Arrow ET501C Cordless 5-In-1 Professional Staple and Nail Gun, Battery Powered Wire Stapler and Brad Nailer for Upholstery, Framing, Roofing, Crafts, Fencing, Cable, Black/Red

I've used manual Arrow staple guns in various sizes for many decades. I own T72, T50, T37, T25, and T18 manual guns, though I haven't used the T18 or T37 in a long time and probably wouldn't be able to find staples for them any more. The T50 and T25 are my workhorses. But as I get older the strength in my hands is less, so I tried this cordless staple gun, which works for T50 and T25. It's great. The only reason I might ever go back to the manual staple guns is that they are a lot smaller and fit into tighter spaces. I bought brads for this but haven't tried them yet. I've shot a lot of T50 and T25 with this, and I'm happy with the results. This big red thing can also do the thin-wire JT21 staples, and I tried them out but haven't used them for anything real yet.

Once I figured out how to hold the tip against what I wanted to staple, this worked like a charm. The battery life is fantastic!I use it more than I thought I would!

I have had a manual stapler for years, and I used to have a wired electric brad gun. This unit does both, all with a rechargeable battery... and it is very light.I have found it difficult to use a manual stapler in tight areas without hurting my hands, plus my hands are getting stiffer as I get older. This light small stapler lets me put in anything from a 3/8" to 9/16" staple, in either flat or arched top (for wires) staples. And Arrow has them in steel, stainless steel, and Monel. It also does 18 gauge brads, so that does in one battery operated, rechargeable electric tool, what I used to have two tools for. And it is much easier on my hands, and quicker than using my mechanical stapler.I take one star off for ease of use, because I find it difficult to load the staples. They need to sit on one side of the cartridge, but it is not inherently obvious which side. Also, it says it can use 18 gauge pin nails, but Arrow does not seem to manufacture those, and I could not find them from any other manufacturer—only brad nails in 18 gauge.

I bought this for cabling and when Amazon suggested I buy T59. Insulated staples I was quite happy but should have not trusted the Amazon automated suggestionUnfortunately, they don't work with thos device and I had to use regular staples. I ruined some cables in the learning.process

So I got it to use for hanging Christmas lights. I do it professionally. I don’t Clark griswald with the stapler to often, but There’s a spot here or an area there that the materiel needing lights or power cords attached to requires stapling. Problem is you stapling takes so darn long, ensuring its lined up on either side of the cord so the bulb sits perfectly, and so you don’t hit the cord of course. I thought this little stapler would help expedite my process. Well it doesn’t.A) no way are you getting a 1000 staples thru this before it dies. Not even in that ballpark.B.) it’s kinda heavy, for me it’s fine but it’s gotta be 3-4 times heavier then my other muscle powered staplers. And the thing is it’s big it’s clunky, you absolutely can not staple in tight spots. Which is not conducive at all to my needs. Or any I can think ofC.) since it is large, heavy, and clunky it is hard to get lined properly up when compared to a good ole cable type stapler. This one is a pain to use. It didn’t save me any time, on the contrary. I wanted to like it. Tried it just long enough thst I can’t send the thing back, so now I’m stuck with it, guarantee I never use it again. Wish I could return it.Now there is a couple things good don’t think that. For one thing, it has a safety deal that the stapler part has to be pushed in to whatever stapling or else the stapler won’t fire. That’s good for me bc I regularly have to pop staples in spots when I’m blind. I gotta go by feel, and a lot of times I’m not close enough. That does a bit to help me outZ.?Another perk is it fires a pretty decently wide range of staples so it can be used for multiple applications if you needed it.And overall the build quality seems pretty darn good, it feels like it would hold up to some abuse and time.I have only used it for a few hundred staples at most so I sure wish I could send it back

I have had one of these fir years and use it for hanging Christmas Lights with the U shaped staples.Works great.Just press the trigger and wham.Done.No squeezing a handle and hoping to stay on target.And if you are getting older and that pain in the joints is there, that's a problem.So much so, I stopped handing the Christmas Lights years ago.Now, I am back and annoying the heck out of the neighbors again.