Grunff wrote:
SJ wrote:

I would be using it roughly 3 times a week probably more as i get used
to it i think

That's almost "pro" tool territory. I'd definitely be looking at a 1/2"
in the ?150-?200 bracket if I were you.


at the moment i use a jigsaw a lot so going by what
people have said the router will be a jigsaw replacement

I wouldn't say that it's a replacement. I use router/jigsaw/circular saw
for different things, and wouldn't really want to be without any one
of them.

It certainly can't substitute for a jigsaw, in any but the crudest sense.
The problems with it are it's practically impossible to use free-hand,
and keep anywhere close to a line (at least in many materials.)
It's lots louder, has a much, much wider kerf, and the bits are many times
more expensive.