Has anyone used this? I purchased one a couple of years ago to do a floor in the kitchen/living room of my house. I didn't have time to do it myself, so I ended up hiring it out. The guy that installed my floor used the Bostich MF111 with staples. He screwed up on one board and had to rip it out, and the staples pulled out of the 3/4 plywood subfloor. It took some prying, but they came out.

So as a test, we nailed the board back in with the porta-nails using the little barbed nails, and those nails would not budge, it took more force, and ended up ripping right through the tongue. There was no way they were coming out of the subfloor, we had to pound them all the way in.

I've read in other posts that staples hold better, but after this test I am doubting whether or not that's true.

I have another 275 sq ft that I'm going to do myself sometime in the next month and I'm planning on using the Porta-nails, unless someone has a good reason why I shouldn't (other than the fact that I'm going to really sore when I'm done).

I quit using the manual nailer several years ago because I was having a bad problem with "nail pops" in finished ceilings underneath. Ease of use is not why I switched over, but I am glad I did.

You mean the nails would poke through somehow?? How would this be possible if there were floor trusses in place?

Maybe I don't understand what a nail pop is.

Because of the force required to activate and set the cleat in a manual nailer, it can cause the sheetrocked ceiling BELOW to experience some of the sheetrock nails to work loose or have the "mud" that covers the nails break loose, exposing the nail head. Hence the term, nail pop.

Ah, ok, I understand. The room underneath is a wood shop, so I'm not too concerned about it.