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I will caution you on the two different 15 ga angled nails (FN vs DA nails). 2 The 10 Best Air Compressors for Nail Guns. I went with 15 ga because I had read that it has slightly more holding power than the 16 ga without much more hole patching. Bostich had a near identical tool, but couldn't confirm that it was the same battery. I already had dewalt battery powered tools so it was easy. I shopped the Dewalt 15 ga angled cordless 20v.

Since I was doing a whole house and didn't want to keep moving the compressor and floor protection, I elected to go for a battery powered cordless nailer instead of using my 16 ga straight hitachi. I was not excited about having my small compressor shaking around on my new floor since it left little rubber tracks where it vibrated before the floors were finished. I'm in the midst of a home renovation and just got on this side of finishing the floors.
