The main thing with me and rechargeable tools is that I don't use them
often enough to make a habit of keeping a battery charged. That plus
the batteries would probably degrade and no longer be made by the
manufacturer and I would have to discard a 'like new' tool because the
batteries are dead dead. I can definitely appreciate the utility of
rechargeable tools - I just don't have as much use for them as other
people. Also, rechargeable tools are useful when building a structure
from the ground up before wiring has been run...

I was just suggesting that it was embarassing for P-C because a new guy
had better ideas. It was just a joke.

The Hitachi is a cool green color, too.

I'm sure there are plenty of routers that are as good as P-C and some
that may be better, but I just trust the durability of P-C because
they've been around so long...