Harbor Freight offers a nice variety of different nail guns from its in-house brands like Bauer, Central Pneumatic, Banks, and Pierce. These nail guns run the gamut of sizes and purposes, which Harbor Freight has organized into eight categories: Pin nailers, brad nailers, finish nailers, palm nailers, framing nailers, siding nailers, roofing nailers, and flooring nailers.
Each of these nailer types is intended for a different kind of job, though for the sake of convenience, we’ll simplify them further into three categories of our own: Light-to-medium duty, heavy-duty, and specialty. The simple way to look at it is that if you’re just building or fixing small projects or furniture in your home, a light-to-medium-duty nail gun is what you want. If you’re building the actual components of a house itself, you need to go heavier.
In addition to applications, Harbor Freight’s various nail guns also come in two different power types: Air and cordless. Air nailers fire off nails using compressed air, delivered via a pneumatic air tube. Obviously, you need an air compressor to use these, but their power output is nice and consistent, making them popular with professionals.
Cordless nailers, on the other hand, and powered by battery packs and built-in motors. The extra hardware does make them a little heavier, and the battery limits their active time, but the portability aspect can make up the difference depending on the kind of job you’re doing.
