Bostitch PN100K Impact Nailer Kit

It is not a cordless tool. Using the search options here, this kept coming up as "cordless". You must have a compressor.

That pesky detail out of the way, I'm not a huge fan of this tool though I imagine some bit of that is inexperience with it..not for lack of trying. In the most recent event, I tried in a somewhat awkward position and jammed more nails in crooked and bent than I cared to count. Those buggers don't like coming back out which is generally a good thing except with me holding the tool. It is oddly heavy for a small looking tool and a bit awkward depending on the size of your hands (yes, I'm a woman). I'll keep trying but in the meantime, I bought a plain old boring gun type nailer as I needed to finally sink those nails in that awkward spot and with a confident grip on the handle. Ignore my review if your a seasoned user...I'm aiming more at the population I'm in. Fairly handy woman around the house with most power tools (as no one else is going to do it for me and especially at my price. :o) This nailer and I simply did not perform well together as I'd hoped.

I think what bothered me too was the ineffectual instructions if you have not used a palm nailer before. I actually contacted the company with a reasonable inquiry (meaning before event and not in the middle of my digging nails back out hissy fit)...no response.

All in all, go with the good reviews here but if you're like me in any way...just think about what you need it for and which is going to be the easiest for YOU to handle.

This is a most handy tool especially in those cases where it would be difficult to swing a hammer. The price is right and comes in a convenient carrying case. It is a tad heavy but not objectionally so. A very nice addition to ones tool array.

I had to purchase some alternative to a hammer because I have carpol tunnel and tennis elbow. It was exactly what I needed. Hardly any vibration and no kick back at all. It amazes me every time I drive a nail in with this tool how fast it is. I wish I had bought one a long time ago for hammering in between studs when you don't have room for a back swing. I've also used it to drive in 3 inch drywall screws. I predrilled the material I was hammering of course to avoid splitting. I could have paid less for a cheaper version but I went with the name Bostitch that I was familier with. I thought about the Dewalt and would have paid the extra $15 for it but the Bostich came with a nice case and three different length hammer heads and a spare seal kit.
I let my 81 year old dad borrow it once and he imediately ordered one to.
This is a great tool!

Nailer works well. The leather cover -- be careful how you put it on. It was partially buttoned in the package, and so that implied it went on backwards from how it should. Align the opening to the side with the air intake.

My cover ripped when putting it on the first time, obviously, a fault in how thin the leather is. Emailing the Bostitch customer service resulted in receiving an offer for them to replace it... for thirty-six dollars, even though the nailer was brand new. So, I guess don't expect anything like the leather to be covered under warranty.

I just got the nailer and haven't used it yet - but I wanted to give people who have this nailer or who are reading the other reviews some guidance for putting on the leather cover. It seems to be baffling folks - but since my previous palm nailer from Harbor Freight had a similar cover I could figure it out.

Put the silver ring around the nose - then loosely wrap the leather cover around the nailer so that the large hand loop is on the back side. Pass each of the 3 larger straps (they have the 'male' side of the snap) from the inside (nailer side) of the ring OUT through the ring and then push them over the edge of the ring to reach each of the female sides of the snaps. They should be at 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The last one is tough to get it to reach, but it will get there if you pull. Try wetting the leather a little to get it to stretch.

The smaller snaps encircle the male compressor coupler. Again, the last one takes a little work but it will go.

My impression of the nailer is that it seems solid - but it is heavy feeling. I was thinking of getting the PN50 because it weighs just a pound and I only use this for nailing TECO nails (joist hanger nails). I'll see how it goes on the job...