The "best" Brad Nailer...?

Originally Posted by orson

I think for me the primary consideration when buying a brad nailer is the way the safety is set up: Whether the safety on the tip is located under or over the barrel, how much spring tension it has on it, how difficult it is to depress the safety completely on an unruly crown profile, and whether or not I can manually depress the safety with my ring finger in a pinch. Everything else is secondary.

Originally Posted by troubleseeker

Had the 2" Porter Cable 18 ga and liked it. But one fall too many landed at exactly the wrong place and evidently slightly bent the safety tip, because it started to remain stuck every few shots. Decided that they were cheap enough to not be worth repairing, but the 2" PC was not in stock, so I bought the Dewalt. Although it works okay, it seems to have a pretty sloppy fit on hte driver slot and jams more than I like. I would not recommend it as first choice.

Originally Posted by JWHI

i bought this black craftsman a couple years ago, its a brad nailer and a finish nailer. It was pricey, but its nice.
http://www.smarter.com/air-nailers-s...i-6172630.html
thats the brad nailer, the brad/finish nailer was over 200$

Originally Posted by JWHI

for whatever reason, about 3 years ago, I was on a craftsman kick. I like their trim guns, but I bought this wire welded stick framer and its junk. Every other shot miss fires. I'm not even kidding. Garbage, I oil it, take care of it, its practically brand new due to lack of use.

I've been changing my tools over to DeWalt and Bostich and plan on getting a Bostich framer, preferably the one with the interchangeable tips. They make a tip for tico nails

Craftsman nail gun is junk. Has two really good features however, one being a hook by the hose inlet so I can hang it off my belt. Two would be the 360 degree moveable air vent, nice notgetting blasted in the face. None of that matter when it doesn't fire half the time.

Don't get it, junk

http://www.tylertool.com/cr92831anclf.html
thats the current model, mine is all black

Originally Posted by troubleseeker

Do you guys with the Senco's use Senco brads, or do they work ok with other manufacturer's brads. Senco products are becomming harder to find in my area, particularly a widespread supply of nails. I ask, because I had old Senco SFN40 finish guns years ago, and they were not happy about shooting other brand nails.

Originally Posted by JLTrim

I use Porter Cable brads in my Senco's, with no problems. I liked the Senco's better because they came in a decent cardboard box that didn't spill brads everywhere when you open it like the P-C's do, but I'm having a tough time finding Sencos as well these days.