Arrow Fastener ET200 Heavy Duty Electric Nail Gun, shoots up to 1 1.4-Inch Brads
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Arrow Fastener ET200 Heavy Duty Electric Nail Gun, shoots up to 1 1.4-Inch Brads
Customer Review: Look elsewhere
Summary: 1 Stars
I was looking for a reasonalbly priced brad nailer to put down some quarter round molding. An electric model seemed a good choice - cost-effective and easy to carry around. I purchased the ET200 at my local home improvement store, and to second the opinion of other reviewers - what an awful product!
Before I got started, I tried out the nailer with a scrap piece 3/4" quarter round molding. Attempting to fasten it to the baseboard with a 1 1/4" brad left atleast 1/2" of the brad sticking out. (This was Pergo molding, real soft stuff - my backsaw went through it like a hot knife through butter). Just to confirm the shoddy performance, I also tested it with a block of soft wood (the kind you can easily dent with a fingernail, probably pine), again with the same result - atleast 1/2" of the brad was left in the air. This was with a good part of my body weight bearing down on the workpeice as I pulled the trigger.
Luckily, I had also purchased a tube of Liquid Nails adhesive along with the nailer, and the adhesive alone got the job done just fine.
Next time I tackle a job that absolutely requires a brad or finish nailer, I will invest in a air tool and compressor.
The ET200 is going back to the store.
Customer Review: Weak nailer - pretty good doorstop
Summary: 1 Stars
Even though it accepts brads up to 1.25", it won't drive them more than .5" into soft pine. It's pretty useless, really.Customer Review: good enough
Summary: 3 Stars
Just got this and used it with the 1.25 brads on oak. If used 1 handed, the heads do stick up. When used with 2 hands (hand pushing downward on nailer like the manual, it penetrated fine. My rating is only 3 stars since i havent really put this to more use yet but just wanted to give a difference of opion from the other 2 reviewsCustomer Review: Disappointing Power
Summary: 1 Stars
I agree with the review above. The tool needs more power. I work on oak, and cannot get the 1" or 1 1/4" brads to penetrate fully. I tried 2 hands and putting my weight into it, but still no good. The nails are very difficult to set by hand as they bend easy. When I tried to remove the brad, it would snap in half! Very disappointing, since the tool appears to be good quality and it never jams.
I contemplated buying a pneumatic nail gun or a cordless nailer. The pneumatic is cumbersome and the cordless is expensive. I'm going back to using my nail spinner, hammer, and nail set.
Customer Review: Big Disappointment - Waste of Money
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this nail gun to use to install base molding and do some light cabinet work. The nail gun was not powerful enough to sink the 5/8" brad nails or the 1 1/4" brad nails completely into trim or pieces of dimensional pine. The gun left most nails about 1/16" above the surface requiring a nail set to set them completely. Additionally, the nails tended to bend when set by hand. I would not recommend this product for any use.