Thread: AEG cordless nail gun 18 volt

With the picture now.

not good reviews....

18-Volt Cordless 15-Gauge Angled Finish Nailer-R250AF18 at The Home Depot

I bought the Dewalt 16g angle C nailer, and one of the guys at work bought the Senco Fusion and we gave them both a comparison run, and both the Dewalt & the Senco were about par in performance. The Dewalt was a titch quieter, and the Senco was lighter in weight, But i am used to the heft of the Dewalt which works with you to avoid recoil. The Senco is a fine unit, but so it should be at nearly double the price i paid for the Dewalt.

I just wish Makita get their act together, as i didnt want another brand of battery/charger, but i had no choice.

Having used the cordless 18V Dewalt, i couldnt go back to normal finish guns for site work. They make life so easy. Well worth the money

I got mine from this guy. Dewalt DC618K 18V Cordless 1-1/4'' - 2-1/2'' 16 Gauge 20° Angled Finish Nailer Kit - Dewalt - POWER TOOLS

G

Thanks G for the link to those reviews. I'm a bit surprised that more people (in Australia) haven't tried this gun because a mainstream seller like Bunnings sell it and you don't have to stuff around with gas. The reviews are mixed so still difficult to make up one's mind but am leaning now toward a Paslode. Trouble is I like the Paslode framer as well as the fixer.....

i saw this the other day i was thinking about getting one, as i hate paslode fix out guns as they always casue me drama's we use dewalt ones but you ended up buying gas nails and not uisng the gas as its the quickets way of getting nails.

I go to United Tools to get the 20° nails, an oversight on my part, as Roger has the straight version as well as the angled version. I should have got the straight nail version.

Looked at the Paslode, but many had said that unless you use them everyday, they can be problematic with the Gas going off. I have a hard enough time getting a whipper snipper started, i didnt need the same from a nail gun

The Dewalt is heavy, as i have said before, but this is handy when firing into hardwood, as it avoids kickback and secondary firings.

The AEG looks good, i Have picked it up and have gone over it at Bunnings, but would love to see it in action to compare it to the Dewalt and Senco.

Originally Posted by GCP310

The AEG looks good, i Have picked it up and have gone over it at Bunnings, but would love to see it in action to compare it to the Dewalt and Senco.

i was almost going to get bunnings to let me have a try of it today but unsure if they do that.

Originally Posted by Gaza

i was almost going to get bunnings to let me have a try of it today but unsure if they do that.

I tried at my local Bunnings and they weren't prepared to do this, not even their demonstration model.

Originally Posted by Tiger

I tried at my local Bunnings and they weren't prepared to do this, not even their demonstration model.

they are just asking for returns with that

Hey guys we are the warranty service centre for AEG & take care of the Bunnings servicing & warranty repairs. All we can say is we havent seen any in for repair yet.

Paslodes can be a bit of a hassle gun when not taken care of. The best advise we can give with the paslode is after shooting when doing fix outs dont put it onthe floor as it will suck the fine dust thru filters & reduce life in between services. One of our customers uses a milk crate to keep it off the ground when he puts the gun down,it increased the life of the gun inbetween servicing by 4months.

Senco gun has been a hot seller as you dont need gas with the nails as it recycles its own gas.

Originally Posted by VEK TOOLS

Senco gun has been a hot seller as you dont need gas with the nails as it recycles its own gas.

There is a cool video of this on the Senco website. It uses a pressurized Nitrogen canister, and a motor to pull the firing pin back, as soon as you pull the trigger it releases the firing pin.

The Dewalt uses a flywheel spinning at a high RPM, that then engages the firing pin, thats why its important NOT to use any lube on the Dewalt like you normally would a pneumatic gun. This would cause the flywheel to slip and thus affect the driving force of the firing pin. It would be safe to say the AEG works on the same principal.

Used my Dewalt all day today knocking up carcases, works flawlessly, very happy with it.

we sell the dewalts too, but most customers think they area bit too bulky, have only ever serviced one in the last 5years. Dewalt australia has been running them out as they havent sold aswell as they wanted so there should be some good deals out there

Thanks for the info on DeWalt, I'm now more than perplexed about which way to go. I started with the AEG but some of the reviews were negative, moved to Paslode but there seem to be issues there with the gas, I would not use it everyday probably more like every month or so. Appreciate any other thoughts on a cordless trouble-free fixing gun.

if money to burn, i would go the Senco, although i have been told by the local Senco agent that the Fusion gun will need the canister changed out at around 100,000 shots. Dewalt second, and the AEG 3rd.

Maybe buy the AEG, take it home, test it out, if no good, take it back. The ACCC state that all retailers must have a return policy.
In Australia, consumers have a legal right to obtain a refund from a business for goods purchased if the goods are faulty, not fit for purpose or don't match description

Agree, the Dewalt is bulky, probably on par with a framing gun in heft, but i find i dont get "double firings" as the weight of the gun is behind the drive. I spoke to the Dewalt Rep and he seemed to thing the AUS market wasn't into the cordless thing as much as the US.

I can tell you now, there is a huge ground swell towards the cordless tool market now, Thanks to the new stricter Safety Tagging requirements on commercial building sites. It makes it very attractive only having to tag one charger rather than a whole toolbox of power tools.

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Thanks again G for your opinion, I don't have money to burn unfortunately although the Senco and the DeWalt look very good. I tried a friend's Paslode (straight 14/16 gauge finish nailer) and it worked flawlessly when using the 63 mm nails but jammed whenever I tried anything shorter, still it works ok for a nailer that has been used a fair bit and sure beats predrilling, hammer and nailing. Interesting point about return policy that you mentioned, I rang 4 Bunnings stores and asked if I could return the item if it didn't meet satisfaction and they all said no for the AEG nail gun, when I asked why, the response was we'd never be able to sell it once the packaging is disturbed.