B&Q Triton Router UPDATE

[mrwilby]

I'm in the same position as MightyG, (not too far from your neck of the woods either). My local in Weston Super Mare hadn't even heard of the brand!

DickM kindly offered to grab the last one he saw in his local (for me), but it had unfortunately already been snapped up

If anybody else happens to spot a spare on one of their B&Q visits, I'd also be happy to pay petrol, postage and beer money.

Please take pity on us triton wannabies

 

[Gary]

and beer money.

be very careful with that offer, the quest for the Triton can be very thirsty work. :lol:

 

[harryc]

There is one Triton saw - £112 and one big Router £98 left at the Wolverhampton branch.

So tempting but must save some money to buy a bandsaw. I could pick up the aldi bandsaw and the large router , maybe not, so many options to consider :?

Harry.

 

[OllyK]

There is one Triton saw - £112 and one big Router £98 left at the Wolverhampton branch.

So tempting but must save some money to buy a bandsaw. I could pick up the aldi bandsaw and the large router , maybe not, so many options to consider :?

Harry.

B&Q are doing a cheap and cheerful bandsaw as well.

 

[harryc]

Is it for £50 :?:

 

[stewart]

Fecn wrote:

One left on the top shelf at the B&Q Warehouse in Croydon at £99.98... I just bought the other one they had, meaning that I've now got two Triton routers for myself

...so, yes, I made the 'dash' up from Brighton only to find that it had of course gone! Been to 5 stores now - think it's time to use what I've got :roll:

 

[Andy Pullen]

I have a picked up another :wink: still in the cellophane and if someone wants to cover postage and a small drink for my time and diesel I can forward it with the receipt so that the guarantee is intact

 

[Karl]

Andy

PM sent

Cheers

Karl

 

[Andy Pullen]

Karlley is now the proud owner of a TritonTRA 001. \/

 

[Karl]

After visiting all of the B&Q's i've passed on my travels in recent days (7 in total) and phoning another 3, i've finally got one.

Nice one Andy!

Cheers

Karl

 

[BradNaylor]

It's a sad day for Triton as a company. Now they only have a couple of online businesses and the shows.

I can't help wondering if the sad day for Triton was when they got involved with B&Q in the first place.

My local power tools specialist - he has several shops in the north of England - used to sell a lot of Triton gear. As soon as B&Q started stocking it though, he dropped the range completely.

If this story is repeated throughout the country then Triton have blown their entire distribution network. It will take a lot of work to rebuild it.

I can't imagine Festool making the same mistake.

 

[mrwilby]

Nice one Andy & Karl

I think Mighty_Genghis and I are still on the hunt, so if anybody spots an extra one this weekend, please grab it and let us know!

 

[RogerS]

Yup...I'm pretty narked with my local B&Q. They had one Triton on display and that was all. They wouldn't sell off the display as the girl said she could order one on their system which she did and I paid for it. She did have difficulty doing it and I should have sussed that something was up. Waited a few days and heard nothing. Went in to enquire and told no stock. Not only that the one on display had gone and so you can guess I'm a pretty p****d off bunny.

Will craft one of my usual delicately phrased letters to customer service and we shall see what results. Find that snail mail letters have more effect these days.

 

[LarryS.]

Nice one Andy & Karl

I think Mighty_Genghis and I are still on the hunt, so if anybody spots an extra one this weekend, please grab it and let us know!

yup still looking !

 

[Argee]

It's a sad day for Triton as a company. Now they only have a couple of online businesses and the shows.

I can't help wondering if the sad day for Triton was when they got involved with B&Q in the first place.

That could well be true - it's almost exactly the same as the relationship between Ryobi, relating to their BT3100 tablesaw and a similar large American tool outlet (Home Depot) who had exclusive marketing rights of the BT3100. The saw had some unique features, which required understanding and correct setup. It was rare, if not impossible, to find one that was correctly set up and none of the staff were interested.

This applies almost exactly to Triton and B & Q, as the Workcentre, router, etc. all have unique features, require careful setup, understanding and knowledge. All of the Workcentres I saw in B & Q stores were incorrectly displayed, but no-one was at all interested when I pointed it out.

The relationship continued in spite of this, probably because of the takeover of Triton by GMC - who make some of the "own brand" powertools sold by B & Q. In light of the changing face of B & Q in the coming months, I'm not sorry we've pulled out. There are, as I've already said, plans afoot, but I cannot say anything about them yet.

Ray.

 

[Michael7]

I phoned B&Q in Craigavon N.Ireland who said that there was no Triton routers left. There was one left in the Newry store and six left in the Sprucefield store. I went to the Craigavon store not intending to buy a router but was looking to see what was on offer and there under a shelf in a corner was the last big Triton router Thats the big and the smaller Triton I have now.
Ive only just made myself a table for the smaller Triton and have taken it out of the table a few times but soon realised that only having one router is going to be a pain in the a**e.

 

[Tom K]

Hi Guys, it may be worth checking out the Eltham store they have just put a reduced sticker on the shelf for both the Router and Saw they seem to keep all that stock behind the service desk so ask! Very best of luck [-o<

Regards Tom

 

[Streepips]

Back on page 1 of this thread Pip mentioned the Castleford W Yorks B&Q having a couple left. So rang this morning, had one left, put it under the counter for me and I collected it this PM, Cost £98:98
Thanks for the nudge Pip !
So now I have a TRA001 Triton, a Makita 1236C, a Dewalt 625EK, and Elu 177 and a Trend something or other......
I think the Dewalt (new) and the Elu (old) are going to go............
Then again, might absorb the cost and keep them all...

 

[mailee]

Yeah, hang on to them. You can never have enough routers. Saves changing cutters.

 

[tenpin]

Ok, i know i am now not going to be too popular but thought i would just give a heads up as my christmas came slightly late this year.
i bought online just befor the triton sell of by B&Q a TRA001 for £185... :? ...just after found one for £140 @ B&Q...

well today at Taunton's B&Q my wife dragged me out to look for cheap chrimbo decs i strolled over to where they had some tool sale items and there it was......

2 triton routers...still in cellophane £40 each.... :shock: :shock:

i shouted to SWMBO to stand guard and ran back out to get a trolley.

well i am now thr proud owner of 2 tritons (one in my table and one plunge) and one passed on to my woodworking chum...

none left, but will keep popping in to keep an eye out...
don't know when they were marked down as there were no tritons in stock up to 6 weeks before this...may have been stored out in the soreroom...would suggest people drop into their local and get them to check if there are any still out back