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Andrew May

On 01/01/2020 23:16, wrote:
On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:36:15 UTC, Andrew May wrote:
I have several jobs coming up that will need a fair amount of stud
partitioning and I am thinking this might be an excuse to get myself a
framing nailer.

Does anyone have any experience of these and any recommendations? I

Yeah, get one that uses paslode compatible consumables or you could dislike the cost & availability of supplies for it.

If I go down the gas route then it would likely be Paslode for the nail
gun. Might be more expensive but seems to keep their value quite well if
I sell it on when I have finished with it.

don't want a pneumatic type and the Paslode seems to be the defacto
standard but is one that requires a gas cartridge any good for
occasional DIY use? Do the gas cartridges have a limited life which
would mean that I would come to use it and find that I needed a new
cartridge even though the old one still had plenty of gas in it. In
which case is one of the newer battery only devices (Dewalt, Hitachi
(HiKOKI) the way to go?

Gas life is limited, to what time I don't know. Electric have a run cost upside but cost a lot more, not worthwhile unless you're using it regularly. They're also heavier & drive less nails per charge.

NT

Its the gas life that concerns me. I don't want to spend on a gas
cartridge and then have to replace it after a year even though it has
had little use. Especially if the next job is only a hundred nails or
so. But specs seem very coy about how long they last. This is unlikely
to be a problem if you are using it every day, but for occsional use...