Which router to keep?

[gwyneth]

i THINK 12 MEANS THAT they have 1/2" collets to accept 1/2" shank bits.
M means it has a motor and VC means very cool or somthing (has to do with the green alien coloring). V might mean variable but that would be too obvious.
So the order of the letters is key. I'm just not sure what the key is.

So MV12 is a motorized router with a 1/2" collet max capacity. Variable
and an M12VC is a very cool motorized router again with a 1/2" collet.
This leaves more flexibility so that they can also have a
12MVC router with a motor and that innovative 1/2" collet
and perhaps a future model (nothing like adding more features), the
V12MC that features, (hold onto your hats, now) a motor and an oversized 1/2" collet.

Then what about "K" prefixing the multi-base ones?

[LCHIEN]

Then what about "K" prefixing the multi-base ones?

uh, something about Klingons... yeah that's it, has to do with the alien life form color scheme.

[gwyneth]

uh, something about Klingons... yeah that's it, has to do with the alien life form color scheme.

That does make more sense than the urban legend that it stands for Klaatu Berado/Verato Nikto/Niktu, the words to remember from The Day the Earth Stood Still.

[MikeMcCoy]

I read somewhere that the "K" is because of the usual resemblance to running shoes, sort of like:

"K-Swiss Limited Edition Shoe Mens"

[Knottscott]

Boba Fet recommends the new Hitachi


"V2" symbolizes "victory through violence"!

[gwyneth]

Perhaps the Hitachi designers studied anime (the really edgy Japanese cartoons) in college and their folks convinced them to get real jobs.