The Mother of all Lemons

This nailer has either misfired or failed to load a brad since the day I got it. I tried everything from 3/4" to 2" brads in half round, quarter round and base molding. I was putting some finishing molding on a bench seat and I would end up with 1, 2 or 3 holes because the gun would not reload or feed from the strip of brads. By the way, these brads are all Porter Cable OEM.^M
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The gun is brand new and is in the Factory service center in San Diego for warranty work. I was originally promised a repair in 5 to 7 working days, then 7 to 10 working days. It is now going on day number 12 and I still don't have my tool repaired. I just got through reading all the glowing remarks about the quality of this tool and its great performance in the previous reviews. I must have gotten the "Mother of All Lemons".^M
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Picked up the repaired (?) tool 3-24-06, 14 working days after dropping it off at the Factory Repair Center in San Diego. The repair receipt said they cleared a nail jam (there was no nail jam), cleaned, lubed and tested the gun.^M
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On 4-10-06 I loaded the gun with 2 inch Porter Cable brads and fired it 11 times into a pine two by four. It failed to shoot a brad four out of the eleven times. So, back to the repair center it went. The clerk took the gun and some brads into the back room and test fired it. She came back out and told me that they were going to keep my nailer kit and that Porter Cable would send me a new kit in about 14 working days. The saga continues.^M
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The clerk also told me that if I expected the tool to work all the time, I would have to pay more than $100.00 for a brad nailer. I thought I had already upgraded instead of buying a Harbor Freight $30.00 knockoff, but apparently, I was mistaken.^M
We'll see what happens when I get the supposedly "New" tool.^M
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Just received (4/18/2006) my new (Mfg Jan 2006) BN 200A nailer kit under warranty replacement. I loaded it with a strip of 2" brads and it misfired 2 out of 10 times. I then loaded it with 3/4", 1", 1 1/4" and again 2" brads. It never misfired after that. It seemed to work better and freeer as the parts of the gun wear and break in. Hopefully I've had the last of my maintenance problems with this tool.

Quality Tool

This was my first air operated nailer. I had no problem adjusting the nail depth and using it with a small 3 gallon air compressor.

Pretty good

I did a lot of research before I decided to go with the Porter-Cable. I have only out about 500 nails through it, but so far so good. Good action, light weight, and a great price for the upper end of the brand names. I am happy with my decision. ^M
Travis, Johnson City, TN