I think my electric nailer is way better than the air ones now

I used to swear by my air powered framing nailer. Ran it for about 4 years on job sites around Austin. Last month I picked up a cordless model from a buddy and tried it on a deck job. No compressor to drag around, no hoses getting in my way, and it drives the same 3 inch nails just fine. I bet I saved 20 minutes a day just on setup and cleanup. Has anyone else made the switch and found it worth the battery cost?

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nathanking13d ago

My buddy Tom swore by his air nailer for years, swore he'd never switch. He's a stubborn guy. Then he borrowed my cordless one for a fence job and the air hose kept catching on the pickets and ripping them out of alignment. He threw his compressor in the dumpster that same week. Now he's got two batteries and a charger in his truck at all times.

grace92613d ago

Bought one of the first cordless models back in 2018 and it was TERRIBLE, battery died after like 50 nails. Had to keep a spare battery in my pocket like some kind of nail gun nerd. But the new ones? Totally different story. Used a buddy's Milwaukee last week to trim out a whole room and that thing didn't even blink until I was done with the baseboards. I still keep an air one in the van for big framing jobs though, just in case.