BOSTITCH Flooring Nailer, 2-in-1 (BTFP12569)

As a former handyman, I decided to install hardwood flooring in our bedroom to match the remainder bedrooms in our old home. Having had difficulty locating a HWF nailer to rent once I had the materials in my home to install and prepped the area. I knew that I wanted a Bostich nailer and the “L” cleat nails to do the job and looked to Amazon again to locate the items. Having found exactly what I wanted, I also noticed that a used nailer, in excellent condition, was offered for less and decided to give it a try, possibly selling it after this project was finished. It arrived in the original box and worked perfectly throughout the job. With any luck, I will sell it for a little less than what I paid for it, taking into consideration that I would have rented one anyway. Also the nails that I had purchased from Amazon worked very well to boot!

I own a lot of different kinds of nail guns, but this one beats them all in terms of doing what it supposed to do repeatedly without fail. I've put over 3000 nails through it so far and not once has it ever jammed. You can get an occasional under-fired nail if you fail to hit the trigger knob hard enough though, this is really designed to require a respectable whack to properly fire the nail. The hammer impact is part of the overall mechanical process and insures there is no gap between boards. It is impressive that they have designed a trigger mechanism so rugged that it can take such repeated beatings without ever breaking.You can only nail up to about 12" away from the wall though before you run out of room, then it's back to the painful and inferior process of using brad nails. Once you use this you can never go back to any other method of nailing floors. If you are sitting on the fence wondering if this tool is worth it, trust me... it is worth it!

Great product , sets my cleets no problem , love it

During the first 7 rows I laid it jammed 3 X’s. Grrr. After losing time dismantling and unjamming it I was ready to return it. But what I found was that the nail pusher would occasionally slip under the nails and stop pushing the nails, causing it to jam. I firmly pressed in on the nail guard (see arrow on nail guard) to bent it a little so that the nails would remain in front of the nail pusher. Since performing this adjustment I did over 40 rows and it didn't jam again!I also put tape on the nail pusher to watch when I’m running low on nails. Then with each set of nails I would disconnect the air line and add 2-3 drops of oil to the air intake of the nailer.I placed white tape on my line of sight right where the nailer is located. This is so I don’t accidentally set the metal part of the nailer on the hardwood’s surface and mar it.Lastly, if you give it a weak wack and only partially set the nail, don’t bother trying to pull it out. I tried and it’s impossible. I just partially cut it with a hacksaw blade (held in hand,) grab the nail with pliers and snap it off. Takes about 6-8 seconds. Really the best way I found. Again, this was from my inexperience. Consistently give nailer a firm wack to set the nail properly.This is my first job and it looks great. I’ve gotten many compliments on it!

So far I installed about 300 sq. ft. of flooring. No jams!

If you load more than one clip of Bostich 15 gauge staples the machine will cut and jam a partial staple. The spring is not strong enough to force more than one clip into position. One clip at a time works fine.

Decided to install my own refinished hardwood floor. Some suggested buying a HF gun and save the money. I own a few other finish Bostitch nailers so decided to go with this. Works like a charm…. No misfiring…. But wish it had a “no nail” lock…. Be sure to keepIt loaded with nails. It does sound a little different when it’s empty but did not figure that out the first time I forgot to refill the nails!

Very happy with this purchase. I purchased this nailer and a compressor and air nailer combo kit to install hardwood flooring in bedrooms. Three bedrooms and a hallway are complete and main bedroom is next (800 sq ft done and maybe 350 sq ft to install). I purchased this nailer versus renting a nailer so that I could work at my own pace (which has been great) and so that I had my own tool and not something that was used by multiple renters before me (who knows how they used the rented tool). This nailer was highly rated and I decided to invest in the tools for this project. It was worth the investment.