Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18-Gauge Brad Nailer 2746-20 Review - Gen 2 - What's New?

What’s NEW on the Gen 2 Nailer? Milwaukee made ten significant improvements to their Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18 Gauge Brad Nailer: 1. More Power with Lower Tank PSI The earlier Gen 1 nailer was powerful which resulted in too much recoil. The Gen I nailer had more pressure than necessary to properly drive nails, which resulted in too much recoil. The excessive recoil sometimes made the nailer jump, or slip off the nail head, resulting in either an oversize hole or what looked like a “double striker mark”. To address this, Milwaukee reduced the energy output [PSI in the tank] Which results in less wear and tear on the tool, less jumping off the material [smaller fastener hole] and less recoil. The Gen 2 brad nailer has an inner cylinder with a nitrogen air spring mechanism [piston] and an outer cylinder. The area between the two cylinders is filled with Nitrogen to a specified PSI. Milwaukee chose to use Nitrogen over air because it is least likely to result in condensation and corrosion of the tanks. The reason the brad nailer can fire so quickly is because the “striker” is always pulled back to the tank. once the trigger is pulled the pressure in the tank fires the striker and piston forward to sink the nail. Once the firing sequence is completed, a motor spins a rack and pinion system that ratchets back, and resets, the firing pin. 1. Moved Depth Adjustment: The Gen I depth adjustment interfered with the user line of sight. Milwaukee moved the depth...