Carbide router vs Makita vs DeWalt

There’s a video:

Notable differences:

  • Dewalt has finer-grained speed control, Makita lower and higher range of possible speeds (the lower speeds are especially useful on plastics and wood)
  • Dewalt has a longer clamping area which affords multiple precision collet options (standard ones as well as the ER-style collets from Precise Bits), Makita has a single source for precision collets (albeit in a variety of sizes) and an option for a 3/8" collet (larger than the 5/16" or 8mm the DeWalt collets top out at)
  • Dewalt has lights, the Makita does not[7]
  • Dewalt has a plastic button on the Body, which limits Z plane positioning inside the mount, Makita has a more Robust Tool changing mechanism, with a cylinder push lock below the shaft, which will allow more mounting options in the Z plane[8]
  • Dewalt has a longer body and can be mounted so as to reach lower[9]
  • Makita bearings easier to change
  • Makita brush life longer and replacements less expensive and easier to change

Further:

The CCR is essentially a rebadged Makita — https://carbide3d.com/blog/2019/the-carbide-compact-router/

  • case colour — black vs. teal
  • control layout
  • CCR has specific detents in-between the numeric speed settings, the Makita has a continuous dial
  • CCR has longer cord
  • Makita has accessories intended for hand use which are not included with the CCR (but would fit it)

Other aspects of the routers are substantively the same, notably the electronics and their speed control, and collets are interchangeable betwixt the twain.