STANLEY SharpShooter Plus Heavy Duty Nail Gun TR250 - Professional Pneumatic Framing Nailer for Woodworking, Construction & DIY Projects (Gray/Black) - Perfect for Roofing, Deck Building & Home Renovation

Works greatCompared to my cabling stapler which is made out of pressed steel, this is about half the weight which is obviously due to the aluminium construction. its use of plastic fittings puts it out of the trade tools category and firmly into the home handyman bracket.Perhaps my main dislike is the (somewhat novel) swing out cable tacking guide. I think this is more wishful thinking on Stanleys part than anything else. As someone who uses cable tackers professionally, i can say that cable tacking requires either horseshoe shaped staples or insulated staples neither of which this is capable of handling. Also, just the logic of the idea is wrong. Consider this, cables generally are round and usually soft... the swing out cable guide is designed to accommodate round cables... the staples are flat headed and the striker is also flat headed. Result? Crushed cables of course.Other than that, it is a reasonably well constructed. The claim of "easy squeezing" has to be taken in light of operation of other similar devices.I'd speculate that its designed more for people with larger hands. For women or people with smaller hands, i could easily see it being a two handed operation. Having said that, the "squeeze length" isn't significantly more that comparable units.it does fire a range of staple lengths as well as brads (staples which are tee shaped) but not cable staples or insulted staples. The unit does not come with staples which must be purchased separately... something to be borne in mind when ordering this item.In use i needed it to secure some loose carpet on the stairwell.A feat that it achieved admirably. The decision to buy from Amazon versus locally was a no-brainer. Amazon had it for $17 USD plus $5 USD for a pack of staples whereas locally I would have paid $70 NZD plus $20 NZD. (yeah I know, we're getting ripped off seven ways to Sunday which is why so many kiwis buy online now)AddendumI must admit to having an alternate motive behind getting this. As an amateur woodworker, I've been watching Youtube where people use a compressed air powered brad nailer to hold things together. Not having a compressor, air hose or brad nailer (and having no plans to get any of those things), I was looking for a cheaper alternative. Having just now proved the theory, I'm now adding it to my review.As stated, I've now proved that this stapler can be used as a light weight brad nailer in woodworking. It will fire a brad through a 1/4"(6mm) piece of MDF with ease but will not penetrate through 1/2"(12mm). Switching between hard or soft doesn't seem to make any difference to the penetration. The brad itself seems to be more robust than I expected (I've previously described it as a tee shaped staple leg) but it appears to be made out of a much thicker metal than the staples. 1/4"- 1/2"penetration may not seem like much there is no comparison in cost versus a compressor based brad nailer. On op of that I did describe it as light weight.Addendum 2OK I've used it a bit more now and I've gotta say, I'm becoming more impressed with each use. I've discovered that both brads and staples are heavy duty in a really meaty sense. Up to the level of my cable stapler in fact. I'm still not sure what to make of the plastic fittings so I guess time will tell on that one.Works perfectly for my kitchen chair upholstery redo.Bought the Stanley because my 40 year Arrow ET-50 was making a lot of double hits. The Stanley is not as powerful even on the high setting often leaving staples half-way-in. (stapling aluminum flashing onto treated pine with 1/2" stainless staples) It is Better for getting into corners and the safety tongue that keeps you from firing into the air is good. By the way we fixed the Arrow by doing something you'd never think would work. We put a small glob of thick grease on the contact points and no more double hits! Because of this I don't use the Stanley much. It's kind of twinky compared the the Arrow ET-50.1I was hesitant to purchase another Stanley stapler since the one I had didn’t do the job. The stapler I had was close to 20 years old so I hoped the new one would be better. I was very pleased with the new one and it handled the work I was doing admirably.Easy to use and great for range workGreat little tool! Good quality, tough.I needed a staple gun to repair a cat tree on which the rope was falling off due to being scratched a lot. Obviously that's normal, but I wanted to just rewrap the rope instead of buying a whole new cat tree.Operating this staple gun took a bit of getting used to, so that the staples would go in flush instead of one side being deeper than the other. Holding it perfectly centered and applying even pressure is essential to making this work properly. It helps to use both hands.Outside of the learning curve, it has worked great for what I needed.It is possible that the seller of this product has provided the product at a discount or for free in return for a thoroughand truthful review. If a discount was in fact received, I was not compensated in any way other than that discount andhave not promised the seller or manufacturer anything other than my honest opinions and evaluations of the product inquestion. I am not required, obligated, or forced to provide a positive review in return for any discount I have received,if such occurred. I thoroughly examine and utilize each product prior to posting a review regardless of the product'sdiscount status and an examination of my reviews on this site will clearly show that I am completely honest.This disclaimer does not guarantee that the product was discounted or free, simply notification that it is possible itwas.If you have any questions or concerns that I have not covered, please leave a comment below and I will try my best to findthe answer to any question or address any concern you may have.All opinions and comments in this review are my own or that of my family and do not reflect the opinions of themanufacturer, seller, or retailer.Thank you for reading this review and good luck with your purchase!For thirty years I've put off staple gun use wherever possible, because my hands are small and handling one, particularly those that have the oomph for anything useful, was painful and took ages. Then my heavy duty staple gun gave up only one sheet in to fixing foil insulation up in the shed. My palm was already bruised. I went on a fact-finding trip to every DIY store in a twenty mile radius to try out new models, but they all had the same problem. Then a friend who does upholstery recommended this. LIFE CHANGING. I got the rest of the insulation up in an hour and my hands are completely fine. This is so much more powerful than any stapler I could operate manually and so much faster. I wish I'd known about these before! And it's barely more expensive than the manual one. Love. It.Without this amazing stable gun I wouldn’t be able to upholstery my old sofa to look like this . I have done 2 sofas now and it is amazing . Very light, easy to use . Can use staples or nails . For this price I can’t believe it.After buying a cheapo manual stapling gun (not from Amazon) and finding it really awful - useless almost to the point of being dangerous - I binned it and paid not a huge amount more for this Stanley electric version which I'm happy to say seems to be rather good so far. No manual pressure required except possibly occasionally with the other hand pushing down to give extra stability if required when a solid support underneath is not quite solid enough.I have only used 6mm staples so far so I can't comment on more heavy duty ones.Comes with a 2.4 metre cable which is longer than average which is nice.It does, however, seem a little 'plasticky' but overall seems up the job as long as abuse is kept to a minimum; I don't think this staple gun could be described as for professional use but for the average DIYer it should suffice and last a while. Recommended.I was expecting a less than stellar performance for some reason, but this seems to effortlessly drive brads and staples through most things I've tried. Handy stuff. Just remember it doesn't come with any brads etc., so get some. I got 15mm brads and they work a treat. It's all easy to load too and you can adjust the driving force a bit too with the knob on top.Soy carpintero y compre está engrapadora/clavadora pensando que me ayudaría mucho cuando no puedo llevar el compresor, pero es muy débil al meter clavos o grapas, debe ser sobre pino y no en maderas macizas o más duras que el pino, a máxima potencia no esconde por completo las grapas o clavos, pienso que es más como para una emergencia o para un detalle mínimo su utilización, quizá en cartón, pero para madera no es recomendable. A mí parecer debería rondar los 300 pesos y no estar tan cara pues no cumplió su cometido.