On 2007-06-01 12:10:11 +0100, "
said:

On May 31, 11:50 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-05-31 22:05:39 +0100, "Arthur" said:

Might do someone.
Challenge Xtreme 1500W 1/2in Plunge Router £27.49

Arthur

For doing what? Far too fast for stirring paint unless your name
is Bean.

I have to agree with Mr Hall here. I've had an Argos own label drill dri
ver
& a reciprocating saw - they both ended up in the bin. Complete ****e.

But you're a tradesman and depend upon your tools. It's different for
occasional DIY use. The OP didn't specify what they want it for.

There is not a correlation between the notion of "occasional DIY use"
and whether or not the tool is good enough for the job.

Either it is, or it isn't.

It might be safe, accurate, usable, repeatable and adequately powered,
but only rated to run for 10 minutes each fortnight. That would be
reasonable DIY use, but is not likely to be found in one tool.

More likely is that it will fall short on most or all of these issues
or be adequate for the purpose.

It doesn't make sense to say that because a tool is only for occasional
DIY use that it's therefore OK to buy the lowest priced inadequate one.

If the issue is purchase price, then there also has to be an acceptance
of a loss of quality in the outcome. That isn't related to the
frequency of use.