Electric or pneumatic???

It is very common these days when doing a home improvement job to think only of plugging your tools into the nearest electrical outlet. Sometimes it is easy to forget that there are other alternatives to power your tools. How about using your air compressor? Air tools are much more than just impact wrenches and nail guns. For example, you can purchase pneumatic reciprocating saws and air drills. Some of the advantages to air powered tools is they are often smaller,lighter and more quiet. Other advantages are they are less expensive and generally more powerful than their electric counterparts.