How do we choose a router?

[Marsupial]

Looking at acquiring a router, for noobies... When selecting your first router, what do you check?

Not that I find that routers are overpriced - they are precision tools at a fair price - but they are still a lot of money and I think it would be best to choose correctly the first time.

SOOOOooooo how do we choose?

What are the interesting specs?
What will make it a good buy instead of something you'd hate?


Is there something specific that we require for our cab building?


Do you simply take the cheapest you can and learn with it?

I saw a Black & Decker for 90$ at the local hardware store, didn't know what specs to compare. Figured I'd ask.

[Encryptor]

Whatever you choose make sure it has both 1/4" and 1/2" collets.

Encryptor

[Franco B]

Just for future reference, this topic was also posted in the Main forum located [here] which received a fair few replies.


Edit: Speeliing.