brad nailer/air compressor combos

I think it was "[email protected]" <[email protected]> who stated:

>I'm in the market for a brad nailer/air compressor combo for $180-$200,
>or so. Porter-Cable, Campbell-Hausfeld, Bostitch and others in this
>price range seem fairly comparable. Do any of the various brands stand
>out as especially good or especially not good for any of you folks?

Based on other folks' recommendations and the performance of my palm
nailer, I'm going with Senco when I take the plunge. (I already have a
compressor . . . .)

-Don
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[email protected] wrote:
> I'm in the market for a brad nailer/air compressor combo for $180-$200,
> or so. Porter-Cable, Campbell-Hausfeld, Bostitch and others in this
> price range seem fairly comparable. Do any of the various brands stand
> out as especially good or especially not good for any of you folks?
>
> Thanks
>
> Lynn Willis
> Indianapolis
> [email protected]

I can't speak for the compressor, but I really like my PC brad nailer.
bc

I bought the PC compressor/brad nailer combo in 1997. The compressor died
in 2003 and the brad gun is still going strong. I'm a carpenter, so the
compressor got used pretty much daily for about 6 years. I'd say I got my
money's worth. Highly recommended. --dave



"bc" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> [email protected] wrote:
>> I'm in the market for a brad nailer/air compressor combo for $180-$200,
>> or so. Porter-Cable, Campbell-Hausfeld, Bostitch and others in this
>> price range seem fairly comparable. Do any of the various brands stand
>> out as especially good or especially not good for any of you folks?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Lynn Willis
>> Indianapolis
>> [email protected]
>
> I can't speak for the compressor, but I really like my PC brad nailer.
> bc
>

Thu, Oct 12, 2006, 6:26am (EDT-3) [email protected] doth queryeth:
I'm in the market for a brad nailer/air compressor combo for $180-$200,
or so. Porter-Cable, Campbell-Hausfeld, Bostitch and others in this
price range seem fairly comparable. Do any of the various brands stand
out as especially good or especially not good for any of you folks?

My older son says my HF brad nailer works just fine - cost about
$20. I've got a little $50-60 compressor that should be great with it.
I dunno tho, he "borrowed" the brad nailer before I had a chance to use
it, haven't seen it since.

Unless you plan to do a whole lot of brad nailing, I'd get as big a
compressor as I could afford, you never know when you'll need the extra
capacity.



JOAT
It's not hard, if you get your mind right.
- Granny Weatherwax

Campbell-Hausfeld

That's the brand you will see if you look up "terrible customer service" in
the dictionary.


J.C.

On 12 Oct 2006 06:26:29 -0700, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I'm in the market for a brad nailer/air compressor combo for $180-$200,
>or so. Porter-Cable, Campbell-Hausfeld, Bostitch and others in this
>price range seem fairly comparable. Do any of the various brands stand
>out as especially good or especially not good for any of you folks?
>
>Thanks
>
>Lynn Willis
>Indianapolis
>[email protected]

I just got the PC kit with finish nailer, brad nailer, stapler and it
all seems pretty good. All these oil-less compressors run pretty loud,
though.

I would have taken a good look at the Senco kit if I could have found
one around here.

In article <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm in the market for a brad nailer/air compressor combo for $180-$200,
>or so. Porter-Cable, Campbell-Hausfeld, Bostitch and others in this
>price range seem fairly comparable. Do any of the various brands stand
>out as especially good or especially not good for any of you folks?

I'm *real* happy with the Porter-Cable combo I bought about a year ago.

>Lynn Willis
>Indianapolis

I'm in Indy too (NW side, near Lafayette Square). If you want to drop by some
time and take a test-drive, let me know -- my real email address is below.

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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.