I've had my Paslode for about a year and a half now. I have to say,"I'm pleased." It's great for small jobs. If I know I'just  building a few walls or something else that's only going to take a few  minutes I go straight for the orange case and get this baby out. Why ? It  has plenty of power to sink nails in new lumber. You might have a little  trouble every now and then in old dry studs but you can always finish  beating the nail in with a hammer. It doesn't happen very often. The time  saved in not lugging a compressor and hoses around is priceless. They  designed it so that it won't dry fire when you are out of nails which I  wish everyone did.  One thing I don't like is you can't bump fire the  thing. You have to have the nose safety engaged and then pull the trigger.  Then for safety you have to let off the trigger and place the nose again  and pull the trigger. At least it's impossible to double fire. Another  thing is that it doesn't hold much more than one clip of nails so you have  to reload often. For these reasons I don't use it for anything that's going  to take more than an hour. If I have a lot of nailing  to do I want to be  able to hold the trigger and bump fire the nails. It's so much faster. It's  not as safe but much more productive. For remodels and pick up work ,this  gun is great. For framing a house this is not the right tool. You need a  pneumatic nailer and lots of hose. When mine decides to quit or it walks  off a job site I will definitely replace it. It's just too handy to be with  out.