Tacwise 1183 Electric Nail Gun 18G/50mm Brad Nailer

I bought it to build a formwork plank. I used it with 50mm nails and for this project it worked perfectly, had no problem with nailing, even with one hand (of course you must hold it very strongly!) It is true, it is sensible for electric power. You must have a good electrical circuit with 16A breakers at least, and a good quailty extension cord of 30m maximum. Above 30m it won’t work correctly! The nailer gun is enough strong, nothing was broken or injured, even i used it outdoor, in rain, and very difficult circumstances. The 50mm nails are fixing enough strongly. In sum I’m very satisfied, I think it’s a very good solution for fast secondary nailing.

Nice product and looks like well thought out design , but - kept tripping workshop and house breaker every time I tried to use it. Used the amazon spec and description to decide to buy at the Amazon spec, After receiving and finding the problem read the Tacwise manual no comments about circuit breakers. THEN after Web searching found that when firing this generates a spike that could/ will trip breakers on standard rated Circuit breakers. I have main house and workshop breakers and both trip - to get to use this I would need to upgrade both with cost of an electrician and new MCB's. I have large workshop machinery (jet Lathe, Bandsaw, etc) that have always worked fine with my current MCB's and I cannot afford the cost of upgrading. This requirement SHOULD be noted on teh amazon page and called out up front on the TACwise website.

Works great. The power needed for the 50mm nail drive is immense so ensure you have a suitable fuse box that will handle it. I tried it plugged into my workshop outlet and it continually blew a fuse after 3 nails. Disheartened I thought it was faulty. But after doing some research, next day I tried it on an extension lead straight from the house mains and it worked like a charm. You obviously need to put a decent pressure on it to ensure it drives the nails all the way through, but it was easy and worked well with two hands - only left a few proud when I was at a funny angle which were easy to finish with my pin hammer.

Now I have it I wonder to myself why I waited for ages to buy one? A great little gun. I was going to buy a cheaper model from Toolstation but saw the reviews on Amazon for this one and took the plunge. Was it worth it? Yes! I am self employed in building and property renovation and this thing comes in handy in many ways and speeds up the process of work. To give you an idea of its power....with a 50mm brad (18g very thin!!) it fired through a 28mm thick piece of timber with 15mm that went into my house brick mortar but 7mm creased up on the face of timber. The house mortar was solid though, no weak mix. Bottom line is that I should have bought one earlier. I have also purchased the 16G Tacwise air nailer since...now thats another great buy........

Expensive tool and promising sales pitch but after using it to fit 15mm MDF skirting and facing I realised it was disappointing. There is no depth dial so you have to use both hands to drive the pins deep (making the support and positioning of the project difficult) and even then none of the 50+ nails went below the surface so out came the hammer and centre punch. The rubber protective cap kept falling off which caused a lot of frustration, marks and wasted time. The gun has now been consigned to the loft where it will gather dust until I decide to give it another chance or just bin it.