Very heavy and solidly made. Soft-start feature is wonderful and should be standard on almost any woodworking tool with an electric motor. Handles are metal! Speed control is nice, but the speed selection switch can be moved with the lightest of touch, should have firmer detents. You have to be careful when selecting the speed because the switch moves so easily. Power switch is not sealed like some of the other PC routers and is hard to find when the router is mounted in a table. Comes with 1/2" collet, should include 1/4" collet as well, although a 1/4" collet from any other PC router will fit. Otherwise, stock up on the 1/2" shank bits. Works wonderfully in a router table, in my shop its only usage will be with the table, it is too big and heavy to use for most non-table activities. Sure wish that PC would come up with a different collet design that does not rely on two wrenches to mount or dismount a bit. Perhaps a design that uses an Allen-type wrench or even a tool-free design. The collets work fine, I just find it inconvenient to have to use two wrenches to tighten or loosen them. Wish it had the lever-release for the height-adjustment like the PC690LR and that the handles could be removed from the base for use in a table. Has ample power and while I have a few quibbles about some of its other points, this is a fine router and should be your first choice for use in a router table. In fact, don't waste your time and money on a smaller router for table use.