Great idea, lousy implementation

[unixronin]

This is a Powershot 5700 forward-action staple gun.  I just relegated it to the scrap pile.

Why?

Well, it's a very good idea.  This rethinking of the underlying design of the staple gun puts your hand pressure where the staples are driven, resulting in a more controllable stapler that drives staples deeper and better with less effort.

...When it works, that is.  And there's the problem.  Because this thing is the worst, most unreliable piece of crap you'll ever use.  I'm on my second one right now; it's a warranty replacement for the first.  The first one MIGHT have lasted a hundred staples before it stopped driving them.  The second didn't last fifty before it not only stopped driving staples, but jammed.  Reviews I've since found online tell the same story:  it's great while it works, but it almost certainly won't make it through the first box of staples.

[sigh]  Back to the old bog-standard-but-bulletproof Arrow T-55...

Comments

[lebo-superman.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that. Hope someone else picks up the idea and makes it reliable, soon!

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I've got a Sears staple gun I must have bought thirty years ago. Still works fine.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yup. Not sure how old my T-55 is, but it still works fine. I just find it ergonomically awkward to use.

[glitch25.livejournal.com]

Odd.. I have one of the first gens and I've never had a problem. Sad.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Maybe they went to hell when Arrow bought Powershot...

[unix-jedi.livejournal.com]

That's cause you bought the cheap knockoff.

I saw the ad for this on TV, and bought one that weekend:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00968514000P

So far, flawless. :)

(For what it's worth, my friend the Xman - woodworker extraordinaire has one like yours, uses and abuses it constantly, and hasn't had any problems... but it was bought at least 5 years ago.)