Nail Gun Opinions

[Deleted member 371759]

I have the M18 framing nailer. Zero complaints, no spool up time and good power. Not dragging a compressor around the farm is a giant benefit. Im a pretty big fan of Milwaukee cordless stuff. Seems Milwaukee have more of a tool lineup that we need for farm and shop. Especially when we made the battery platform decision. At the time they had the best ratchets and their impacts hit the hardest by far. But we went with Milwaukee 5 or 6 years ago.

 

[4570Man]

I had Paslode battery/gas guns. I thought they were cumbersome. Switched to the DeWalt and found it to be a nice upgrade.
You can usually pick up a decent used wheelbarrow style twin tank nail gun compressor for $300-$500

Maybe the dewalt guns have gotten better but my cordless Dewalt framing gun leaves me wanting to turn it into a hammer. It’s maybe 3 years old so it’s not an ancient relic. I’ve used a cordless Milwaukee and it does pretty good against new lumber but it still lacks power to sink the nails well in Advantec.

 

[Hay Dude]

I dont think they work well in Advantec, but I dont know if any of them claimed they would shoot nails equally as well as a pneumatic nailer in every type of material, either.

They aren't a pneumatic gun replacement, they are a more portable alternative for lower frequency, somewhat lighter rough framing, smaller jobs, hard to access areas, etc.

 

[duffer]

Having built several houses over the years, and using different framing crews, most (not all) use pneumatic nailers. 21° is by far the most popular.

I originally had a Porter-Cable framing nailer. It was good until I dropped it. The repair guy told me to get a different brand because PC is nutso expensive for parts and repair. Asked my lumber supply salesman what gun is the most popular among framing crews these days, and he said Hitachi. I bought one for projects, works great.

Not a fan of battery powered nailers since you don't have the range of adjustment for pressure like you do on pneumatic. Yes, they're convenient, no hose to drag around, but unless you carry the extra battery on you at all times, the battery goes dead at the most in-opportune time and you're no where close to the replacement. At least that's my luck.

My 2¢

 

[Hay Dude]

I’ve had pneumatic compressors break, hoses blow up and the pneumatic nail guns start giving us troubles, too.
Everything breaks, except a steel handled 28oz mill face Estwing.

 

[Gitrdone2dayt]

If you currently have cordless power tools, go with a nailer that uses the same batteries as your power tools.

I was thinking the same I like Rigid tools been eyeing the nailers they have I already have several other tools with batteries and multiple chargers all use the same batteries it even has an extension to hold more nails on the 21degree nailer

 

[Hay Dude]

If you currently have cordless power tools, go with a nailer that uses the same batteries as your power tools.

That’s great advice-did this with DeWalt and even though nobody builds the best cordless tool in EVERY category, it still beats lugging around different batteries and brands in most cases.

Funny to see how Milwaukee, DeWalt and other brands have become like Ford & Chevy & Ram. People get all jacked up on the brand competition.

 

[Deleted member 371759]

That’s great advice-did this with DeWalt and even though nobody builds the best cordless tool in EVERY category, it still beats lugging around different batteries and brands in most cases.

Funny to see how Milwaukee, DeWalt and other brands have become like Ford & Chevy & Ram. People get all jacked up on the brand competition.

I have zero brand loyalty to power tools except for the convenience of the platform. If there was a battery standard I would most likely have a mix of different tools. Only loyalty I have is to small companies and very few of them.

 

[Hay Dude]

I have zero brand loyalty to power tools except for the convenience of the platform. If there was a battery standard I would most likely have a mix of different tools. Only loyalty I have is to small companies and very few of them.

Me too. The thing with cordless power tools is for every brand you own, you also need to own their batteries and charger. Gets aggravating.
Therefore, I went with the brand that best suits MY needs.
I don’t think you can go wrong with any of the major brands

 

[Deleted member 371759]

Me too. The thing with cordless power tools is for every brand you own, you also need to own their batteries and charger. Gets aggravating.
Therefore, I went with the brand that best suits MY needs.
I don’t think you can go wrong with any of the major brands

My favorite new tool is... Crown stapler. I do a lot of stuff with hardware cloth. Regular staple always pull out, its super hard to hold stuff straight and it takes forever. Crown stapler with glue coated 1 inch or 1 1/2 inch staples are my jam. You cant pull it out unless you use a small pry bar. You will tear up the hardware cloth. Jobs that used to take hours now take a few minutes and I have not had to make any repairs to hardware cloth from staples failing to hold.