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: Arrow ET200 Sucks Big Time
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought one of these gizmos about 6 months ago to put up some crown molding. Since you need to use 2 hands to drive the nails (if you don't every nail will bend at about the halfway mark) you always need two people to install molding. It was a small job & I was able to get it done but still had to set about 1/2 the nails manually. Pulled it out again this week to insall some 1/4 rounds & it quit working after about a dozen nails were driven halfway into the wood. Since it was too late to return the defective T200 & being the enterprising person I am, I decided to go & purchase the same exact model & then return the old one with the current receipt. Arrow outsmarted me, the new T200 quit working after I put up 3 short pieces of 1/4 round. I think it burned up as I could smell an odor coming from the gun. Will be returning the new T200 asap. I would avoid this item unless you are looking for a painfull experience.Customer Review: Not worth the plastic it's made of.
Summary: 1 Stars
I am sorry that I did not read the other reviews before purchasing this item. I would not even give this one star for a rating. The first one I had worked fine through one loading of brads. The following day, I loaded it again and got one shot out of it, then nothing.
I returned it and got another one. This time it made it through one and a half lines of brads, laid it down to do something else, smelled something burning, looked at the nailer and there was smoke coming out of it. I wasn't even using it at the time. So I will be returning this one for a refund. Arrow staplers have been around longer than I can remember and I'm 53 years old and they have always had quality products. They really need to do something about this gun. It is not only junk, what if I had been in another room for a longer time and a fire had started? It needs to be removed from the shelves as a safety hazard.
Customer Review: It's a Cheap Electric Finish Nailer; It's Not a Fancy Pneumatic.
Summary: 4 Stars
I was given this as a gift after I complained a lot that I hated doing finish work. Then, after a year with no trim in our newly renovated bathroom, this made the job seem easier, and I finished it. I like it.
Just recently, I pulled my ET200 out of the basement to use on some 1x6 pine boards we are using as facia around a couple of eaves over some doors on the side of the house. The nailer left the nails hanging out about a half an inch. After some deducting reasoning, I discovered that the 100' drop cord we were using was the culprit.
After I replaced the long drop chord with a 20' (and larger gauge) drop cord, the nailer worked perfectly. It definitely made the job quicker, easier, and more enjoyable.
This nailgun has worked well for everything except nailing through maple and oak. For the price, this was a worthwhile purchase for me.
Customer Review: Died within 30 minutes
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought one of these ET200s, used it for a half a row of nails. So far so good as it had good power and left less than 1/8" to countersink. Then it died. Took it back to exchange for a new one, thinking we just got a "bad" egg. The new one worked for all of 5 minutes. Unbelieveable! I was using it on soft composite/pine moulding, had it plugged directly into an outlet (e.g. no flimsy extension cord), was using Arrow brand brads, was pushing on the head as instructed. Also took it apart as instructed and found no jammed brads. What's the problem? Shouldn't have to be a professional carpenter to make this work. Junk. We borrowed a neighbor's Black and Decker last year, which isn't as forceful but got the job done...I'm on my way to buy one now. Will throw this Arrow in the trash on the way out.Customer Review: This nail gun serves a specific purpose
Summary: 4 Stars
Arrow Fastener ET200 Heavy Duty Electric Nail Gun
This nail gun is a great time save for working with wood trim. Does not work as well with plastic/particle board trim. I am installing new pre-hung doors and once the door frames are structurally attached, nailing the trim is fast and easy.
As noted you do have to maintain pressure on the gun to get a sood countersink on the nail. Any heads left standing are best driven as flush as possible with a hammer and then use a nail set (this prevents the problem of bending naill with nail set).
Although the other reviews almost talked me out of the purchase, I am enjoying using this nail gun.