DeWalt 1st fix

Craig1000 · Post by **Craig1000** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:19 pm

Was thinking of buying a 1st fix nail gun.
I have been doing a bit of fencing and got loads of things to do when it warms up.
All my tools are DeWalt so was thinking of getting the DeWalt 1st fix but heard conflicting reviews on it or I am getting the Milwaukee 1st fix and Brad nailer

fin · Post by **fin** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:34 pm

ive got the original first fixer. its still grafting fine.

the newer style milwaukee or hikoki nailers use a different firing method. the dewalts are a flywheel type and the others are a sealed gas chamber apparently.

i just bought a hikoki 2nd fixer and it seems better than the dewalt 2nd fixer so far to me.

if ya have dewalt batteries then the dewalt gun is decent. if ya wanna spend a bit extra then the hikoki or milwaukee will also deffo be decent

Craig1000 · Post by **Craig1000** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:37 pm

I heard good things about hikoki nail guns but seem to be out of stock everywhere.

Craig1000 · Post by **Craig1000** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:38 pm

I think I can get the DeWalt 1st fix bare for £300 and Milwaukee gun is over £600 with batterys.

fin · Post by **fin** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:56 pm

milwaukee is a canny price....

yea a lot of tools are out of stock everywhere at the moment. i got my hikoki from uktoolcentre.co.uk i think..... haha

the hikoki seems a nice gun. the paslode that it replaced really pissed me off lately.

Craig1000 · Post by **Craig1000** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:08 am

I just looked and the hikoki is out of stock.
Screwfix got DeWalt 1st and 2nd fix with batterys ect for £680 but there out of stock.
Will leave it a few weeks and see what's in stock.

fin · Post by **fin** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:48 am

its all to do with brexit and all that for the tool stock being low.

where abouts are ya? if ya in the north east the dewalt tool outlet is at spennymoor they might have some stock

Craig1000 · Post by **Craig1000** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:45 pm

In Wales M8. I will just look in a few weeks. Even Toolstation and Screwfix. Thanks

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:38 pm

fin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:48 am its all to do with brexit and all that for the tool stock being low.

Sorry Finnon, Brexit has nowt to do with it, there is a worldwide issue with international shipping which has been going on since at least September last year.

Mainly due to empty containers being stuck at ports all over, Prices for shipping from China went from about 3,000 / 3,500 US dollars in August to anything between 8,000 to 12.000 US dollars in January.
Many containers have been "bumped" off as some importers/exporters were prepared to pay over the odds to ensure a placement on a vessel.

My Mrs. works for a company in the UK that import/export all over the world and has seen the issue first hand.

oz0707 · Post by **oz0707** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:42 pm

Nightmare time to be buying tools atm. I fancy a new 216mm dewalt sliding chopsaw but I know i'm going to be paying over the odds. When is the shipping supposed to be sorted Wine-o?

OP I have the dewalt 1st fix and get on ok. Its not the best and not the worst. Definitely pros and cons to it

oz0707 · Post by **oz0707** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:43 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ZmA7thisg&t=1s

me bump fire on 90s the other month when work was a bit slow was waiting for this scaffold to be dropped and out the way...

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:57 pm

oz0707 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:42 pm When is the shipping supposed to be sorted Wine-o?

Back in December the shipping companies were estimating May/June. Then this big f-off container ship got stuck in the Suez canal... That is certainly going to delay things getting back to any sort of normality.

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Fri May 14, 2021 4:23 pm

Quick update on the shipping. Don't expect things to get back to normal anytime soon. Latest predictions indicate sometime in 2023.

etaf · Post by **etaf** » Fri May 14, 2021 5:48 pm

Seen these issues since last August ish time, when I was looking at getting a Dewalt Table saw, taking months to arrive, and when they did only in stock for a few days and then straight out again. I have also been looking at Dewalt Plunge saw and tracks - mostly out of stock, and FFX/D&M Tools are now saying , dont know - we have dates for August but often that gets extended.
Fortuanetly , I have not 100% decided yet and still dithering, so the delay helps.

I spoke to FFX today, as they have 5% offer off dewalt, and a lot of items I mentioned still out of stock, tracksaw, plunge saw, rails , clamps.