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Takes ten seconds to pull from my truck and bring into action. Setting up a compressor and dragging air hoses around crowded job sites and climbing on icy staging are things of the past and I love the combo rafter/belt hook. Not for high production framing but if you carry all your tools in a tightly (un)organized compact truck and need a do it all nailgun this is it. Bought one last fall and have fired several cases of nails through it on an extensive garage remodel and several other projects with no malfunctions even in temperatures down to 20 degrees and after dropping 15 feet on to concrete a couple times. The air powered nailers we have barely get used anymore.
However, I needed a nailer for nailing plywood in a freezer at 0-5 below. So I nailed a lot of plywood and 1 by 6s, driving probably 200,000 nails.
This tool performed admirably, though I recommend sticking to the Paslode nails. With the fork-lift traffic, hoses and cords were out of the question.
I'm a professional, and can't recommend this as a production nailer. It's three times the size of a football field.
The will-fits tend to jam up. And in really cold weather it doesn't have the power for framing.
This wasn't a walk-in freezer.
Takes a lickin and keeps on firing. Supplies are easy to find. The Paslode 900420 Cordless nail is a must have tool for framing and fence building. Works great.
(The "thin air" up here just doesn't have the kick needed to drive anything longer) If these were hand-drives, that would be no big deal, but as many know, gun nails can be difficult to set (they like to bend.). Anything longer than that requires additional nail setting with your hammer. This won't effect a lot of users, but it is worth mentioning to those who may purchase the gun to use at altitude. Nice product, but not for high elevations. Building in the high country of Colorado (9,000') found the gun to be less than useful at anything longer than a 2 3/8" nail.
Every framing gun that I have used was always a little heavier than you want and this one is no exception. It was between the Hitachi and the Paslode. You can drive as many nails as you want as quickly as you can press the gun into position to fire. I bought the Paslode and have run a half box each of 3" and 2" nails through it.
I'm getting a little long in the tooth for construction projects but I decided to build a new garage anyway. I am glad I purchased the nailer and my garage walls are standing because of it. I wish the magazine could hold more nails. I struggled with which nailer to buy so I could avoid the tendon strains and sore muscles from using a hammer.
The depth adjustment is terrific and simple. Can't wait for the trusses to arrive. Dragging a compressor around did not appeal to me. Too many bad reviews on the Hitachi.
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