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   MikeR | Jun 14, 2002 03:54am | #1

   Alex,

      I saw them being advertised at the local HD as coming soon.  I was excited as I already have the Duraspin and thought "Cool, that would go with my Dursapin"  But no, under closer examination, it doesn't use the same 14.4 battery!  What doofus at Senco came up with that engineeing idea?!  If you make a line of cordless tools, they should share the same power supply platform!!!

     Senco is on my $^%$ list anyway as now they sell the Duraspin with a free cutoff tool for the same price they were selling just the Durapsin last year.  I bought two Duraspins last year and after seeing the free cutoff tool, I emailed about buying a cutoff tool separately as it would be handy to have.  Was told they aren't being sold separately so basically I suffer for being an early buyer. 

      I guess from now on I won't buy new tools until they are out for a year or so?

   Mike

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   Piffin | Jun 14, 2002 04:40pm | #2

   " I guess from now on I won't buy new tools until they are out for a year or so?"

   That is a good buyers strategy. Your complaint is with their marketing department and not the engineering so please get over it and take them off your **** list for your own good.

   Take observations of what marketing strategies are used by diff tool companies:

   One I notice is that when there is suddenly a major price drop on a tool, it means that it is going to be replaced in about six weeks by the new updated version at a yet higher cost.

   Excellence is its own reward!

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   MikeR | Jun 14, 2002 09:52pm | #3

   Good point...

   But I DO have a beef with BOTH marketing AND engineering as marketing wouldn't be the one who designed the differing battery packs...just the free cutoff tool.

   Mike

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   btfptm | Jul 04, 2002 02:00am | #4

   just got the 18 gauge airfree works great even tho it takes a second to wind up,they say it shoots two per second,that could be close.My partner who"s been doing finish for about  twenty years says it"s totally cool and would be good even for production,it"s not like you do a lot of bounce nailing when finishing.It has good balance and sinks nails even in the maple we"ve been using,I"d say it"s an exclnt tool and if you"re doing pickup where you'd need to carry a compressor around it"s even better.see ya

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   Chart59 | Dec 11, 2002 06:35am | #5

   I'm interested in the Airfree nailer, but am worried that they may breakdown a lot.

   I've seen nothing but trouble with the Paslode cordless/fuel cell guns.

   - always breaking down. Loose wires a lot it seems.

   Have you had any trouble with the airfree? Are the nails the same price/

   same nail? as the senco air guns? can you toenail well with the airfree or is the nose too big? ( is it bigger than their airguns?)

   I love my Senco air gun, I've had it trouble free for years, until today, when the driver chipped. Still works but won't sink the nail. It was overdue, I have installed thousands of linear ft of trim with that gun.

   Is it much heavier than their air guns?

   Thanks for your thoughts!

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   dgarrison409 | Dec 11, 2002 11:02am | #6

   I've got one of the airfree nailers and am not happy with it at all. Seemed like a great idea when i bought it but it would never sink a 2" nail into solid wood even plywood on plywood blocking. After only a box or less of nails (5000) a small plunger fell out of the tip and it no longer works at all. I'm afraid it's too late to return it to HD/Lowes so do I spend money to repair a tool none of my guys like or just throw it in the dumpster.

   I really like the idea of a cordless nailer but they have never worked for us. The paslode gas guns were constantly needing to be cleaned and now the senco hasn't worked out either.

   Of course we run a production crew thattypically installs 1000' of trim per day using mostly Senco sfn40's so we may not be your average users. 

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   Chart59 | Dec 12, 2002 06:10am | #7

   Hi,

      Thanks for letting me know what you think of the Airfree. I use a snf1 and have had no trouble for years. Love that gun. I just figured that SENCOwouldn't go ahead and offer a product that wasn't great. Maybe they'll work out the kinks. I also drive lots of nails in a day, so I need something fast and dependable. Seemed too good to be true.

   Hey while I've got you here...ever have a driver chip or break? Mine just chipped on the end it looks like and it won't sink the nails now. I'll order a new driver and do the fix myself I guess. Ever do that? Is it hard? I've taken the nose apart a few times but never went into the main body, the piston area. Looks like that's where I'll be going to change the driver.... My fear? that I'll open it up and something will spring out and roll across the floor and i....won't know where to put it back,lol.

   any tips appreciated, thanks.

   Thanks again!

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   CAGIV | Dec 12, 2002 06:30am | #8

   Have the manufacturer send you out a schematic diagram of how it goes back together, you can see what's inside of it before you take it apart and know where everything goes when you put it back together.  The owners manual that came with it might also have one in there, I know a few of my tools books have had a schematic in them.

   But if you end up with extra parts they probably weren't needed anyway? right?

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   wspievak | Dec 12, 2002 06:32pm | #9

   I've used an Impulse II 16 ga nailer for four years now.  I clean it, as per the instructions once per week, when I'm using it.  Great for finish work.   The clients love that I don't have a compressor and air lines to drag through the house.  It costs time to clean and dollars to buy the butane.  I've got a second battery so that is no longer a problem.  I've only used it once in a new house when the dry wallers were smoothing the walls.  The dust played havoc with the gun,  so now use it for remodels only.