rent pneumatic flooring nailer or use manual one?

[Harry in MI]

The air/ pneumatic is stapler, the manual is a (flat) nailer. I've only used a Bostich air nailer on a few jobs. I'd rent the stapler, a box of the staples (way more than you need for 400 sq. feet runs a few bucks ($50/$75 ?) but the first hit of the hammer onto the driver bumper is to drive the boards tight, then you hit the trigger bumper and it squirts the nail in.

I would imagine the manual nailer takes a really good womp to fully drive the nail in every time, something you don't think about using the air stapler. I think Lowes and or HD rents these for a good price.