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I’m starting to see the Fuel 18ga brad nailer for sale on a few online dealers. My question is are you willing to pay $329.00 for a bare tool, $379.00 for a kit or just keep using air.
I think it’s a bit steep. Part of it will depend on how good the tool really is, but I trust Milwaukee will be quality. I will probably wait for a special buy that comes with an extra battery or bare tool or something.
I’ll stick with air for that price, for my use battery nailers aren’t cost effective because I don’t work with them day in and day out.
Jimbo
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Not in your life for a brad nailer. My bostich was like $80 or so when i got it and it works perfect. Why pay 4x the price?
Maybe a finish, roofing, or framing nailer no problem as the premium is only about double.
Considering you can buy the compressor and tool for that price, and a compressor is more versatile, I would say air. If you need cordless because of power constraints, although expensive, Milwaukee may not be too bad.
It’s also their first kick at the cat.
I would personally wait for a 2nd gen, just to have a better overall tool with kinks worked out and a tweaked design. Look at Dewalt, great example of solid evolution.
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HiltiWpg wrote:
Considering you can buy the compressor and tool for that price, and a compressor is more versatile, I would say air. If you need cordless because of power constraints, although expensive, Milwaukee may not be too bad.It’s also their first kick at the cat.
I would personally wait for a 2nd gen, just to have a better overall tool with kinks worked out and a tweaked design. Look at Dewalt, great example of solid evolution.
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It would not be too far of a stretch to say that the Ryobi Air Strike nailers were the first gen and that the Ridgid Hyper Drive was the second gen. That makes the Milwaukee Fuel nailers third generation. From the looks of them, and the claims in the marketing materials, they certainly seem to be improvements over both.
khariV wrote:
On 4/6/2016 at 1:09 PM, khariV said:
It would not be too far of a stretch to say that the Ryobi Air Strike nailers were the first gen and that the Ridgid Hyper Drive was the second gen. That makes the Milwaukee Fuel nailers third generation. From the looks of them, and the claims in the marketing materials, they certainly seem to be improvements over both.
That’s pretty much what I was going to say.
No way am I going to pay $329 for it. Wait until you can get it at HD with a free battery kit or something. The $150 HD promo is only seven months away!
The bare tool cost sucks on these nailers your not really saving much money. I will probably wait till they have some kind of buy a kit get a tool free type deal to offset the cost.
Yeah Rego, the prices for the new Milwaukee nailers are ridiculously high at this point. I will wait till they go on sale during the holidays lol. I’ll stick to air for now.
Milwaukee tools always have a steep pricing curve. Gen2 drill and impact combo was $400 at release and within a couple months you could get the combo for around $270 with home depot sales. Same with the lights that were going with a free battery within a few weeks of release. It’s like an early adopter fee for people who buy into the marketing so much they absolutely must have the tool immediately. I expect the nailers will have something similar to soften the blow pretty quickly. Since it’s the start of the line, they need to get a lot of tools out to users to get a foothold.
Personally I can live with Ryobi to avoid getting a compressor.
I’m sure the Milwaukee is nice, but for that money I’ll stick with my pneumatics.
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jeffmcmillan wrote:
2 minutes ago, jeffmcmillan said:Milwaukee tools always have a steep pricing curve. Gen2 drill and impact combo was $400 at release and within a couple months you could get the combo for around $270 with home depot sales. Same with the lights that were going with a free battery within a few weeks of release. It’s like an early adopter fee for people who buy into the marketing so much they absolutely must have the tool immediately. I expect the nailers will have something similar to soften the blow pretty quickly. Since it’s the start of the line, they need to get a lot of tools out to users to get a foothold.
Personally I can live with Ryobi to avoid getting a compressor.
Yes Jeff, your right. That’s why I got the Ryobi airstrike Brad nailer and crown stapler, just need to get the angle finish nailer, But that’s $220 for the bare tool. So I’ll hold off for a little while to see how much they drop that price. ?
If I could one day consider that pocket change I could see myself getting it, definitely.
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regopit wrote:
I’m starting to see the Fuel 18ga brad nailer for sale on a few online dealers. My question is are you willing to pay $329.00 for a bare tool, $379.00 for a kit or just keep using air.
Those are basically the exact same prices as the dewalt 16g angled finish nailer. Dewalt needs to come out with an 18g Brad nailer though
I guess since I asked the question I should add to this thread. I have been waiting a long time for Milwaukee to come out with these nailer’s, so long that I gave up and have bought the DeWalt framer and finisher. I have had the Paslode and they were ok. I like the DeWalt guns a lot. The framer is good for small jobs and the finisher is an all around nice gun to use anytime. I can not see myself paying that kind of cash for a brad nailer. I have no problem using my JC-10 and Bostitch brad nailer and with the new Reinforced Polyurethane Air Hoses you feel like you are carry nothing. I see no time or money savings so I’ll stick with what I got.
I’ll keep my Porter cable pneumatic stapler/brad/finish nailer and my paslode.
I can’t see myself parting with that much money for those nailers. I could spend it elsewhere
Air. I can get a lot more tools that I can power with air. I figure I could get a brad nailer, a finish nailer, and maybe a pinner and still have a little money towards a Rolair,,,
Well, what happens when you’ve bought all of the tools that you need and your monthly tool budget keeps piling up and you just have to spend it on something. It’s either these or you start buying everything all over again in green, or you buy these.
I’m pretty sure that’s almost certain to happen.
Some day.
For someone…
They’re not that expensive, but they’re expensive enough to slide down on the list I think. Maybe I’ll get a brad nailer to see how I like it and go from there.
The Dewalt framer is usually $500 here bare with the kit setting you back something like $629. Both prices are insane. $200 for a bare tool is painful but $300 is rather nuts. I love the Dewalt. It’s so handy compared to anything else. I’m not sure it’s worth $500 tho. We got it on a sale $429 for the kit with another tool. That was an okay deal.
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Looks like fuel nailers are coming next month according to Milwaukee website.
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/cordless/2740-21ct?sf21943533=1
Can’t wait to see how they perform
Jimbo
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I bet they’ll give Dewalt a run for its money.
Mondo1310 wrote:
I bet they’ll give Dewalt a run for its money.
They will when they get their framer going!
JimboS1ice wrote:
2 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:They will when they get their framer going!
True. I wish they would come in a case instead of a bag.
Mondo1310 wrote:
True. I wish they would come in a case instead of a bag.
That’s crap for that kind of money it better have a case… Even though I prefer bags but probably not for a nailer
JimboS1ice wrote:
18 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:That’s crap for that kind of money it better have a case… Even though I prefer bags but probably not for a nailer
Hopefully I’m wrong
Mondo1310 wrote:
Hopefully I’m wrong
Milwaukees good about having cases instead of bags
JimboS1ice wrote:
1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said:
Did you order one yet?!?
Mondo1310 wrote:
Did you order one yet?!?
No but I want the angled finisher lol they are sexy
I agree.
@Glasseyi would I be letting the cat out of the bag if I said anything lol
No too late I have a condition I know I buy early on everything just the way I am. Now all I have to do is wait[emoji16] just like buying the 2796-22 kit
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Glasseyi wrote:
On 4/10/2016 at 4:54 AM, Glasseyi said:Yes Jeff, your right. That’s why I got the Ryobi airstrike Brad nailer and crown stapler, just need to get the angle finish nailer, But that’s $220 for the bare tool. So I’ll hold off for a little while to see how much they drop that price. ?
I got my 15ga. finish nailer at the CPO site for $120. It was allegedly used, but I saw no difference; it looked good as new to me.
Cheng Liu wrote:
4 hours ago, Cheng Liu said:I got my 15ga. finish nailer at the CPO site for $120. It was allegedly used, but I saw no difference; it looked good as new to me.
Nice fine. I’m sure that it was new. Good luck with it. I will check it out. Thanks.
regopit wrote:
On 4/6/2016 at 7:23 AM, regopit said:I’m starting to see the Fuel 18ga brad nailer for sale on a few online dealers. My question is are you willing to pay $329.00 for a bare tool, $379.00 for a kit or just keep using air.
The next big step for battery operated tools now has to be a huge drop in prices. They have most everything else taken care of . Now it’s just a matter of making them affordable for everyone to use. But batteries are the way of the world now. I went to all battery operated tools for outdoor maintaince (EGO) and I can’t even give away the old electric ones I have that work great.
nordraw wrote:
50 minutes ago, nordraw said:The next big step for battery operated tools now has to be a huge drop in prices. They have most everything else taken care of . Now it’s just a matter of making them affordable for everyone to use. But batteries are the way of the world now. I went to all battery operated tools for outdoor maintaince (EGO) and I can’t even give away the old electric ones I have that work great.
I’m not surprised, I feel like corded OPE is slowly going to way of the corded drill.
Cheng Liu wrote:
6 hours ago, Cheng Liu said:I’m not surprised, I feel like corded OPE is slowly going to way of the corded drill.
Corded OPE never seemed that big. Most of it was underpowered plus you have a cord.
jeffmcmillan wrote:
13 hours ago, jeffmcmillan said:Corded OPE never seemed that big. Most of it was underpowered plus you have a cord.
Yeah the only people who had anything corded were those with no front yards and only a tree lawn to cut. Anything more and the corded version took way longer than a gas version to use.
Professionals will still have gas powered everything because they are using them for hours a day. They already carry around gas cans for all their equipment so it makes no sense to go cordless. For the homeowner, a cordless string trimmer or hedge trimmer is gold because you eliminate those 1 gallon cans that will last you a year and go bad.