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I was always wondering what the main disadvantage is with cordless nailers compared to pneumatic. Let’s assume here that you already own the battery(ies) needed for the cordless nailer, is there any reason to go with a pneumatic instead? Will pneumatic nailers one day go the way of corded drills? I am wondering because I own the Ryobi 18v 18 and 15 ga. nailers and I can’t imagine why someone would rather have a pneumatic one.
I don’t think a cordless nailer would be a good replacement for say a coil nailer, because it just won’t last as long if you are needing to put in THAT many nails.
But I can’t see any good reason not to replace a brad, finish or framing nailer with a battery powered one otherwise.
I don’t think you can truly replicate the consistency and adjustability of pneumatics. Yes you have depth adjustment but you can’t adjust the air pressure on a cordless gun, now new technology these things are the best they’ve been and are pretty close in constancy and power versus air.
Jimbo
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I purchased a harbor freight (I know lol) Brad nailer for putting up some wainscoting in my living room. Worked great. I’ve got the 20v PC set, but wasn’t in a spot to go out and buy the 20v nailer. I think I paid like $15 for mine and it works great. I’ve used it on several different honey-do projects and no complaints.
JimboS1ice wrote:
17 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:I don’t think you can truly replicate the consistency and adjustability of pneumatics. Yes you have depth adjustment but you can’t adjust the air pressure on a cordless gun, now new technology these things are the best they’ve been and are pretty close in constancy and power versus air.
Jimbo
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That’s the other thing I was thinking about too. It’s nice being able to adjust it so you get it just right on pneumatics.
My pnumatics are very consistent and that is necessary when doing trim work. Ruff framing it does not matter as much but it still matters a little bit. Pnumatics are also a lot faster.