Opinions of a 1st home compressor/nailer kit

[mcfriendly]

I want to purchase a finish nailer for occasional uses around the house. Any opinions? Porter Cable? Seneco, Maikia? other? It must be portable. Where is the best place to buy?

Thanks Kent

[cm]

Kent,

Go to HD or Lowe's and buy their little compressors that are set up like a rolling suit case with wheels and an extending handle to pull it with. They are around $100.00. Buy your brad nailer at Harbor Freight. They have one that will shoot up to 2" brads for $19.99. We have used them for the last few years in our home repair business and are very pleased with both the gun and compressor.

cm

[Toller]

If you want it really portable, and will use it on nothing more than a finishing nailer, the little Senco is marvelous. Light, quiet, and rather cute; but not much capacity. It took me 5 minutes to add 5 psi to a SUV tire.

I have used HF and Dewalt nailers. The HF works okay, but just feels cheap; the Dewalt is nicer. Now, whether that translates into product life or whatever, I can't say.

[Tom The Great]

I picked up a Porter Cable kit, compressor brad and finish nailer. It was accidently marked down at the big orange store, and I love it. Small enough to be one person portable, but large enough to not cycle as much.

Oh, to sweeten the deal, PC had a mail in rebate for a air stapler too. :)

Just my option...

tom @

[Keith Williams]

I have the same kit, but it came with the stapler. I like it a lot, though it is quite noisy. I put it in the corner of my basement and plumbed 1/2" copper around the basement and out to the garage. I also put a connection by the stairs so with 50' of line I can reach anywhere in the house (I'm in the process of re-doing all my trim). It's rather nice to have air anywhere you need it. I've also added an HF framing nailer and a Bostich siding nailer from ebay.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

You can add Bostich to the list too. The are all pretty good. I have Porter Cable.

This is a good deal, IMO.

Coastal Tool is a good outfit.

[Oren]

That is a good deal. My kit, when purchased had only two guns and only a 25 foot hose and no canvas bag.

This deal has a 40 foot hose, one more gun and the bag.

-- Oren

"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly."

[Pete C.]

Coastal is a better than good outfit. I used to go there back when they were in their old location in Hartford with less than zero parking and I hate places with crappy parking.

Pete C.

[lwasserm]

For occasional use it's hard to beat Harbor Freight

[Larry Jaques]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:37:34 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, [e-mail] () quickly quoth:

Yeah. I redid my soffit trim with one (on sale for $15) when I replaced some of my rotted fascia boards. (The lightweight spruce is sure nice!) I then bought their 1/4" crown stapler for $25. Both have performed well each time I've used them.

Their 1/2" crown stapler is TEN BUCKS right now on coupon special. It'd work better than the 1/4" for upholstery, so...here I go again.

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