I had been using my portercable router on a routing table and had to take it to a jobsite to do a couple of things. When I went to use it, I had set it on a worktable and bent down to plug the cord into the wall socket behind the table. When I plugged it in, it was on. It started up (soft start) and stayed right where it was, not falling onto my head with the 3/4" dado bit in it, without the base.
I always thought the soft start was nice, but now I find that I just love it for some reason.