I have the 15 gage angle nailer and the 18 gage pin nailer from Milwaukee. 

Does anyone know if there is any current draw when I leave the unit in the "on" condition but am not firing nails?  I seem to forget to turn it off frequently (though I am getting better lately).

Both have been a god-send when working in a tight bathroom.  I don't have room for the compressor in the bathroom and I cannot do some of the work with the door open.  Without the battery-powered nailer, I would have had to remove the door from the hinges. 

Both work well.  The 15 gage surprisingly is lighter than my old Porter-Cable 15 gage angle nailer (which was not very good even when it was new and once again needed repairs so I just replaced it with the Milwaukee).

I would not hesitate to buy the 23 gage, except that I have a 23 gage and almost never use it.

For the few times I do need it, I find that a brad pusher works just as well.

Thanks for that information about the auto-shutoff.  I will be able to sleep better tonight.

Thanks for that information about the auto-shutoff.  I will be able to sleep better tonight.

I've got a Senco that'll run out if left on. But it takes all day so the drain can't be much.

Dear diary:  Today I learned what a Brad Pusher was.  My thumb wept for joy and I think the hammer smirked at me.  Attaching the back panels to the bookcase should go much easier when the time comes.

Dear diary:  Today I learned what a Brad Pusher was.  My thumb wept for joy and I think the hammer smirked at me.  Attaching the back panels to the bookcase should go much easier when the time comes.

As a rule I can push a brad all the way home going through 1/4" back panel and going into plywood, poplar or pine.  Not so with oak and maple.  On those hardwoods I have to finish driving the nail with a hammer.  I can generally push in about half way.  The brad pusher will not set the nails below the surface.  I have to use a nailset for that.  For reasons that escape me, I enjoy using a nailset.

They never seem to break, but periodically I misplace them.  I never pay more than $10.00 for them and I see that Great Neck saw still sells them (that is the brand I use) for about $10.00.

I don't know what is the advantage of the $50.00 versions.  I will not be buying one of them.

You are not likely to find these at your local hardware stores.  Amazon.com carries them.

I mostly use it for attaching trim.  For about 20 nails it does not pay to setup my pneumatic nailer.  I now have an 18 gage Milwaukee battery-powered nailer and that is always "at the ready" so I may be using the brad pusher less often.

Also, for panel backs I generally use a narrow crown stapler.  It holds onto the 1/4" ply better than a head on a brad.

In the world of RTA (ready to assemble) furniture, Ikea is a technology leader.  They are a major sponsor for the industry organization and they sponsor testing of various types of assembly systems. 

They are also the real pioneer of wordless assembly instructions and they still do that better than almost all other manufacturers.

I own the Milwaukee M18 18G and love it.
Here in Europe, I have been waiting all the time for M12 23G version, but it is still nowhere to be seen, not even on Milwaukeetools .eu site.
And even in the US they seem difficult to find.

Would someone have more information? Are the tool shipments stuck somewhere? Or would there be a new model coming?

I am assuming im allowed to say - Ebay is your friend.
I got jack of waiting for the Milwaukee nailer to be released and found a reputable seller in the US via a google search earlier this year.
Took like 10 days via DHL to Darwin, Ive had stuff from Australian states take almost twice as long to get here.
Today we still cant buy them off the shelf in any tool store here or from Milwaukee in australia, but the Milwaukee electrical cable stapler is available here......go figure.

Thank you very much,
I have followed your advice and ordered one on Ebay.
Would you know which pin nails work fine (no clogging) with the Milwaukee 23G nailer?
(I don't see that Milwaukee sells any under their own trade name).
I am especially interested in stainless steel ones.

I want to like the various battery powered nailers, but their weight is too much for me for long periods of use. This nailer would be the exception,  but I've never liked the 23 gauge pin nailers because the nail is just too small. Senco has a 21-gauge that use regularly and it has quite a bit more holding power with only a marginally larger nail head.

I've been using air mailers and staplers since the seventies and have everything from ancient heavy duty staplers and headless pinners form the late sixties to current issue Grex.  I had a Senco tiny air compressor since they were first released, kept in Sys V along with hose with attic lid for accessories.  When that Senco died I had resigned myself to M18v Milwaukee as I had a lot of that equipment and batteries so I bought the 15ga brad nailer and it is brilliant.  I was not thrilled about buying the equivalents to my air equipment.  It was happy days when Milwaukee brought out the M18 air compressor.

I have been thinking about why the lovely 23 gauge 12 volt Milwaukee nailer cannot be sold outside the USA unlike their other nailers or unlike their 12 V stappler.

I think this is probably because this machine can shoot without contact (no need to press the machine against the wood), which is forbidden in the EU and many countries.

Shooting without contact is actually useful when you don't want them to fully enter the wood, so you can bend the nail's extruding head (e.g. to hold a glass cover on a frame), by shooting at small distance (about 1 cm, without contact, though one should keep in mind that some proportion of the pins will not enter the wood at all but will instead bounce and fly away).