Porta-Nails 470 Portamatic TL Hardwood Floor Nailer

I have never used a floor nailer before this was my first time. When I started using it I had no problems and it worked like it was supposed to. My first problem was to remember to hold down the trigger when hitting the nailer after awhile I got on to it. Our project was to do the dining room first then the family room we have dining room done and hope to finish up the family room tomorrow. This nailer has come through for me most problems were from me. Like run out of nails or forget the trigger or not keeping the nailer in it's grove and nail into top of board. It's to bad you can't turn the nailer sideways to finish off the last row of flooring. So far I really love my nailer has made the job so much easier.

The product performed as promised. Nothing blew out, fell off, or jammed up. This isn't your typical made in china, the unit is solid and consistent. I made my decision after reading several reviews written about all the other "nail gun" manufactures that failed to deliver on an industrial leading floor nailer, so I decided to take a chance and purchase a floor nailer from a company I never heard of that only makes nail guns to put down floors (what a concept). After I finished putting down 1500 sq./ft of bamboo that underwent a process that triples its density, I have a feeling that this will be one of those products that will last as long as I do. I have nothing bad to say.

An excellent tool for installing hardwood flooring, especially a sand in place floor. I suggest getting the wider softer shoe kit for laminates and engineered hardwoods to prevent scratches in the finish. I am 2000 square feet into this nailer with no jams, but I use cleats from Primatech out of Canada, the glue holding the clips together is stronger and more flexible than the PortaNails cleats, they stay in one strand rather than breaking up, making loading much quicker. Being a general contractor and not a flooring contractor means my nailer will only see occasional use rather than e everyday, I believe this to be the perfect balance between cost and quality!

I purchased this to install pre-finished hardwood and finaly ended up hiring men to do it. They used this nailer and nothing else from all the equipement I purchased as they were fully equiped themselves. I heard no negative comments during installation and for certain they would have said something.

The original Portamatic clogged up after about a year of use. The 470 requires oiling which should eliminate that problem. Reason to use the Porta-Nails products is the nail design.