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islandbayy

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  1. Hello, new user here, actually registered to comment just on this post & tool. I have a small Motel in the Wisconsin Dells, and this past COVID year I took the slow rental spring (due to the lockdowns) to start renovating our 15 units. So far I have installed Pine Planking ceilings and a couple walls (Limited only due to material availability!) in half our units. I like my Milwaukee tools, they get a absolute work out from me keeping up with repairs and what these people do to our poor units. As such it was a no brainer to get the 18 ga brad nailer. Looking at my receipts, I've run about 30,000 nails through the nailer to install these ceilings. As far as my recollection, I've only had 3 bad nails total. That includes jam ups. I am not counting nails where I hit something such as another nail or screw behind the celling. you get the idea. Either way, I need to say this nailer has been ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Not needing the air lines and what not has been a godsend. It allowed me to quickly go in a unit, and to a bedroom or living room and get out quickly to get some work done before the next guest checked in. It has required virtually no maintenance. The best part of all, I'm using the absolute cheapest possible nails I could find, HARBOR FREIGHT! 1000 nails for less than $2 + Free flashlight..... Drive past HFT anyways, so I have about 30 flashlights... Put them in the office and give them to kids to use at night around the yard and camp fire! So finally my wood planks got back in stock, just picked up another 200 bundles of them, so another 2,800 sq ft of planking to install. So ONE BIG NOTE! THERE ARE MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF THE MILWAUKEE NAILER! There is a Gen 1, which was absolute garbage according to friends that had one (didn't know until after I purchased mine), and Gen 2, which is ROCK SOLID. I was lucky enough to get one of the Gen 2's. MAKE SURE YOU GET A GEN 2!!!!! I use my 1.5 ah battery on my nailer to cut the weight down. I get about 650 nails per charge on my 8 year old 1.5zh battery. . Usually I'm tired and ready to take a break or call it quits for the day after that. Now, I also have battery adapters that let me use my Milwaukee batteries on Harbor Freight's Bauer, DeWalt, Makita, and RYOBI. I do pickup tools from Direct Tool, RYOBI, I go RYOBI for those nice to have's but not used frequently. From DT, The RYOBI usually ends up being even half to a third the cost of even harbor freight! I had the option of getting the RYOBI 18ga brad nailer for $70, or the Milwaukee for $280. In this case, I'm glad I got the Milwaukee. My DT store here (Tourist city, and all the locals know each other) let me bring a battery in and a box of nails + piece of 2x4 wood. While it worked, and did it's job, the additional weight, and slower nail rate was a bit turn off. Especially doing ceilings. #1, the weight of holding the tool up, #2 the slower speed. While doing a ceiling, when I'm ready to pickup the tool to nail the planking, I want to go "Boom Boom Boom" done. Not "Boom, wait, Boom, wait, Boom". Takes longer and more fatigue. For someone doing small projects. For those curious, www.SandriftResort.com is our Motel.
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