Customer Reviews

DEWALT D51822 Clipped Head 2-Inch to 3-1/2-Inch Framing Nailer

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This gun claims to have low recoil-totally false! My husband bought this gun for me because of the low weight and recoil advertisement, and well after using it for 2 days I could not bend my wrist or grab anything. This gun needs so much force to use the trigger and the recoil is so severe it is unusable. My husband also used it for a day and agreed, and after being in construction for 8 yrs he could not stand it. He has used Porter Cable and Paslode and would never recommend a Dewalt to anyone. In fact he bought me a Paslode today to replace the Dewalt. Horrible gun and be prepared to miss work days due to wrist pain!

This is a solid framing gun. It is fairly light and easy to use. There are newer models with more features (various companies), but there may be considerable price difference. So you need to decide what you need out a gun. It does have a kick when shooting 3-1/2" exterior nails, but what would you expect from a light gun setting a long nail??? This is not a finish gun. With any gun, you have to find a happy medium between air pressure and depth setting. I use 90 psi with the depth setting third from deepest setting and obtain a consistent 1/8" counter sink on straight shots in treated lumber. Don't forget to use lubricating oil. There are better deals available for this model, shop around.

Purchased this at Lowes in 2009 for 216$. Have used it for appx 40 hrs on my own home remodel. Nothing industrial or misuse. The trip trigger broke and I have been fighting with Dewalt to get a replacement for three months. What use is an expensive tool if you cannot get replacement parts. This Nail Gun is now clutter.

After only 200 nails I had to return the nailer to dewalt for repair. And adidtional cost of $164.00 for repair of failed components. initially the nailer was well made and worked fine until it failed. The question that comes to mind was did I recieve one of the lemons made on a Monday. Of all Dewalt tools i own this one item has given me the most problems. I stand by Dewalt tools and awknowledge that at times one bad one can slip by the inspection process. I will continue to buy Dewalt for thier quality ans service.

I used other guns before and have a fair amount of experience building.
I just purchased this gun and used it to build a deck 12 ft in the air. Other than dragging the air hose around, it worked great.
All my nails were comfortably counter sunk, ( 3 1/2 nails ). To me the gun is light weight. I think my 14v drill is heavier. I got a great deal at Lowe's for $200.

Good deal to me.

Worked like a champ, does have a kick to it, but are driving in 3 1/2" nails.

The Dewalt D51822 is light and it is easy to use, as advertised. It does a good job but I wish I'd gotten the porter cable fr350a instead. From what I've read it's better value. This one didn't even come with a hard case. Still, I'm happy with it.

Although it seems lighter than any other framer I've used for some reason I can't get the gun to shoot the naile all the way through the wood. There always seems to be a 1/4" to an 1" of the nail hanging out. I'm a big DeWalt Fan, any tool I can buy from them I do. I wish I went with the standard Bostich or even and enemy... Porter Cable!