The battery dumping in the middle of a cut does suck but it rarely ever happens with my#800 cordless because of the 3 led's that indicate battery status I simply know when to charge. I also get the same from guy's at work about my dewalts...until they need to crawl through 100 feet of 40'' wide raceway to cut a little stud or something then their begging me to use the cordless rather than their 15pound worm drive skill saw and 100' cord.