I have never owned a nail gun and I took a chance on this one and was not disappointed. It's a very sophisticated and well-designed tool, durable and quite powerful, with excellent security features. It has worked flawlessly so far and I like not being tied to a power cord or pneumatic tube. My only complaint is that the depth dial initially got stuck and took a lot of force to turn, but has since loosened up nicely. And despite an intact pickguard, a fully depressed spring-loaded actuation tip