80-Piece Premium-Grade 1/2" Tungsten Carbide Router Bit Set - 3 and 2 Blade - Aluminum Case

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I think most of the other reviewer comments are valid. I'll "practice" with this set, and if I get good and get into using good woods, I'll buy better bits of just those I really need. The metal case is light weight, but I expected nothing different for the price. It does have corner rounds with bearings. I'm new to routing.

I've only used one of the straight bits to test my set up of my new Bosch router and Bosch router table. These bits are fine for occasional use, but not full professional, and the price reflects that just fine. I might be able to remove a bearing to do round overs. I would rate the set with more stars, but I think they could have done better with the assortment of bits, however I am not at all disappointed in the purchase-- it is great for just starting out. My set arrived in fine condition-- case and bits.

My labels are not coming off as some reviewers suggested, but I ran a piece of transparent tape over them just in case. It's a very good deal if you know the limitations. The set does not have the true round-over bits as someone mentioned.

When you find a bit that you really like, then mate it up with an individual $35 - $50 bosch or freud bit for your production piece if your worried about that $200 worth of cherry stock you just got from Rockler.I did use the 3/4 roundover to smooth all 4 corners on ten 12ft treated 4x4s that I used to build by kids playground swingset. 80 bits for less than $1 each. Sure the stickers are coming off and yes the box is a little cheezy just like everyone else has said but quit whining. Its a no brainer. Thats 480 feet of roundover'ing and the bit cut just as smoothly on the last foot as the first and the bearing still spun just as smoothly as a new one. It has an exceptional assortment of bits for almost any purpose which is perfect for an aspiring amateur woodworker like me.Buy this set and practice/test with it.

My feeling is that these have about 1/3 the life of the high priced cutters but I haven't done a serious comparison. When working on abrasive materials even the high priced cutters don't seem to last very long. The way I look at it is that after you throw out most of the ones you actually use you can buy another set. There are a lot of redundant patterns here, mostly different forms of straight, but that is also what I need most often so that works ok for me. I have used these on solid surface materials, wood and aluminum, while not being anywhere near Amana, WKW etc quality they don't cost $45+ a pop either. If you are a production shop this is NOT what you want. With sharpening at $8 each it isn't worth getting them serviced, and after you rout off a couple of nails there isn't much left to service anyway. If you do lots of little jobs that require changing bits often anyway then these might save you some $.

Other reviews complain about the case, it does leave a lot to be desired, however we don't cut wood with the case and a craftsman worth 80 bits can make a nice hardwood case from shop scraps as I did. This set is a great buy. I have used nearly a dozen of the bits on hardwood and they cut well. Five stars. They show no signs of heat stress or discoloration.

To date I have only had occassion to use a couple of the bits in the set, but found them very satisfactory. That kinda degrades the whole scenario. The only problem I have is that somehow I ordered or got sent 2 sets of the router bits and promptly returned one as per the online instructions. It has been a month now since I sent them back and no word from Amazon and no refund yet.