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Well, obviously speed when one is on the clock.

All power tools have trade offs vs the manual alternates, often tipping towards their use, but not always.

I have had success on an occasion using a belt fed screw gun when fitting plaster boards, especially for ceiling boards.

However I don't do joinery often enough to justify the use of a nail gun.

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I tried installing baseboard with a hammer, and then a nail gun. The latter won hands down in speed, consistency, no bent nails, and minimal spackling.

Another thing - a hammer requires 3 hands: 1 for the hammer, one for the nail, one for holding the piece in position. A nail gun only requires 2 hands.

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