It's a good feature with two issues as I see it. If you change to a Dado blade I believe you have to change to a different cartridge brake setup. At least that was what I recalled reading when it was introduced years ago. Second if the wood you are cutting had too high of a moisture content it could mistakenly fire the brake and destroy your blade.
I have had Delta Unisaws in my shop for over 30 years and still have all my fingers... So, I must not be a real woodworker. The real thrill is a several pound 6" diameter panel raising cutter doing 7,000 rpm on a shaper though...
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Sorry - I guess I’m guilty also - mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
But, since we’re already pretty far down the road, Jerry, it’s called a Saw Stop and has become very popular especially with school shop classes. The only downside is when it works, it uses a cartridge and destroys the blade - a couple of hundred dollars, but cheaper than an ER visit, and the saved fingers - priceless.