Cheap electric planers - are they good?

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every year i need to trim my doors... now ive previously gotten out the surform plane for a rough and ready finish but ive been told by my joiner that i need to get an electric planer...

not wanting to spend too much on it... would something like this be up for the job of planing my doors on the latch side???

would i be able to do them in situ with the door open or is it better on a pair of trestles???

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-pho1-500w-1-5-x-82...

[RC1]

ok great then sounds like an investment worth making.... ive over egged the extent of the problem but we are on a gradient on 2 planes and our neighbour has the same issue...

i can invent a multitude of uses for this new tool... i can make some pointless shelves just for the sake of getting the old chamfer action going.... nice