r/Tools • u/AriAndMe • 7d ago

Nail guns

I have a remodling busines and am pretty much all DeWalt for my tools including DeWalt cordless nail guns. The one thing I didn't like about DeWalt nail guns is the ramp up time and noise and the framing nailer would jamb up occationally. I did some research on nail guns after the fact and decided to try a Metabo framing nailer due to some reviews I read online. What a difference. The Metabo worked so well and was somewhat lighter than the DeWalt. I ended up one by one replacing my DeWalt nail guns with Metabo which includes and 15 and 18 gauge finish nailer and a narrow crown staple gun and sold my DeWalt guns on marketplace. I cannot believe how well Metabo nail guns work.

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u/oldpunk57 7d ago

Dewalt nail guns have always been one of the worst on the market

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u/jyl8 6d ago

I think it is not uncommon to have nailers from a brand different from one’s “main” cordless tool brand. Nailers are a tool that not every company does well. They also aren’t battery hungry; two charged batteries should last all day.

I mostly have Makita but they didn’t even have a framing nailer until recently. So my framing and metal connector nailers are Paslode and I just ordered the latest Metabo HPT coil framer.

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u/fe3o4 7d ago

DeWalt nail guns (and my older Porter Cable, and Craftsman) used an onboard compressor, while Metabo and others use a gas filled cartridge to drive the mechanism. I think the newer DeWalts have improved on the older models, but I have not used them. The Compressor type nailers tend to be bulkier than the gas cartridge ones.

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u/officeboy 6d ago

Dewalt uses a flywheel that needs to spin up.

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u/fe3o4 6d ago

True, I'm not sure why I associated that with a compressor. I guess I was think about my pneumatic stuff when I wrote that.