Makita AF506 18G Brad Nailer

I have used a few nailer/staplers over the years and almost from just a few days old they either broke or had problems with jamming on a regular basis with either the brad nails, staples or both. This time, as I use mainly nails I chose just a nailer version. At 2 to 3 times the price of many nailers it's not cheap at approx £95 but the difference in handling and quality of build is chalk and cheese. Performance is excellent too and punches 15 to 50mm brads in with equal aplomb. A simple click release clip enables cleaning or clearing the firing nose but at the moment I have not had a single jam. The nose also has a rubber protection cover to protect the work piece and also a spare is fitted beneath the gun. Easy to adjust depth at either gun and/or compressor as this is compressed air tool not electric so that is an additional cost if you are starting from scratch. Mine was from SGS, 50 litre, 9.6 BAR and works at 120 PSI and cost £119. The Makita will work all day with that spec and is used at only fraction of that available. From birdboxes to sheds this is the tool to use and the same model stapler is on my wish list now.

Highly recommended. Easy to use straight from the carry case. Strong and a good weight. Feels well made and totally reliable. In the first 8 hours of use we didn’t experience any jamming at all which is rare for these type of guns. Not the cheapest but you get what you pay for.

Cool bit of kit 👍👍

Love using this gun. Initially I bought the Draper, but that failed after a handful of nails, Draper failed to respond with a solution, so it went back to Amazon. I should have bought the Makita in the first place.

I have used a Makita sliding compound saw in Canada for over thirty years and loved it. I also owned a set of Makita rechargeable drill and driver and they performed extremely well. The mistake I made was to leave them behind instead of bringing them and buying a UK Makita charger. I replaced them here in the UK with a very similar but much more expensive Makita product and they too are performing admirably. Needing a Brad nailer, I recently purchased a Makita Brad nailer and this Makita product is living up to my expectations. Well made and easy to use.

What a tool, needed to lay a log cabin floor that was around 26sqm and this thing fired around 2.5k nails without a single problem. Was genuinely blown away how good this was. If your looking good for a nail gun, this is the one to get.

Just great. Been using it everyday for the past week and not jammed once.

What a brilliant tool

Een super apparaat echt een aanbeveling

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Une vrai bête. Pression entre 5 et 8 bars. Tester à 6 bars avec des clous de la marque en 25mm. Avec ce modèle, il faut prendre des clous séries 18 G. Rentre comme dans du beurre. Petite burette d'huile bien pratique. Une doc que je n'ai pas ouverte. 1 à 2 goutte d'huile à mettre avant et après utilisation. Ne pas dépasser 2 gouttes d'huile. Bien vider le chargeur de clous une fois utilisé pour ne pas détendre le ressort de compression. l'embout est fin et parfaitement compatible les flexibles standards. Rapport qualité / prix imbattable. Très bonne prise en main. Légère. Le coffret est costaud et sur charnière plastique. A conseiller sans restriction.

Didn't take long for rubber handgrip to start sliding & bunching. Like their cheaper counterparts. Bit disappointing.

Makita 5/8” - 2" 18 Gauge Brad Nailer,. I was going to buy an inexpensive brad nailer from my local Fright hardware store, but I thought that I should buy something that I could pass down to the next generation as my father always did. I purchased this Makita 2” brad nailer as it had ratings of 4.7 out of 3,170 reviews. So, I thought you can’t beat that. My goodness is this one amazing nailer. Rubber grips and even the blue logo on the side is also rubber so if you set it down on something nice or a piece of furniture it won’t scratch it. It fits your hand like a glove and functions so smoothly. I will never regret spending more money just to have something that is so nice to use for what I need, but knowing that it will easily pass on down to probably my grandson makes the extra expense worth every penny. I will never shy away from a tool that I know will be used and appreciated going forward. It is truly a fantastic 18 gauge brad nailer. You won't ever regret buying this air brad nailer.