Ramsond RMM4 2-in-1 Air Hardwood Flooring Cleat Nailer and Stapler Gun , Yellow

The decision came down to this nailer, the Akuzuki Pro (almost identical design as this RMM4 just re-badged it appears) or a refurbished/used/ebay Bostitch MIIIFN to fire 2" cleats into nearly 1300 of white oak. The RMM4 was nearly $150 cheaper shipped. It's a good tool but not great. It does leak, not like a broken levee, but it's unnerving when it does. After tightening every allen bolt and 3-4 drops of oil every 8 hours of use or so...it still leaks. It's a design engineering fit issue with the seal gaskets. Precisely where this manufacturer cuts corners to keep the cost down it appears.It's a solid gun...surprising since it's built in Asia but it can be finicky to set each cleat every time. The unit is just not 100% reliable with every nail. To improve your odds use only Bostitch or Powernail cleats, the others are significantly lesser quality. Do expect to hand set a few every now and again. I found 105 psi was ideal for the 3/4" white oak. The other downside is the length of the gun. It's about an inch longer than the Bostitch my buddy was using so he could easily get another row of 2-1/4" without banging the wall with the mallet. Seems like a trivial thing, but every row counts versus air gun nailing or worse yet, hand nailing. And speaking of the mallet, it was surprising well built. I suppose expected much inferior quality.All in, at $170 shipped it's money well spent but it does have it's shortfalls. It's a homeowner or hobbyist tool, not a contractor grade tool. I'm certain if it had to be used everyday, it'd be trashed within 2-3 months. One of the very best ways to determine the lasting quality of tools is to just simply check what units your local tool rental shop has in their inventory. When is comes to pneumatic floor nailers, the Bostitch and Powernail units rule. As a recommendation, never use staples in OSB subfloor, they simple don't hold due to their smooth finish. Another suggestion for optimal air volume to the tool is to use 3/8" fittings not the dinky 1/4" that are so pervasive. As for supplies I found nobody can beat WoodFloorsPlus.com for all your needs. Good luck with your flooring project.

I bought this nailer to install about 600 sq ft of hardwood in my house. The first room I did is about 200 sq ft. Right from the start, I had a feeling that it was a refurbished or used item. When I removed it from the box, there were scuff marks on the bottom of the plate. I hooked it up to the compressor and air started leaking from the plunger or the part that you hit with the mallet. I pulled the plunger up as much as possible to try and stop the air from leaking, but it kept on going. Then all of sudden something popped and the air stopped leaking from plunger but now I heard air leaking from the air plug (the part that you hook the air hose into). I wrapped a ton of teflon tape around it. It slowed the leak, but it did not stop the leak. I called Ramsond to see if this is a common problem and the "technician" immediately accused me of having the PSI set too high. Well, I had it set to 75 PSI which is the recommended PSI. Next he told me to wrap teflon tape around it...I told him I already tried that. Next he told me to buy a new air plug and replace it (basically, he was telling me to go screw myself). Because the nailer was working (even with the air leaking), I decided not to fuss with the air plug and I just went ahead and used it. It did a pretty good job until about 3/4 of the way through. Towards the end I started noticing that the nails weren't going in as flush as they were in the beginning and I had to hit the plunger harder and harder. In summary, it did a pretty good job through about 150 sq feet. I wasn't happy about the feeling the item was possibly refurbished. And, the air leaking issue is a real a downer. Considering that the nailer wasn't driving the nails in nicely towards the end of this project, I'm not sure how well it's going to work when I get to the 400 sq foot room. Oh, and do yourself a favor and BUY the Porta-Nail Flooring Nail/Staple Setting Tool!!! I could have kicked myself 100 times over for not buying it because you WILL need to counter sink nails (and a round headed countersink tool is a misery on flooring nails).