Swingline Heavy Duty Stapler 160 Sheet Capacity - Office & Desk Stapler for Thick Stacks, Platinum (39002) - Perfect for Reports, Presentations & Binding Documents

No useful at allThis is a great heavy-duty stapler for what our needs are for stapling our plastic clamshell packaging for our products.These are nice heavy duty staplers. For only twenty-ish bucks, the price can't be beat. We use these at an architecture firm and print about 100k sq.ft. per year. 95% of that gets bound and shipped. Stapling problems are usually due to using the wrong staples (brand), staples that are too long/short, or by going to slow or not using enough pressure. You need to be deliberate when stapling. If it sounds like CA-CHUNK, you aren't going fast enough and will get jams. It should be a SHOOMP! One smooth, deliberate, forceful motion. Use them on a 28-30" tall desk. A high counter makes them harder to use.Our most commonly used staplers are 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2", they last about 18-24 months. They are used HARD. The failure is either that the blade that pushes the staples brakes off at the top, and/or the bracket and rod at the top of the blade bends reducing the stroke of the stapler. (see picture of old vs new) That causes the staples to not go all the way through the paper and bunch up. And/or, the really short legs stick out the bottom and doesn’t get bent over.I like to stick a label on the side of the stapler to indicate how long that the staples should be. It makes it easy to see if someone has put in the wrong length. 1/8" difference is hard to spot. You really want the right staple length so as not to jam or have sharp legs. We have one stapler for each length, from 3/8 up to 3/4". We use a different, larger Swingline for 15/16" staples.We've been using this model for over 7-8 years. They last long enough for the cost. If anyone thinks that a $20 tool should last forever, they are delusional.BTW, we tried a different swingline that had 1" staples but it'd trim the legs so you didn't need multiple staple lengths. They were really problematic and would fail in only a few months of use. They had a good warranty and we kept getting them replaced but it became too much of a nuisance. We ended up going to these set-length staplers.My first one of these got lost when my house was renovated. I had bought it at an Office Max store that was going out of business. It was marked down 60 or 70 percent. I put off replacing it, because of the price. The price on Amazon as I type this is under $22 with free shipping, which is cheaper than what I paid for the first one. To understand just how good that price is, compare it to other staplers. The price is essentially the same as the 60 sheet stapler, which I also have, and which is a good value in its own right(and much more sleek and compact). The next larger size adds about 30 percent to the number of sheets that can be stapled and about 110 percent to the price. This is a big, rugged, mostly metal machine, built to tight enough tolerance to be very effective and reliable.As far as the performance goes, both of mine have been near flawless, as have the ones I've used in various offices. As long as no one drops it on the floor causing misalignment or tries to staple something other than paper, you can expect similar performance. I don't use them enough at home to induce significant wear, so I can't confidently comment on performance in an industrial environment, although I've not seen a Swingline wear out since the Tot 50 that I bought as a child more than half a century ago. One reviewer said he had had one that suffered from wear, and I believe his situation envolved really long-term heavy use. At this price, you just go ahead and use it a few hundred thousand times (20 boxes of 1/4" staples would be 100,000) and then buy another.Note that it has a built-in adjustable guide to speed up production jobs. Also take note of the fact that you may need several sizes of staples, and you may have to switch out staples on a regular basis to cover all sizes of stacks of sheets. The staple sizes are 1/4" (heavy duty only) for 2-25 sheets, 3/8" for 25-60 sheets, 1/2" for 40-90 sheets, 5/8" for 75-120 sheets, and 3/4" for 90-160 sheets. You cannot use your 1/4" standard staples, which will jam the machine big-time. You must use heavy duty staples. Sheet quantities are estimates based on 20 pound paper, which is standard copier/printer paper.If you can use one of these, and they're still under $30, I'd recommend you buy it before someone comes to his senses and doubles the price. Right now, they represent a singular deep dip in the cost/performance curve.This stapler is awesome and works great for our need to staple LOTS of pages together! It has jammed a couple times if you try to staple too quickly but if you use steady slow pressure, it's a breeze!!The stapler works great. I used it for 80pg receipt books (+covers) with ease. Easy to maneuver and good value.But do not buy the Swingline staples with it!! Use Brother brand instead. Believe me. I got used to pulling out jams pretty well within the first hour of receiving the Amazon suggested swingline Staples. Then I brought Brother staples and once those arrived I have had no problems whatsoever with the stapler or staples.As long as you have heavy duty staples, this stapler has been a life saver, at work. It staples through larger stacks of paper with little forceEl precio del producto es bueno, pero su calidad general es regular, los acabados no son finos. Lo que definitivamente me hizo regresarla es que al engrapar no perfora correctamente el papel y después de unas ocho veces que traté, sólo una vez engrapó bien y el resto dejaba una de las patas de la grapa salida. Esto puede causar que los papeles se desengrapen, y peor, que alguien se lastime con los restos de las grapas.Aclaro que usé las grapas propías del fabricante, para uso rudo. Realmente una pena porque es un producto que necesito.Habrá que buscar otra marca.I have nothing good to say about this product. It's cumbersome, inelegant and 95% of staples jam. The staple guide isn't close enough to the anvil and its failure rate is so high that nothing could be worth the aggravation of using this product. Unjamming this contraption is time-consuming and required every single time it staples. This stapler is a useless piece of kife. I expected so much more from this company. Even if it worked perfectly, the anvil can't even clinch the closure flat. This product is a ripoff that will make you angry.I never write reviews but felt I needed to this time. Either the stapler is crap or the staples I got with it are wrong for it (even though they are Swingline heavy duty 3/8" Optima, jamb free guaranteed, high capacity staples). WELL let me tell you. They jambed, right from the first staple. and when you try the stapler without paper it spits out 2 at a time. I went through a full string of staples just to get 6 good shots out of it. NOW so you know, staples are meant for 70 pages, ( I'm trying to staple 45) the stapler is rated for 160 sheets. I guess I now know why they included a jamb release on the unit. NOT impressed.Tuve que regresarla, ni siquiera con las grapas de su misma marca funciona y eso que probé con cuatro tamaños distintos, estoy en espera de que me envíen una que si cumpla con sus funciones.Para household es excelente quizá si la usara para engrapar legajos de una notaría si compraría una de mejor calidad y mayor precio. Para un uso no tan continuo es lo mejor