No hassles. Show details

useless not worth the trouble – purchased to level timber rounds for stools. First one 13/06/18 lasted about 2 hours then died, replaced 19/06/18 used it to finish original job. Cut some new rounds yesterday and managed to level off one. Half way through the second it died again, finished off that round and another 5 using my smaller Ryobi trim router without issue. Will be asking for my money back later today.  Show details

Solid tool! – Purchased to put some edging on a chopping board and a few candle holders id made, this tool has been quite good even with my cheap 1/4 inch Roman ogee bit, im normally a makita or dewalt man but i grabbed this tool as i didn't think id use it much but ive found many uses since  Show details

Still going strong five years later – As a Makita man through and through I was a bit hesitant to buy an Ozito tool, but I needed a backup router, and at $60 it was a cheap experiment. Five years later, and hundreds of hours of use later, it's still going strong. Recommended? Absolutely. I never bother to write reviews, but I am taking time to write one about this Ozito router as it is probably the best $60 I have ever spent on a power tool.  Show details

Great – First ever router. Now, if I buy another one, and I probably will, it will (really and truly) be a mid-sized Festool. In the mean time, this is great. It has adjustable power. The fence does not move. It does not matter if the fence is not at right angles (!), even though I think it is. The bits stay in it. It has enough power for 1/4 bits.… Read more

Unless the job is too small for this router, it murders a $300 Dremel. The depth stop stops the router going deeper and deeper. The plunge mechanism is way stiff, but I have not cared enough to put WD40 on it, or, say, bearing grease. It is smooth.

If it goes in the wrong place and chops stuff up, it's my own stupid fault for moving it, having the blade bite and jerk the router, or have the blade touch something it should not.

It's square, and it stays set how you set it. How much more can you ask for? There seems to be no run out, either.

Get what you pay for – The first router I purchased stopped working after 10 minutes rounding edges on treated pine sleepers. The full replacement warranty is the best thing about Ozito (and boy don't they need it). The second router has been fine. I've used it on hard and soft woods. It's not the smoothest piece of gear but it does the trick for relatively light usage.… Read more

If I was more serious I'd spend the money for better equipment, but for $69, you can't expect miracles.

Garbage – just had to cut a bench top.lasted three minutes.plunge would not lock down .bad vibration.something loose inside then just stopped.complete waste of money.forget it. rubbish.

Waste of time and money – I used this tool for less than 5 minutes before sparks came out the top vent followed by wafts of smoke.

Alright, but not great. Fine for a beginner or light user – It's an easy to use router with enough power to get most jobs done. I have used it off an on for about a year now and have very few complaints. However... The dust extractor accessory (comes with the router) is a real pain, you need to disassemble the router to fit it (take the collet out, and remove the router from the base), then insert the… Read more

dust extractor, re-assemble the router and then fit the router bit (which is made near impossible by the extractor). It is possible, but much more difficult than it should be.

If you decide to make a new sole plate for it (to say, mount it upside down in a table, etc) be prepared for headaches! the screws which hold on the sole plate are not symmetrical in any way! Not sure if this was intentional (to stop people messing with the tool) or just very poor design, but either way it makes mounting the router very challenging. Cheap, decent build quality (no faults with mine as of yet), powerfull Bad design for dust extractor. Very poor sole plate mount design!

Fragile switch mechanism – This tool worked fine until after a few hours of actual use the switch mechanism failed. On disassembling the tool, I found that this was because part of the mechanism consisted of strip of plastic with a rectanglar hole in it, through which the on/off button is fitted. Turning the tool on puts a strain on the corners of the hole, and the plastic… Read more

eventually broke, as is normal with such designs. Worked well - when it worked. Poor switch mechanism design leading to early failure.