Customer Reviews

Bostitch RH-S8DR131-HQ Hurriquake 21-Degree 2-1/2-by-0.131-Inch Plastic Collated Stick Framing Nails, 4000 per Box

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From some of the reviews from 2006 and 2007, it seems there were quality problems or counterfeits at that time, but the box of nails I received in May 2008 had none of the problems described. The nails appeared to be of high quality and were uniform.

Houses in Hawaii often have open beam construction, so I had a carpenter nailgun the nails at all structural joints, then had him install hurricane straps for good measure. The whole house took about 1/4 of the box, or about $15 worth of Hurriquake nails.

I also had a heat-reflecting titanium-oxide elastomeric roof coating applied to the roof because it was half the price of a traditional reroofing. This made the roof fireproof, blocks out almost all the heat so we do not need to use the air conditioner very much (it used to be like living in a toaster oven), and glues down the shingles so that the roof is windproof.

I showed the Hurriquake nails and hurricane straps to the insurance company, and they immediately dropped my homeowners insurance by $50 per year, so basically, IT IS LIKE THE WHOLE BOX OF HURRIQUAKE NAILS WAS FREE, and I save $50 a year every year from now on. Some people have reduced or canceled their hurricane insurance, which is typically $1,000 to $2,000 per year. I bought more boxes and gave nails away to neighbors... because I do not want their roofs flying into my house if we have a hurricane! Everyone is happy because they feel more secure and reduced their insurance costs, and the nails cost me next to nothing.

This is the kind of seemingly small unseen thing that makes a huge difference. Ed Sutt, the inventor of the HurriQuake nail, is a genius! No wonder this was Popular Science Magazine's Innovation of the Year for 2006.

When I ordered, the default was to pay for shipping, but if you qualify for Free Shipping, BE SURE TO CHANGE TO THE FREE SHIPPING OPTION if available!

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I know this product has had some poor reviews, mostly all related to beat up boxes and loose and broken nails. However my nails arrived in great conditon. The box was beat up but it didn't affect the quality of nails. This is a breakthrough nail that I first read about in Popular Science about a year plus ago. I was sold after reading the article and suggest you look for it online. I would think everybody loves these nails, except for the person who nails it in and changes his mind and tries to pull it out. I was only able to buy these in a smaller size then one would use to build a house; I'm not sure why. But after the Popular Science article I expected these to replace normal construction nails.

Whoever supplies for Amazon should be fired. These nails are obviously factory seconds. The nails were thrown in a generic box like a rat's nest (not the manufacturer's box) with most of the stick nails damaged. The nails could not be used in a nail gun as per the manufacturer....the nails were not complete sticks...just bits and pieces. (Think of trying to load a stapler with individual staples and you will get a sense of how these nails arrived.)

I ordered these nails because I am doing a major addition to my house and was impressed with the demonstration video and claims. The order shipped out and arrived promptly, and I was ready to start using them soon. Upon inspecting them, I noticed that there appeared to be differences in the spiral sections of individual nails. Some spirals are almost "smooth", others are slightly groved, and lastly about half are deeply grooved and appear "screw-like" (as I had expected all to look). I have initiated a return tonight and do not expect to re-order until I speak to the manufacturer about the apparent "quality control" problem.

This is the odd case where I learned something from a client. She read about them in the paper and asked me to use them, and being a mile from the coast I can't blame her. Couldn't find them in depot or lowes, but a quick trip to Amazon and they showed up like magic. I already had a Bostitch Framer (the one with the tico tip), but the box says they fit some other make guns.

Don't be afraid to ask for a premium when building with these nails. The money spent on the nails was trivial compared to the whole job, but it was thing she would not let out of her mind. I think she was more excited to see the little hurricane symbol on the head of the nail that the finished addition. I've still got ¼ box left, and I think it's going to work its way into my next few quotes.

This review is poor because there was no packaging at all and nearly all strips of nails were broken and unusable. It was just a box full of broken strips of nails, not in a factory box. Also, the nails looked to be defects, all the spiral sections of the shank were rough and the grooves didn't look very deep as compaired to the nails that came with my new framing nailer (same nails). Feel free to buy nailers here, just not the nails.

We purchased and used these nails at the customer's request after he researched them. As a contractor we had 4 framing guns and the nails would'nt work in them ( all being 21* round-head). We bought the Bostich gun (adding to our job cost)and they worked ok. We were installing the nails in 1/2" decking spaced 6" apart. At one point we needed to move a sheet and it pulled up with no problem. We also tried our Makita siding nailer with 2 1/2" ring shank nails and they actually tore the decking when we tried to remove it. Just our experience.

I got down to half and rest of box were broken plastic on nails ,as i think they may have been dropped.