HAPT50SP Pneumatic Punch Nailer/Nail Remover/Nail Puller

See YouTube reviews on how these work. This one works as advertised and made the job of removing nails from pallet boards much easier.I was worried it would be too heavy for comfort since it weighs around twice as much as the other brand I was considering but the weight seems to help keep it from vibrating too much or kicking back when I fire it. I used it to remove nails from a 2x9 boards from a sturdy pallet. You still need to expose the nail ends by separating the boards but once you have the nail tips exposed it does a great job driving them through so you can easily grip them with a craw bar or hammer to finish pulling them out. These nails were rusty, spiraled and had a lot of grip. I really struggled when I tried pulling them with just a hammer and wrecking bar without driving them out first with this nail punch. This saved a lot of sweat. The barrel is sturdy enough that I could insert a bent nail then straighten it out using the gun before I drove it out.I had my compressor at only 80 PSI but it still left a dent in the wood if I pressed the tip in firmly. That feature let me remove nails that were cut off flat with the board and had heads embedded in the other side. I also trimmed a nail head and used this to drive the nail into the 2x9 as a test. It took two firings to drive the nail all the way but it worked. Be careful, looser nails and nails in thin boards can shoot out and bounce.Overall, very good tool for the price. Durability is TBD but it feels like it will last. You can supposedly buy replacement anvils/rods from the maker but I doubt I will need one for a while. (Follow instructions and add a few drops of oil every so often. It came with a bit of oil and an Allen wrench.)

I recently had our deck replaced with Trex and ended up with a substantial pile of 2x6 decking with 16d nails and "hidden" fasteners that were also held in place with nails. This nail remover saved me so much time. It doesn't always remove it on the first try but I would then use it to drive the nail back into the wood and usually the 2nd time would do the trick (maybe a few took 3 tries.) I also used it to remove the hidden fasteners -again, sometimes required more than one try. Lastly there were some boards that had wood screws in them, a lot with rounded Phillips screw heads and I used on them with great success. Most of the screws required several tries moving the screw back and forth with this tool until it would come out.Summary, this is a great time saver and works very well. Anybody who says different is either not using it properly or doesn't have a good enough compressor. FYI, I've got a "pancake" style compressor that I've got set at 120 PSI.

I bought this tool because I'm demolishing an old wooden garage and I wanted to try and salvage as much lumber as possible. The tool works really well, but it's misleading to call it a nail puller - it's actually a nail *pusher*. You need to have access to the sharp end of the nail for it to work. I used a crowbar to pull planks off the building with the nails still in them. I turned the planks over, slipped the sleeve over the sharp end of the nails that remained in the wood, pulled the trigger and it fires the nails right out of the plank.I would advise anyone using this to exercise caution:A: Wear the supplied safety glasses - I had several nails ricochet into me at first.B: Don't use it near your driveway - the ejected nails can fly a long way and are hard to find.I improvised a collection mat with an old moving blanket stretched across my sawhorses, kind-of like a hammock, of a trapeze artist's safety net - the nails hit the blanket and stay in it, rather than bouncing all over the yard.All told, I'm delighted with this tool. It will push out nails that are surprisingly thin; I'm very happy to be able to salvage lots of planks (especially given the cost of lumber today).

Knocks nails out with a vigor. -1 star due to the audible ferocity. PPE for eyes and ears is a must as it absolutely rockets out nails and can often result in a spark.