Arrow Fastener ET200 Heavy Duty Electric Nail Gun, shoots up to 1 1.4-Inch Brads

I purchased this tool to assemble some of my beekeeping equipment, mainly the frames that go inside the bee hive. It worked Great! Saved me alot of time nailing by hand. I used the 1 1/4" Brad Nail. And I assembled 120 frames in less that half the time it took by hand nailing. All Brads went in just fine, no problems. I then tried to nail a 1/2" piece of plywood to a 2x4 for a test and it sunk it in to the top of the brad, no extra nailing! I got this because i was not ready to full air setup, just needed something inexpensive that got the job done. I think the poeple who had problems with it did not buy the correct brads.

The print in the manual is so small that a person with 20/20 vision, using a medical grade magnifying glass can't read it. I found a copy of the manual on line and printed that and the print was only marginally larger. Next I'm going to try enlarge the images on my PC and do screen prints so I can hopefully read how to use this thing.What I was able to read was on the device that it was made in China. Won't be buying this brand again. May return it if I can ever read how to use it and it doesn't work. Looking for MADE IN AMERICA products going forward.I typed all this up on the ARROW page and just when I was ready to submit it their site "Encounter a problem" and all I typed was lost. HUM?1 star for now. May update and upgrade rating if I ever get this thing going and it actually works better than the manual.

This gun does perfect job for what it was intended. Read instructions, apply pressure to keep it from bouncing back and use proper extension cord. This is great tool for light work. I’ve been using this gun to attach paneling in my basement, it does works well, and I don’t mind occasionally to use a hammer to sink nail deeper in.

...and ONLY if, your stock is 100% flat and ONLY if you can use the recommended two-hand hold.- If you cannot use both hands, be prepared for the brads to drive incompletely, requiring later touch up.- And if your stock is not 100% flat, then you will not be able to use this item at all. It has a badly misdesigned "safety lock" which must be depressed in order for the nailer to work. This is impossible on stock that has any degree of curvature in it (such as crown molding, for example).- If you can live with these limitations, then great - this is a big $ savings over buying a compressor and brad nailer attachment. I can't.- Unable to recommend - this is one case where you should buy the alternative rather than this thing. For these significant limitations, it is over-priced.

I read the other reviews and went ahead and bought this item, even though most of the other reviews were down around the 1-star area. I needed to tack down some molding quickly and my eyesight and dexterity aren't suited for hand-tacking. I lost my old Black and Decker brad gun and the brads the Stanley 2-in-1 I got for stapling insulation were way too small to go through the molding, so I looked here for a new nail gun.I don't have hundreds to spend on a cordless and don't have a compressor, so the only real choice for 1" or longer brads was the Arrow. Got it in one day (thanks Prime) and was pleased to find it took my old Black and Decker brads. Others have mentioned, the packing is pro, in a nice hard case that hold the gun and several packs of brads. The gun has a plastic sleeve for the nail guide to prevent scratching, but it can be removed if desired for a tight fit. There is also a "nail light" for those of you that want to nail in the dark, I guess.So I did my first strip of molding and got some of the same results the one-star reviewers saw - heads that stuck up and I needed to use a punch to finish them. So I went back and read the manual, trying to see if there was some form of tension adjustment like the Stanley 2-in-1 has and couldn't find one, but I did see they recommended 2-handed operation, with one hand pressing on the tower while the other pulls the trigger.So I did my second strip using the two-hand technique and - perfect! 1" brads through the molding, through the drywall and into the studs with counter-sunk heads! Exactly what I needed. Don't know if I would get the same results with harder woods (mine were pine studs with mahogany and plastic moldings), but it did what I wanted at a nice price, so I'm happy.

Did not go through 1" baseboards. I ended up having to hammer in more than 75% of what I drive in with this nail gun. So for about 20 baseboards, say 12 brads each, I had to hammer in 180 of them. This product is very weak, that's just how it is.

For those who think there is a problem with this, REMEMBER it means what it says about the amps. I made my own 12 ga extensions for use with a generator and I strongly urge you to use nothing less then 14 ga as long as it is short. Also, if your house wiring is old or there are a lot of things on the circuit you use this nailer on, you will probably have problems with it not driving the nail all the way in. Don't blame the nailer, IT IS ALL ABOUT POWER.

Do not waste your money or time buying this item, it will not last. We purchased one from Amazon to put up pine trim in our kitchen. It shot 6 brads before malfunctioning and did not work again. We then purchased a replacement at a local home improvement store, so we could finish our project and the same thing happened. Our kitchen lights flickered each time we pulled the trigger, as well. Total piece of junk. We wasted our time and money, buy a real nail gun or use a hammer, you will have a better result.