I've adjusted to mine. I've always had slide-lock switches on my corded grinders, but my Fuel grinder is a paddle. It's fine for cutting and sanding, but a little awkward for cutting.
I'm the opposite, always had paddles on corded grinders. I'm a believer in dead man switches. I've run all variety of paddles from Porter Cable, Ridgid, Milwaukee and many others.
The Fuel paddle is the only one I've ever hated so goddamn much I gave it away and re-ordered the 2781 slide switch; now I actually have two 2781's and no complaints. A dead man on these Fuels is far less critical, they're much less scary than a corded grinder (not as powerful as a 110VAC motor that'll fight you 'til it smokes itself)
What happened was the former TTB engineering team at Ford was out of work, and TTI foolishly picked them up and had them redesign paddles
