Before I tell you why I do not like this router I guess I should first say that I am a huge fan of porter cable products. I have two of their H/L 8 hole orbital sanders, there older model two base router kit, two belt sanders and their 5" orbital 1/4" right angle sander. I have used these products a lot and they have not let me down. So, after my old and discontinued Sears Craftsman Professional 3 1/2 hp plunge router was dying I decided after a lot of research to buy this router. I mainly use these routers in tables that I have built with products from Rockler. I decided on this style instead of the Bosch because I was tired of dealing with a plunge style router (even though you can dissengage the mechanisim on Bosch's) and wanted to go with the twist style like my 1 1/2 hp porter cable router. First impressions when I received it was how heavy and solid it felt. I didn't like the bolt design to unlock and lock the router but I was okay with it initially. Besides the bolt I also noticed that the speed selection switch seemed a little too loose for my liking. Nothing of a big concern, but wished it had a difinitive clisk on each speed (maybe too picky). Now I had it in my router table and was using it to make 48 42" high raised panel doors for a customer. The rails and stiles were poplar and the panels were MDF. My bits were Freuds and the panel raising bit had an undercutter. I bought two of these. The rails and stiles went well, but I did notice how the motor would wind up and down when the wood was going through the bit. No issues other than that for this part, but it went down hill from there. When using the panel raising bit I chose to make three pasess at the proper speed so I would not tax the motor too much. I had dust collection above and below the router at all times, especially with MDF. About 1/3 into the panel bits the router was sounding rough. Every 8 panels I would let the router cool down and I would vacumn out and around the router, but after the second batch of panels it sounded like the bearings were getting rougher. Needless to say when I finished the next day my new router was sounding bad. I finished the job and was finished with the router. Under warranty, it is now being fixed at my local PC dealer. I called amazon and since it is past the 30day policy they would only refund me 80% of the total bill. I am very bummed out about this and hopefully I just got a lemon, but my old router served me for 14 years of light to moderate use and never had a motor problem. Oh well, I have to wait and see from here.