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Takes ten seconds to pull from my truck and bring into action. 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. 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. 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.
However, I needed a nailer for nailing plywood in a freezer at 0-5 below. With the fork-lift traffic, hoses and cords were out of the question. The will-fits tend to jam up. I'm a professional, and can't recommend this as a production nailer. This tool performed admirably, though I recommend sticking to the Paslode nails.
And in really cold weather it doesn't have the power for framing. This wasn't a walk-in freezer. It's three times the size of a football field. So I nailed a lot of plywood and 1 by 6s, driving probably 200,000 nails.
The Paslode 900420 Cordless nail is a must have tool for framing and fence building. Takes a lickin and keeps on firing. Works great. Supplies are easy to find.
(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.). 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. This won't effect a lot of users, but it is worth mentioning to those who may purchase the gun to use at altitude. Anything longer than that requires additional nail setting with your hammer.
You can drive as many nails as you want as quickly as you can press the gun into position to fire. Too many bad reviews on the Hitachi. Every framing gun that I have used was always a little heavier than you want and this one is no exception. I'm getting a little long in the tooth for construction projects but I decided to build a new garage anyway. Dragging a compressor around did not appeal to me. It was between the Hitachi and the Paslode. I wish the magazine could hold more nails. I am glad I purchased the nailer and my garage walls are standing because of it.
I struggled with which nailer to buy so I could avoid the tendon strains and sore muscles from using a hammer. I bought the Paslode and have run a half box each of 3" and 2" nails through it. Can't wait for the trusses to arrive. The depth adjustment is terrific and simple.
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