I use Amana bits, I find them to be really top notch but $$. I have gone through 2 of the 1/4" spiral upcuts, the first had the bearings held on with a screw and one of the bearings flew apart, the second had a crimped cap on the end and that lasted a long time until the bearing shredded, the current one uses the bearing + screw again and it was loose after just a few uses, almost took it back but then just tightened it, now it's OK.
I also have a 1/2" shank 2" long Amana one, which is a beast but I rarely use it (I use when flush trimming 3/8" and up, it chews through that @#%$ like the proverbial hot knife through butter compared to the 1/4" shank.
For small pieces that you need a few of here is what I do:
Make a piece that equals the width of multiple pieces side-by-side. Add a little width, maybe 3/8". Square that, finish route all 4 sides on router table. Now cut it in half with a table saw and trim down with multiple passes on your router table until you have them both the right size. Now you have a small piece with finished routed edges on all 4 sides and you didn't have to pass that short edge through the router.
Another way to do it is to have a piece of scrap with one square corner that is narrower than the long dimension of the piece you are finishing. Place the piece you are finishing on the fence with the narrow edge to be routed, then take the scrap piece and fit it on the backside (toward you) corner so that it's in contact with the working piece and the fence. use one hand on each piece and hold them tightly together as if they were one and slide that "assembly" through while holding firm to the fence and flat on the table. This in effect "braces" the working piece so that the force of the router can't "pull" or "push" that working piece out of position off the fence (which generally results in hot acrylic shaving splatter, or a broken bit, or both)
The former method is much better though.
