The Best Cordless Nail Gun: Toolsday 

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only things i can say for sure 100% is ; Hitachi (Metabo HPT) is the best framing nailer to me. i tried all three nailers in this video. I dropped all other two nailers. I was so frustrated with jamming, misfire, non-flushing nails, etc issues. i will never go back again to other two nailers, even someone gives big money to use them. Those issues while you are working, takes away your precious time. Only Hitachi framing nailer is the one that makes me satisfied. No jams, no misfires, all nails you fired flushed through so far. I love this nailer. I have been using hitachi nailer about a year.

I'm not an expert but the mechanism of each one were explained clear and detailed. Very useful for decision making. Thank you Kyle.

*Used this nail gun for framing my basement and it worked great **MyBest.Tools** Two downsides are weight and its not a 30 degree. For the cost it was perfect for completing my project. Worth every dime.*

The Hitachi is my favorite cordless tool i've bought to date. Quick tip, I oil the spring and slides monthly. Working around dirt will make the spring to snag when it gets dirty and the nails don't feed right causing blank fires and the nails to shoot sideways.

I teach building trades class and we purchased a couple of the Milwaukee M 18 framing nailers and they fire the nail as soon as you pull trigger, No waiting to spool up. The nailer has a very large rafter hook. It also can be adjusted for depth of the nail, in pine lumber they will drive nails about a 1/2 '' in depth. Good nailers!!

some tools come out every few years that make you think wow how did i ever do without this, like impact drivers, tracksaws, etc, the hitachi nail gun is my latest one

Hitachi has a 21 degree battery nailer too. If you have 21 degree nails for your air nailers, you can use them in the Hitachi 21 degree battery gun.

I got the Hitachi and absolutely love it. It's bulky and slightly heavy, but no compressor and air hose is amazing. Doesn't have a large capacity which is a negative. Also appears to be a pain to clear a jam which I have yet to have. Great review!!

I bought the hitachi a couple of weeks ago, it’s a freakin beast, shoots 90mm nails into high grade lvl all day long never leaves one proud, will never use my paslode again

I tried a Milwaukee cordless finish nailer and returned it. Bought a Dewalt framer and returned it. Bought a Bostitch cordless framer (28-degree wire weld as thats what I have pneumatic nails for) and returned it. The Hitachis are the only ones I like. It feels very similar to a pneumatic gun, and has NO problem sinking 3-1/2" framing nails even in the hard dense woods of my barn. They're great! In the last week got a 15ga finish, 16ga finish and a 18ga brad nailer.

I remember back in the day, when a Hitachi NR83 was around $400, and most guys were still swatting nails the hard way. Nowadays, anybody can afford a pneumatic gun, even if it's a brand no one's ever heard of. We've come a long way. I bought a DeWalt about a year ago, and I could barely believe that a battery-powered framer was even a real thing. The mechanical system that makes it work is a miracle unto itself, and it still amazes me that it actually *does* work. I've got a few dozen DeWalt tools and plenty of batteries, so I'm hesitant to buy anything that runs on a whole different battery platform, but I must admit, if the DeWalt ever craps out on me. I'd be really tempted to go green.

Didn't understand that rafter hanger at first, but it hangs nicely on window sills, headers, ladder rungs, top of walls, ladder blocks and other random blocking. All those places we wished we could hang the typical rafter hanger in the past. I think its great, I didnt think so at first.

Your Toolsday tool reviews are getting better. The first over was a bit shaky but now you seem to be getting the hang of it. Keep on keepin on!

good comparison explanation ... had all 3 guns and still use the DeWalt most often for convenience.

I’ve used the Paslode nailer and didn’t like it at all. While it is the lightest of the hose-less nailers and works decently well, there were too many cons. Expensive, constant maintenance, and the gas smell and refilling is not my cup of tea. The nailer also jammed regularly; strangely enough hitachi nails worked best in it as all other nails would constantly jam. I’ve also used the Bostich battery framer, for like one day before taking it back. Really can’t say anything good about it. It was slow firing, heavy, took long to spool up, and didn’t sink nails fully. The best thing I’ve done is to buy the hitachi nailer. Right out of the box it worked like a charm-quick firing, maintenance free, and the 3Ah batteries charge super fast. So fast in fact that you’ll only ever need 2 batteries, as the second one will be fully charged before you drain the one you’re using. While it is labeled as a clipped head nailer, I’ve also fired full head nails out of it without missing a beat. The auto-off feature can get a bit annoying but I think the biggest drawback to it, which is something that affects almost all current hose-less nailers, is the weight. Using this gun daily in a production environment could get very tiring. On the plus side, you won’t need a gym to build forearm muscles.

Great comparison and demo of the various technologies over the years. I remember seeing the Paslode nailer on This Old House years ago when they first came out. It certainly was a game changer.

I just switched all of my framing crews over to complete battery milwaukee. From nail gun to 7 1/4 saws. Best decision every. Takes about 3months per crew to be back in the black on tool purchasing. Time saved on rool up and roll out is great. Air is just now a backup resource.

Bought the Hitachi a month ago. It’s a little on the heavy side but I love it.

That hitachi rafter hook....😂😭😂hillarious, im a 20 year renovator and a " professional" youtuber , and i just found your channel ! Awesome content and god dam that garage of yours is what dreams are made of

There is nothing more satisfying than working with cool tools

You're the 2nd reviewer I've watched that has the hanger wrong, you can use it wide for throwing over joists etc or just rotated it 180 and it becomes thinner on the other side. Serves to protect the battery as it wraps over it also.

The crazy framer was using the dewalt in some crazy below zero weather and the dewalt failed miserably. He has beat his pasload to death and he is an animal when it comes to framing. Pasload in his hands looks to reign supreme. He is on RU-vid and frames houses by himself. CRAZY FRAMER.

I frame for a living, I never had any luck with cordless nailers. All toys that just didn’t last in a production setting. I wasted a lot of money for these over the years. I will occasionally use a cordless when bracing rafters. Otherwise a pneumatic is the way to go.

We now have 2 Hitachi guns, best investment. Another thing to mention is the power of the Hitachi compared to the paslode, especially when shooting into LVLs or glulams. Hitachi wins any day of the week. We also have 1 gun with big rafter hook for hanging over brick walls and 1 with small hook for hanging on rafters. The small hook comes off the 16g brad gun.

Still have the old Bostich air gun for big nail days, have the same paslode and still love it for interior walls and last year i bought the new dewalt spiker, very good working gun, bit heavy and your right the rafter hook sucks. Not so bad I don’t use it every day, you just have to be aware of it. Funny how we had the same framing nailer transition....lol

Look at the way that the paslodes hook is attached. It's kinda swivels so when you want to hang it on the rafter it is long and when it's closed it makes it possible to hang on your pants, just like a drill. It's pretty smart.

I purchased the dewalt 30 deg Thurs morning by 20 clips of 2 3/8" nails it lock jammed (nail missed going out and locked upd) 6 times on a roof decking and it wouldn't set up to flush for my zip board ...it WAS returned by evening and purchased the Hitachi 30 deg.....due to a storm, I haven't gotten to use except testing. It sounded and felt much stronger. I just started using the Zip board and this "flush nail" recommendation I couldn't consistantly acquire with the 2nd gen Paslode 15 deg framer.

I picked up that Hitachi for $25. Very impressed with it.

@RR Buildings where did you get the smaller rafter hook for this?

The Hitachi, now called Metablo (Got mine at Lowes 399) may be cheaper somewhere else, it is a incredible gun so far, one of the best as of 4/8/20. No ramp up time, a little heavy, but drives the nail incredible.

DeWalt just released a new framing nailer yesterday. Seems pretty nice. Hitachi is now renamed Metabo here in US. I'm hoping Hitachi does not start carrying Metabo prices. I hate yet to see a cordless nailgun work as fast as a pneumatic. But I dont frame or roof for a living so I dont need speed.

Excellent in depth look into the hows and whys of these three major nail guns. Thank you.

Great video. Love the Paslode but it does jam and get dirty a lot. LOVE my Paslode trim nailer

I just bought the metabo nailer and would like to swap out the rafter hook. Where did you get the smaller rafter hook??

cordless framers are good for punchlist stuff. For any real framing you still cant beat a pneumatic coil framer. Ive been running my Bostitch n80 coil nailer daily for over 20 years. It has never let me down. I just do a yearly o ring replace as well a new trigger.

i have the hitachi, great unit but yeah, heavy. it uses a closed loop compressor system which is the noise your hear after you fire a nail.

I'm 53 and have invested in Senco framers as well as my old Porter cable framers from years ago when they were still quality. I run a nice oiled compressor and also have Senco, Bostich and PC finish nailers. I'm just not going to invest thousands of follars replacing guns at my age. I have a lot of battery tools, but I'll stick with air and hoses even though I know they can be annoying

Try all into oak or in 1 inch exterior ply . Try nailing a timber into a block wall . All are fine on soft wood or general work . But very hard materials like 1 inch exterior ply the paslode is the best

I bought 2 new Dewalt nailes like the one you are showing and the bump mode did not work on either of these. The one also jammed constantly on #8 nails. I took both back and bought a Hitachi and have had no issues with it. I have a friend that also has a Hitachi for 5+ years and never has had a jam with it on #16 nor #8. I don't like the head/activating foot as well on the Hitachi as the prongs are shorter so it is harder to activate it in tight places where the gun needs to be tilted back for nailing.

Thinking about getting the hitachi framer. Where did I purchase the new rafterhook?

Hi, A good addition to your talk on these battery guns, is to advise when you buy one of these battery / flywheel/ belt driven nailers, buy a few parts like the drive belt, drive pin etc ( parts that are likely to need replacing) Reason for this is when your gun stops working in 5 years time, some parts might not be available / hence throw it away. But if you had those parts , you could extend the life of the gun x 2 . Then throw it away.

Great review. Can I ask where you got the replacement rafter hook for the Hitachi? Thanks

great video i have both Paslod and Dewalt love both but the cost of gas and your right always runs out when you need it

I run a dewalt framer for punch work, I’ve fired 1000’s of nails through the first one before it went down. Ended up buying a 2nd definitely worth it. I use dewalt and Milwaukee tools so I have plenty of batteries. Don’t know why people don’t like them. I now run 3 for framing punch on huge apartments. I like how the hitachi seems even better just hate how I wouldn’t have extra batteries. I also own dewalts trim nailer 18 gauge and works well too. I still have several paslodes but only run them when I have a bigger crews with now power near by.

I owned two Paslodes. Sold both of them. Initially very handy. But required constant servicing and was forever cleaning the chamber and ports due to the gas process forming soot that clung to the internal parts. Went back to air.

I like the big rafter hook, I can hook it on 2x or the 4x when the framing interior 2x4 walls. It holds on. Who cares if the gun leans sideways?

i bought the Hitachi and i love it..

Most kiwi builders have been using the Paslode battery/gas nailers 10-15 years now... only on the really big commercial sites you may see the odd compressor and pneumatic nailer, but even then most are cordless. Only in the last few years are we now starting to switch to the battery compressed air nailers, like the DeWalt or Hitachi. I have the Hitachi nailer and love it

Thank you for your review. I'm looking for a hoseless framing gun at present. I have a dinosaur paslode. I've been holding out for Senco to make a framer like their hoseless fusion line up. I absolutely love my fusion trim gun. It's similar to the Hitachi in that it uses a recycled nitogen filled cylinder. I'm new to your channel but you might be interested in the fusion gun.

Hitachi for the Win I believe! I’m a Dewalt fan but man it’s loud and slower.

Just like the guns the show has evolved! Toolsday is even better then Casey's donuts😎

10:34 The battery compresses the cylinder by driving the piston into the cylinder and squeezing the trigger releases the piston which then shoots out due to the high pressure

Also need info on that replacement rafter hook you swapped out !!! 😎

I have the very first Paslode they came out with and its still going strong. I will admit I don't take the best care of it so its been tough. I think I have cleaned and oiled it 1 time since I bought it. It is aggerating having to make sure you have the battery charged but I bought and extra so I always have a hot one.

Where is the smaller rafter hook for the hitachi from?

Looks like Amazon shows the Hitachi framer as discontinued by the manufacturer, yet it's still for sale. Not many to choose from other than what you have, all good n the 350 range, good video man, Jimmy is awesome btw

My boss bought 3 Milwaukee framing nailers a year and a half ago and all 3 of them have been to Milwaukee atleast twice because they would grind gears or wouldn't sinks nails

I have the Paslode framing nailer and everything you said is true about it. Then I also have the trim nailer which the battery looks the same but will only work in it's own machine, This is my second Paslode framing nailer. I noticed on trimming nailer the gas bottle should be remove or it drains away.I had a coil nail gun which ran off an air hose, that thing was so touchy might have 3 nails back to back come out

I just bought a Hitachi collated screw gun on close out at Lowe’s. I was really concerned that my Hitachi tools would be useless since they got bought out. The customer service staff at Metabo assured me they are keeping all of Hitachi’s parts in stock for at least 10 years and that all the batteries will be the same on both platforms. So if you run Hitachi batteries, scoot down to Lowe’s and buy them up at close out costs.

I bought the Hitachi nail gun last year or as it is now called hikoki, only because the warranty purpose which is 6 years, used it for a lot of tasks making decking, renovations, can say it is a beast eyes closed however it is very heavy compared to the paslode but that is not a bother due to not using it consistently

I do like my dewalt so versatile with other tools in the same platform, Hitachi have always had great pneumatic nailers and this gun looks to keep that trend going 👍

Man I’ve just come across your channel and I’ve been watching your videos flat out for days. Your gun review is spot on, I run a prefab panel operation and we use pneumatic hitachi nailers in the factory and I have 2 that have done probably 6 million nails and only had to replace one hammer so far. We have some paslodes but they won’t sink a nail into lvl which we use exclusively so for site erection I end up having to set up the compressor and run lines. Tried the dewalt and took it back after an hour as it left the nails 15mm proud and it jammed ALOT. I’ve been looking at the hitachi and think I’ll be off to get one now.

Where does one find that aftermarket rafter hook for the Hitachi nailer?

Bought a Milwaukee 16 gauge, one thing I like is no ramp up time like I with noticed with makita. I'm not sure about others ramp up time, but Milwaukee has zero. I wish the tip was more narrow,

Should talk about the degree of nailer & why chose it..... Would be interesting to hear that, along w/ availability of fasteners etc... Also, maybe a new vid w/ new Milwaukee nailers coming out....update to this vid, maybe? Thx for vid👍🏻

The bump fire is essential for me lol

Love my paslode impulse.

Mate do you happen to have a link as to where I can find the smaller hook for the hitachi. The big one is bloody ridiculous.

Great video. Big thumbs up👍👍

I wish Milwaukee had a battery operated framing nailer. I think it will be the best of the best

Love the Metabo, but hate the power button. I mostly only use Metabo, so I am going to keep rolling with it, but many times I am not in a good position to turn the gun back on when I am trying to shoot.

💥💥AWESOME video thank you. Where can I buy that smaller rafter hook for the Metabo?

I really enjoy your videos, thank you

I still use pneumatic. As a barn builder withseven guys shooting 8 boxes of nails a day, battery is a pain

I've used a Paslode before and I actually like the smell of that gas!

Oh yeah, ive been waiting for a cordless nail gun review.

Have the Hitachi. had to buy the bigger rafter hook as the smaller one wil NOT hang on 4x2 or similer

I use a cordless hilti nail gun and i love it!

I wonder when Milwaukee will come out with one.

Oh great. I’m in the market for a cordless nail gun!

Nothing, and I mean nothing beats a pneumatic hitachi framing nailer. The cordless is ok, but can come nowhere close to competing with a pneumatic tool. I need bump fire mode, and you can't do that with the battery operated gun it just doesn't have the same amount of power. The cordless is ok for little projects around the house, or for plumbers that only need to put a nail here and there, but I frame houses, and the cordless comes nowhere close to the pneumatic gun.

In this video dewalt stands for bumpfire hitachi for quit noise

Paslode Fuel cells supposed to last around 1000 nails. But paslode is best in my opinion not as bulky and uncomfortable to carry around all day. Batteries are good that they can't be used in anything else so you know you always have a battery in your gun

Hitachi/Hikoki nail guns are the best.....I have tried them all

The dewalt hate it it sucks it mess up in the middle of work and takes to much sometimes the last one is the best try it it works great and it a lot faster then the dewalt

Hard to beat the Passlaod if you don't mind buying the gas....I still use an air nailer for everything except framing my roofs...Nice vid...

I still choose a gas nailer over the battery powered ones..... in terms of performance and weight they outperform anything else on the market. The money for gas is insignificant as I cost in into the job. I would consider a battery powered 16g brad nailer as weight is not an issue for finished carpentry. But for a first fix nail gun, when i'm climbing around on a roof stepping on joists and rafters i prefer the light weight of the gas nailer.

Great video!!!

Did you get the latest dewalt nailer yet? I got one seems really nice to me

Where did you buy the shorter rafter hook at thanks

Thank you for these videos! So helpful! I am not sure if I will ever need a nail gun but it is good to know about them. 👍🏼

Just so everyone knows they sell a tool to recharge these it is a must have my gun is two years old and now works better than new.

Awesome guns. But can you tell me where did you buy the hook for the metabo hpt

When you hit 100k subs you should lay out every power tool, battery and charger you have.

For that nail gun there is a 36v 18v will last all day is also 4.0 power

Great comparison. I wish you would have shot the pneumatic nailer side by side as well. I have an old HITACHI NR83A3 framing nailer, still works great, but I don't do much framing anymore, mostly office renovations these days, so next to no framing. The idea of a hoseless or cordless framing nailer is welcome, I doubt I'll ever be in the market, but your comparison is certainly useful, thanks! Cheers from Tokyo

I love my hitachi , I just wish it was lighter lol. I hate the rafter hook as well .

What are you using for a cordless 1/2 crown stapler? Paslode discontinued the one you use in your videos.

Great review! Looks like Hitachi for the win! Lifetime warranty is also a big plus..