Makita AN611 2-1/2" Siding Coil Nailer

I am so impressed with this nailer. Very easy to set up, comfortable to hold, light weight, powerful - a great product! I am a big fan of Makita power tools - have been since the 70's but, was not familiar with their pneumatic lone of products. I have always used Bostich and have had no issues. However, in this case, I decided to try the Makita. I am glad I did! This coil nailer is definitely up to the quality standards of Makita manufacturing I have experienced with their power tool lines - corded and battery powered. I am shooting 1-1/2 and 1-3/4 siding nails for both hardy plank and ABS plywood. No misfires or jams after 3000 shots. Nail depth is very easy to set on the fly. The magazine is easy to load and I really like being able to view the nail coil for both feed and amount of nails remaining - fewer trips up and down on a ladder as you know when it is getting time for a reload. Changing nail sizes is a breeze. A simple twist of the coil platform in the cage and you are in business. My only regret is not having purchased one before now....to make up for it, maybe I will have to buy another!

I have owned this gun for seven years. After that amount of use I sold it to a customer who was dying to have one. Just bought it again from Amazon. These are the ABSOLUTE BEST siding guns I have ever used. I used my old gun 1 1/2 years before the first jam. Granted, I only run about 5-7 thousand nails through it a year as I do a lot more than siding. I have tried other brand guns designed for the same thing and take the same nails but they do jamb and fail often. If you are looking for trouble free operation and years of quality performance this is the gun you want. Keep it clean and oil it as directed and you will ENJOY using this tool.

I used framing nailers for fencing in the past. Comparing to that this nailer is a total rock star. It takes less air, and is much lighter than a framing nailer, while it is loaded with 5 times as many nails than a framing nailer. Means, less time wasted for reloading. The different settings of this nailer are also great, especially if you want to go fast.Quality wise, it's Makita quality, means top of the line.

I bought this for my Hardiplank residing job on the house. I'm a pneumatic tool newbie, so I can't compare with other siding nailers, but I'm pretty well satisfied. Adjustments are easy, weight is light, nice belt hook for getting it out of the way when I'm on a ladder, easy loading, etc. My one complaint is that it occasionally fails to recycle after driving a nail. A pneumatic nailer works in two steps, driving the nail, and recycling (with air exhalation). When if fails to recycle, I either have to wait--it may recycle spontaneously after a few seconds--or wait even longer--the residual air eventually leaks out and it can operate again--or else unhook the air hose from the tool and reattach. The last method is the quickest solution, but also somewhat dangerous, since the tool often spits out a nail when I reattach the hose, so I have to be mindful of which direction it's pointing. Nail-driving operation itself is great, I just wish it didn't have the recycling uncertainty.Later edit: the recycling problem basically went away by the end of my siding job, so it may have been just a breaking-in issue, or user error, or something to do with the nail size, etc. I never had any problems with nail loading.

This is a very reliable gun. I'm a contractor who does a fair amount of siding/exterior trim work (primarily repairs, not whole houses), and I've had literally one jam in probably 10,000 nails. The one jam I did have was totally avoidable as I shot through the siding into concrete block accidentally. The nose safety got stuck in the retracted position and was quickly bumped back into place.The depth control is great and it actually works unlike some pneumatic guns out there! Another favorite feature is the selectable firing switch...much better than swapping the trigger itself out!

I am a contractor with many years of experience with different nail guns, no gun should be this finicky if that is the problem, experience tells me it is the gun.Bought 1 and within 2 coils of nails seal blew out, returned it and bought another then after 500 nails gun started leaking oil at trigger, would not recover to reshoot, released air hose and re attached to reset, gun would then fire nail into the air without pulling trigger. Tried different pressures, nail depth settings no luck. Have now bought a Hitachi and it seems to be of much better quality out of the box.

Works great. I use it mainly for cement board siding, (Hardie), and it is perfect for that. I have used it for a little bit of plywood fastening, also works well, accurate depth adjustment. Easy to load, adjust the depth, light weight, nice case, etc. Only complaint: the switch to choose between bump-fire, (contact), and sequential is a little too easy to move by itself. The gun will start to cycle slowly and then I eventually realize that the switch is halfway between the two. I only use bump-fire, so not sure if it works the same from sequential mode. Great gun!

Have done entire houses with hammer and nails and will never do so again after buying this gun. I sided a 2 story garage alone using 16ft lgnths of cedar in about 3 days. Try using a jig, hammer and nail with a 16 footer alone! The included belt hanger on the tool was also very useful the higher I got as it allowed more mobility and kept the gun handy and the hose somewhat under control. The tool is very light, easy to load, and designed to get into fairly tight spots (only weak spot I see is the plastic nail guard so don't drop the tool )Have used this tool on several other applications such as floor sheathing and some interior planking. Great tool.....