I bought this product on the basis of my past experience with Makita products. (good quality and reliability).
On first use of this great little router I discovered the base protector (which serves as a guide) is not a full circle disc. Hence the distance from the edge of the base to the cutting edge can vary if you rotate the tool with respect to the reference edge and easily ruin the cut. It's a pity the designers don't actually road test their product otherwise they would discover this (now obvious) flaw. Whilst it is annoying (could have been 5 stars), I will live with it.