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 Is this a cannon or what? April 20, 2004
w00dw0rker (San Jose, CA United States)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was building a cabinet the other day and using this nailer, and man, I tell you, you could feel and hear the power of this puppy throughout the shop. It fired rounds of 2" nails in solid oak and with every shot, there was a consistent message being sent out to the wood, "don't mess with me"!
When working with solid hardwood material, and finish nails, the last thing that you want is your nails to be proud of the surface where you have to go back and set them all manually, or the nailer leaving an ugly mar on the surface. None of that with this baby;) It sets the nails and does it exactly where you want them. Very nice tool!
 Inexpensive workhorse August 24, 2002
R. A Robak (Altadena, ca United States)
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
Well I have had great luck with this nailer. Some other brands which cost more may have better balance, and seem nicer quality. Nevertheless this is a good tool. I will probably buy a makita, or a senco next time long time from now, maybe a hitachi, I don't know this one works fine shoots fast, works good but there is a critical element which I cannot define, a sense of high quality which is omitted from my feel during use the others makita,senco,hitachi have it. I would test handle a few before comitting to this tool. I must admit it works fine, it has been rebuilt once, cheap and easy, but next time I will probably give it to a helper when it needs work. That is my advice on this tool. I hope you understand what I mean.
 Pretty Flimsy tool August 8, 2005
W. Wright (Lexington, MA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Bought this to finish up the trim on the tool shed and I was disappointed to see how fussy and flimsy it is. Before I could use more than a few sticks of nails (it comes with a box of 1000 nails), it stopped driving nails. After looking at it for a while, my tool expert friend figured out that the two shaft rails that hold the contact head were slightly bent. No idea how it got bent. Normal use. So he carefully straightened the rails and got it working again.
Then, about 2 or 3 sticks of nails later, it jammed on the last nail of one stick, with another stick right behind. No problemo, it says in the manual, just flip up the easily accessed jam remover cover (oops, why do I need this?), but the nail turned out to be jammed so hard it could not be removed without disassemling the head. After a little more precious time down the drain, set this unit down and off to HD to buy some other brand.
(This is all too bad, because my other nailgun is the Porter-Cable coil framing gun. It is a fabulous, reliable, heavy duty tool. Not a relative of the DA250, I guess.)
In the end, I got a Bostich D51275K 15 gauge nailer, which has already outlasted the Porter-Cable. Visibly sturdier and it has a few nicer features, as well.
 Good Finish Nailer, but...... October 10, 2002
Preston Stallings (Chesapeake, VA)
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I purchased the DA250A in May 2002, I have already returned one due to a broken part, and now in October I am going to have to replace the driver blade. This nailer has good power, and the balance is fairly good. I don't feel that this nailer will stand up to frequent use on the job site. I have probably only shot 400 nails and now the driver blade has broken. The nailer has worked well straight shooting, but has not performed as well toe nailing. Next time I will look for a more durable and reliable 15 guage finish nailer.
Exactly as expected April 2, 2003
Michael L Schoenly (Fort Collins, Co United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I would give it 4.5 stars but that is not an option. I got this one for xmas, I guess the wish list on amazon does work (hehe). Just finished up a basement finsish, shot about 4 boxes of 2.5" and 2" nail through it, not a one miss or jam (watch me jinx myself). I do know that porter cable has completely redesigned the "B" version of this gun, maybe all the negative feedback for it was for the "A" version. I can't complain about this nailer, not in the least, except it seems to be slightly inconsistent in the "blow out" in the wood. It feels light in your hand and the adjustable exhaust is great.
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