As far as brand recommendations go , remember that they are all made by the same China man !
I have always made fun of Harbor Freight tools , but last week on a job in Tallahassee I had left all of my hundred dollar brad nailers at home , so I drove to H.F. and bought a nineteen dollar nailer , used four days and its still going ! My Harbour Freight 4 inch dust collector quit suckin less than a year after purchase , while taking it down I found a momma bird madder than hell as she was nesting in the suction side . I will not belittle HF tools as bad I used to do !