Like canuckel-meister was so adeptly saying you'll not find an electric palm, they are pneumatic, which mean they use compressed air.
For a deck the palm it is an excellent tool, especially if you can't afford the specialized gun that will shoot into the connectors small holes.
But.. don't expect to drive 3"+ (10d) hot dipped galvanized nails with it, the new wire nails have such a small gauge typically 14 that you can't even drive them in with a hammer. They'll bend, no matter how much of a pro you are, the newer smaller shank with a zinc coating bends trying to nail it through a 2x.
It's turned into a nail gun world out here, you have to have the equipment - the palm is only good for the Tycho nails (hanger type #10 typically)and at that I'm finding Simpson or the like specialized structural nails are equivalent.
So, in my humble opinion of course... don't buy a 50# box of galv. nails and think you are going to build a deck with them, they are so thin now they won't drive through wood.
Ah, the old days when you could drive a nail with a hammer is slowy becoming nostalgic. Sorry I have to go ice pack my wrist now....
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