Senco 5P0001N FUSION F-16A

Great product, easy to use and beats setting up a compressor.

this product sucks, 2 and a half inch nails are not driven into wood, the heads are always sticking out. this gun is not powerful enought to drive into thick pine let alone hardwood. go buy a paslode, does not make any sense trying to save on gas, the newer paslode 16 g cordless with the lit ion battery is the very best available

It is imparative to me that a nailer has the ability to countersink nails. I am a professional carpenter and have tried every "compressor-less", "hose-less", cordless nailer out there. My reliable Dewalt 18v/16ga nailer finally died on me after years and years of abuse, so I decided to give a different brand a try because the cost of a new Dewalt was $350+. First I tried the Ryobi 18v/16ga "Airstrike" nailer($199)...it left about 6/10 nails floating. It might be an acceptable nailer for the "hobbiest", but for me, having to manually drive in nails with a center punch, then filling the massive hole left behind was time consuming. Time=money so the Ryobi was returned after less than a week a cussing. Onto THIS, the Senco F16. I knew Senco was a real contender in the Nailer World, and was very interested in the new technology that was behind the driving force (nitrogen charged piston). I watched videos, read reviews, and asked friends. The price tag was getting up there, but still less than the Dewalt, and it looked like a space gun so I was officially sold. My first impression when I got the gun was "whoa!". It was very light weight (even with the battery loaded). I was a little sceptical that something so sleak could put any stank behind a nail. I took it to my job the next morning and couldn't wait to try it out. First couple nails were good, then the protective plastic tip that keeps your gun from marking up your trim fell off, then fell off again, and again and again. Then it simple broke. I tried to nail without it but the tip has very hard edges and dents the wood pretty bad. So this was when the cussing started. THEN, no matter how I held the nailer, whichever angle I used, no matter how much pressure I put behind the gun, both hands or one hand, didn't matter- nails were left standing 6/10-7/10. Not ONLY were the heads sticking out, the tip broken, but a couple of the nails did this crazy "pretzel" maneuver. There was no way I was hitting a screw behind the trim (I checked). It didn't matter if I was shooting into 3/4 or 5/4 or trim with 1/4 profile, didn't matter if the setting was set to FULL penetration...these nails just wouldn't countersink consistently. And by consistently I mean barely ever! I was extremely disappointed because I really really wanted this nailer to work out. It too was returned and now I'm rockin with the good ol faithful Dewalt. I found out there's a reason it costs $350+ ....because it works.

The nail gun is convenient but lacks the power of a conventional gun. It doesn't countersink nails into hard woods and to get it to just flush a nail pressure must be placed on the top of the tool or it leaves the nail exposed.

This nail gun has a unique action (not addressed by the manufacturer in any of their documentation) which, if not held firmly against the surface being nailed, will cause the nail to be left above the surface when it is set to counter sink. I think this is why so many people have written reviews saying that it can't drive a nail flush, even in pine. It is also much louder than the others I have owned. Otherwise I like the lighter weight than the Dewalt and the Lithium Ion battery.I really must take issue with Senco providing a cheap $10 nylon bag with this nail gun (which costs just as much as the Dewalt or the Paslode,which comes with 1K nails, but still requires gas cartridges which freeze up in the winter) providing little protection at best for a tool that costs over $300 and whose competitors provide rigid plastic cases for their tools which are at the same price point. This is another point at which the manufacturer fails to document their product. Their website is void of any mention that they have skimped in this area and instead, just say that the nail gun comes with a case, but provide no picture, same as the add here on Amazon.So, all-in-all, I like the gun better than the Dewalt and the Paslode, both of which I have owned and used extensively but, there is definitely room for improvement and, if Dewalt can ever figure out that they need to make a Lithium Ion version of their 16Ga angled nailer, I will switch back and this Senco will begin collecting dust on the shelf where all the broken Paslodes used to live before I switched to the Dewalt.

The best tool since the battery drill

Senco wish I purchased these years ago instead of staying with the paslode, it takes a bit of getting used too, the sound and all those in the trade will understand that!Ill give it 100% usual Senco quality brilliant

This nail gun DOES NOT SINK THE NAILS. I have been using senco nailers for 20 years and assumed they if anybody would get a cordless nailer right. After very, very little use the gun is making a horrible rattling sound and will not fire nails.