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| Brand: Bostitch
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $178.02
Buy New: $76.99
You Save: $101.03 (57%)
Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 1003
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.6
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 9 x 4.9
MPN: PN100K
Model: PN100K
UPC: 077914033127
EAN: 5902013900382
ASIN: B00005JRLS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A great nailer October 2, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was looking for a versatile nailer that could complete many nailing jobs - THIS IS THE ONE. The small size of this nailer makes it great for odd angles, where it would be uncomfortable to swing hammer (ie. overhead). Also, being an impact nailer it gives better control over depth, without having to make any adjustments. A definite plus is that it uses bulk nails so you don't have to hunt all over the store for the right size at the store.
I'll never use a hammer again. May 26, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Title says it all. This is the best tool in the box. Not only does it make nailing effortless, it makes it enough fun to entice my teenage son to get involved in a small platform making project. Buy a quality nailer like this one and use it for the rest of your life.
Get in the tight spots... January 18, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I got this nailer as a promo item with one of Bostitch's large framing nailers. What a combo kit! The palm nailer does everything the big nailers can't.
You stick 1 nail in the nose and the magnet grabs hold of it. Just press the nail up to the board you want to nail and push. It "jack-hammers" the nail through like butter. It probably takes 2 seconds or less to drive a 3" nail through two 2x's (one of those 2x's being 80s year old, read "hard as a rock") with 100 psi. I run mine off one of those tiny (don't know the size, sorry, but it's the smallest available) compressors with no problems. It also hammers through metal hanger brackets (Simpson strong-ties) easily.
The palm nailer is perfect for between rafters, joists, and other small spots that you can't hit with a hammer or get a big nailer into.
Oh yeah... As far as instruction manuals go, I didn't even notice if it came with one. C'mon! If you need a manual to use this thing, then you probably shouldn't be playing with air tools!
Worth every penny September 26, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Building a new deck at my house and thought I had all the tools I needed. That was until I started hanging joist hangers by hand. A friend suggested a palm nailer. I'd never seen one before, but thought I'd give it a try. Wow. Nailer made quick work of the joist hangers. Hung them all in less time than it would have taken to do 5 by hand.
Your arms and hands will thank you for this purchase.
 Useful but a bit crude September 8, 2005
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I have only Bostitch nail guns and am satisfied (maybe even impressed) with their performance, especially compared to some other brands I have briefly used. The PN100 is no different: a solidly made product that performs. However, depending on your application you may or may not be always satisfied with its performance. I bought it because I needed to assemble high-end cedar fencing but the cost of the normal Bostitch coil gun that drives 2 1/2" stainless 8d nails was expensive (~$300) and I didn't think that I would use it on a regular basis (it is really only intended for siding and fences).
For rough nailing the PN100 works fine but for nailing in an area that will be later visible, the unit tends to leave impact marks (At 90psi, ~5/8" circle outside the nail head on the work) that are undesirable. Also, since there is not a control mechanism to guide full head nails (fence, siding, framing) it is easy to end up driving the nail crooked (it comes with one for finish nails though) or even bend the nail. I also experienced some "walk" where when getting close to the work, the pneumatic driver would occasionally walk off the head and actually strike the work leaving a 3/16" punch mark.
All in all this is a great unit but if you want consistent results on larger jobs or you want to do semi-finish work, invest in a collated Bostitch nail gun. For driving singulated nails, etc., where you can accept some marking, non-perpendicular drives or where the job is small enough that it doesn't justify the investment in a full nail gun (~$90 for PN100, ~$150 to $350 for a collated gun depending on the application) this is the perfect gun.
I'll be keeping mine and using it for many years but I also won't be discarding my other nailers. A great low-cost buy for odds-n-ends or speciality work where singulated nails are the status quo. The PN100 will put your normal 20oz hammer in a garage sale.
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