Review- New DeWalt 18 volt, 18 gauge brad nailer

Bump for the ones who missed.

I installed about 100 feet of crown yesterday and I’m still impressed. Perfect deph setting and shooting the thin part on outside miters didnt split the wood. Battery lasts a long time.

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Sounds like the next wave of nailers could be battery powered. I just finally got tooled up with some that run off my compressor, so I guess it was inevitable that the technology would change.

I saw a kit at Lowes the other day that uses a belt mounted small tank that is refillable, but this sounds even better. Congratulations on your purchase. Sounds like your a satisfied customer. I have to admit that I love my newly purchased nailers – especially my pin nailer!

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JGCW, when you say the battery lasts a long time, I’m wondering how long that is. Any idea roughly?

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Chip, I would say you could shoot 20 full clips of nails from the DeWalt guns.

I installed a kitchen recently and on one battery I nailed alll of the 1/4” toe kicks down. I also hung a 3 piece crown all the way around the kitchen. I put it away, so I dont know how much longer it would have went.

I’m pretty sold on Dewalt cordless. In the field or at home it’s nice to have the same battery system.

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I have the CO2 regulator from Lowes. It’s not a perfect system, but I learned to work around it’s flaws. For around $100 you can turn all your existing nail guns cordless. Hook up an airbrush and paint all night long without bothering anyone since it’s so quiet. I blogged about it here.

-- Thuan

Thuan,

Lowes has them marked down right now to $50 – from $90 (Kobalt brand).

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Im a “yellow fan” but never did like the cordless Dewalt nailers. I picked one up at HD and found it to be heavy and clunky.

Neat setup Thuan.

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Yeah I’ll admit my 16 gauge is on the heavy side but it has a nice balance. And its much lighter than a compressor which is gathering dust in the shop now. :)

The 18 gauge is alot lighter. A real joy to work with.

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