Milwaukee's original cordless finish nailers
had some great successes but they left room for improvement we got our hands on their new 15
gauge cordless finish nailer to show you how they address some of the major pain points that pros
have talked about and it's more than the fact that this can stand up on its own clinton tom
are back here doing some framing in the shop so we moved outside i'm going to take a break from
all that to show you guys these nailers now the biggest thing that you're going to notice between
these two is the nose the new one is much narrower much more easy to see and even when you're firing
it's a lot more precise so if you're worried about making sure that you get really accurate shots
you're really going to love the new nose on this thing now performance wasn't a problem with
either one of these nailers for us the original one here we could even drive it an oak i've got
two and a half inch nails in here we're going through solid oak and soak all the way through
and hit our power button here make sure we're on and then you can even see some of the visibility
issues that was on this big old giant nose but if you line it up you can still get a good accurate
shot and then grabbing a hold of the new one here we'll get it turned on and right away you can see just
how much more visible that nose is sinks that two and a half inch nail no problem
whatsoever there and just for verification no issues all right also leaves a nice clean
hole so the one other thing that we did notice when we were firing this you might have been able
to hear it not sure with all the banging going on back here there is a slightly different
sound in the new nailer compared to the old one this nitrogen air spring system that
milwaukee's got going on just sounds different performance wise it seems like we can sync
them about the same depth so i don't know that there's necessarily an advantage but it
is something we noticed now there are some more minor changes that we want to talk about
so let's go through those kind of quick hits now one of the first things that we notice like we
said is that the new nailer is able to stand up on its own even with a compact battery the magazine
is oriented in a way that it's not in the way so great call there we like that and you also
might notice that there is a difference in the two belt hooks the one on the original
one was toward the back it was stout enough and all that good stuff but we did shift it
down toward the battery it's a much bigger wire steel design moving up to the nose
there is a difference in the depth adjustment it's moved from the left hand side to the
right and instead of being infinitely movable it now has positive stops in there so
you can feel it click from one to another you'll notice that the latch system on these is
very similar in terms of being able to access any jams that you get somewhere along the way
we haven't had any jamming problems either one of these nailers but you're going
to get them eventually everybody does now another kind of bigger change that we saw is
in where the controls are now the original one had the power button and the mode switch on the back
all in one button you pressed it down for a couple of seconds to bring the power on and then press it
momentarily to switch between single fire and bump fire and the only way you could tell which one
it was was either had a solid light or you had a blinking light to let you know the difference
on the new one the power button is now separate and same thing used to hold it down for a couple
of seconds but the mode button is different and each mode has its own light so now you know
exactly if you're in single or bump fire modes you do have to hold it down for just a second
it's not a momentary press like it was before but it's a lot easier to tell which mode you're
in and i like the fact that they separated it from the power button completely another
relatively minor change is the led placement it has moved up a little bit and it's angled up
some for us it's also a little bit different color it's a little more yellow than it was originally
a little more natural on that so not sure if anybody really cares about the color temperature
so much but it does seem to put the light better on your firing area in terms of what nails this
thing can take it's compatible with any 15 gauge da style nails one and a quarter inches
all the way up to two and a half inches like we showed you we were able to sink
two and a half inch nails into oak so no problems with performance there and it's also
compatible with any m18 batteries that you want to use we recommend the 2 amp hour for most nails
you're going to be doing a lot of firing with two and a half especially into hardwoods think about
going with that 3 amp hour high output battery but the 2 amp hours what's going to come in the kit
as far as price goes you're looking at 329 for the bare tool 399 for a kit and that includes one 2
amp hour battery with it and charger of course now from what we've experienced we think the
upgrade is totally worth it on this and the extra kind of features and design tweaks that
they made just sweetens the deal so if you have any questions about this nailer feel free to
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