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It has never jammed or misfired. This nail gun works great with Porter Cable 18 Guage Finish Nails. Just don't expect to drive a 2 inch nail all the way into a thick piece of hardwood. I have owned this nail gun for 3 years and drove in over 20,000 nails with it. There is very little recoil and the depth guage is very easy to adjust. I won't hesitate to buy another one if I ever lose this one. I like the fact that it can drive nails up to 2 inches.
I've used this gun in residential construction for over two years. Overall, this has been a great tool that has seen a lot of action and has yet to fail me. Never had any problems with triggers, nail depth, etc that other reviewers have expressed. I love this gun and often find myself loaning it out to others I work with as their models have proven unreliable or don't have the nail length capacity that this one has.
I own a small home improvement/remodeling company and own many fine tools that I depend on everyday to make a living. I think this brad nailer is a BIG joke, it does NOT countersink nails, jams quite frequently, looks cheap and is not comfortable to grip due to the way the foam overlaps itself on the handle.
The safety doesn't keep the gun from firing, so in other words you can pull the trigger and the gun will fire without pushing it against anything. It is a descent gun, we have 75+ of them at work and they are descent except for a few very common problems. We have had problems with the guns not setting the nails completely. When the gun is pushed against the wood, the tip of the gun won't go all the way against it, doesn't matter if you have the depth set to the deepest setting.
Sometimes the gun won't shoot a nail. I am not sure if it is the nails not sliding ahead far enough or something else. 3. I am a trimmer by trade so keep in mind I shoot 300 nails a day with this gun, so some problems might be purely wear related. If you have one of the first ones off the line the triggers have a tendency to not work correctly. There was a recall for the triggers, so I am assuming the more recently built ones are fixed.2. It will fire, but the firing pin will go between the nails and the casing.
This could be the brand of nails. 1. It happens in about 10% of them. But overall nothing that would keep me from buying another one. This can be fixed by grinding down the safey and the nose a little bit.
Not much chance of staining your work with the oily discharge air. It didn't mar that pre-primed soft molding, either. So, this was enough reason for me to spend the few extra dollars on the Senco. (If I only planned on using it for house trim work, I would have gone with a 16 or 15 gauge nailer, yes).I didn't notice anything obviously better between the Senco, Porter Cable, Bostitch, etc. The only complaint I can come up with is the way the cushion grip is designed. One nice feature is the rear exhaust.
I put up baseboards around a 21x21 room with some funny angles, as well as casing on a couple doors. It always sunk that little 2" brad just right. But the material overlaps itself on the bottom side of the grip, near the trigger. It feels a little funny at first, and I wonder if it will forever remain stuck to itself, or if this will someday seperate and start peeling away. The grip is a cushy material that is wrapped around the body. Decided to get a brad nailer for case and baseboard molding, with the intention to use it for cabinetry and other woodworking in the future. I must say that I am in no way disappointed with this nailer's performance.
No surprises at all. But when you read the reviews, no one ever seems to be able to dislike a Senco nailer. The exhaust air comes out the back of the tool, just above the air inlet. Have you noticed this trend. Never a jam. Oh well, I can't take points away for something I only fear will happen.I definitely recommend this nailer to anyone in the market for one. I really felt this thing was on my side, trying to accomplish the same thing I was.
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