This router really shines in a router table! I have mine mounted in a woodpecker router lift. It is everything I need and then some. It's not a pain to use two wrenches to change bits, you just do it, that simple. Every tool in my shop has atleast one design flaw. The reality of it is that we buy tools to make our life easier, we want a tool we can rely on and last for years. The 7518 is just that, a quality tool, that with proper care should last the user for years. I've used it handheld,mostly for jig work though, and it takes everything I can throw at it, hard maple to 3/4 MDF, it's all butter to the 7518! You will not be dissapointed with this router.