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Compare the top 3 wood routers in Australia 2026

3 wood router picks for Australian buyers, compared side by side: Bosch Professional GKF 550 Palm for the budget buy; RYOBI RTR18-0 18V Cordless Trim for the best-value most-households pick; Bosch POF 1200 AE Plunge Router for the segment ceiling.

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PREMIUM PICK
Bosch POF 1200 AE Plunge Router
Bosch POF 1200 AE Plunge Router
The all round first router for an Australian workshop
$192.40★ 4.6 (3618)
Motor input1200 W
Max speed28,000 rpm
Collets supplied6 mm, 8 mm, 1/4 in
WeightAbout 3.4 kg
Plunge baseThree colletsVariable speedCorded
  • 1200 watt motor with 650 watt rated output and electronic speed control
  • Plunge base for starting stopped grooves in the middle of a panel
  • Ships with 6 mm, 8 mm and 1/4 inch collets so Australian bit sets fit
Why we picked this
It is the one router that covers the whole beginner project list without a compatibility guess. The plunge base handles stopped grooves, mortices and template work a trim router cannot start, electronic speed contro…
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VALUE PICK
RYOBI RTR18-0 18V Cordless Trim Router
RYOBI RTR18-0 18V Cordless Trim Router
The cheapest useful router if ONE+ batteries are already on your charger
$171.47★ 4.7 (420)
Platform18V ONE+
Max speed30,000 rpm
Collets6 mm and 6.35 mm
Bare tool weight1.52 kg
CordlessSkin onlyTrim baseLED light
  • 18V ONE+ platform, the most widely owned battery system in Australian garages
  • 6 mm and 6.35 mm collets, so metric and imperial bits both fit
  • Transparent base and LED work light for seeing the cutter meet the line
Why we picked this
If a green ONE+ battery is already on your charger, this is very likely the cheapest useful router you can add, because you are buying only the motor and base. It covers the jobs first home buyers actually have: rou…
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BUDGET PICK
Bosch Professional GKF 550 Palm Router
Bosch Professional GKF 550 Palm Router
The lowest cost pick we would put our name to
$137.95★ 4.6 (1314)
Motor550 W
Max speed33,000 rpm
Collet6 mm
Weight2.4 kg
Cheapest pickFastest spindleGuides included
  • 550 watt fixed base trim router rated to 33,000 rpm
  • Parallel stop and roller guide included so you can work on day one
  • Bosch Professional trade range rather than an unbranded palm router
Why we picked this
It is the cheapest of our seven picks and the only genuinely inexpensive router here we would vouch for. Everything below it in the Amazon Australia pool is an unbranded palm router with a 110 volt spec table, a UK …
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Which one should you buy?

The Bosch POF 1200 AE is the router most first workshops should buy: a 1200 watt plunge base that ships with 6 mm, 8 mm and 1/4 inch collets, so any bit set sold in Australia fits. Ryobi ONE+ owners save more with the RTR18-0, and the Bosch Professional GKF 550 is the cheapest pick we would vouch for.

For full context on why we ranked these the way we did, what alternatives we considered (and rejected), and the broader buying-guide framework, read the full Best Wood Routers in Australia (2026).

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