Howdy,
I've had to do quite a bit of work on my home and want to get a brad nailer for my trim work. I have a pancake air compressor but I'm leaning towards a battery powered nailer. It will get light use so I don't need something that I'd expected to be used more than a few times a year. Can y'all give me some cost effective options? Thanks!

I've got staplers, bradders, pinners, narrow crown, wide crown staplers….

Various brands from craftsman, to Pittsburgh, to Bostitch and and some others. My Bostitch is really nice.

For trim, I really like headless pinners.

corded or battery? If you already have tools that use a battery (dewalt, ryobi, ....) then you could just get one from that brand.

I have gotten many a mile out of Hitachi(now Metabo), but they're all pneumatic.

Flashdiaz said:

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corded or battery? If you already have tools that use a battery (dewalt, ryobi, ....) then you could just get one from that brand.

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I've got plenty of dewalt tools so I will probably look there first. But I'm open to something different if need be.

SoulSlaveAG2005 said:

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Harbor freight. Sign up for the mailer. Clip coupon and get one for $29.

Works like a charm.

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That. I have a Bostich roofing nailer. Got sideways with it on a patio cover roof and somehow the cap of the roofing nail sheared off and got wedged in and trapped the striker. Had a time constraint and bought a HF one as a backup. Worked just as well as the Bostich wrapping up that roof and several other sheds. I also got one of their framing nailers that seemed to be as good as a Campbell Hausfeld.

If you don't expect having a lot more work to do with it down the line, just go to Harbor Freight. If you want a real name brand, go look at pawn shops. There's no use spending brand new name brand money on something you wont' use very often.

Ryan the Temp said:

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If you don't expect having a lot more work to do with it down the line, just go to Harbor Freight. If you want a real name brand, go look at pawn shops. There's no use spending brand new name brand money on something you wont' use very often.

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I think I'll go the harbor freight option here. Thanks everyone!

Flashdiaz said:

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corded or battery? If you already have tools that use a battery (dewalt, ryobi, ....) then you could just get one from that brand.

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this right here!

I bought a pneumatic ridgid for 99 bucks from home depot that works great....just a PITA to get move the compressor and cord around, upstairs, downstairs around the house around the garage....get a battery one that uses whatever battery system you already have to make your life easier!

FYI...don't ever buy tools from Harbor Freight...no matter how "inexpensive" it is LOL.