Product Description
"STANLEY" NAIL GUN STAPLERHeavy Duty ElectricNail Gun StaplerHas 8' Cord For Easier UseNewly Designed Product With Ergonomic Features & Handle
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4573 in Home Improvement
- Size: 1
- Brand: Stanley
- Model: TRE550
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x.0" w x7.00" l,
Features
- Heavy-duty electric staple / brad nailgun with outstanding driving power
- Unique dual power lever (Hi/Lo) designed for use with hard or soft materials
- Quick-jam-clear mechanism saves time and hassles
- Includes 8-foot power cord
- Uses Stanley SharpShooter TRA700 Series or Arrow T-50 heavy duty staples and 1/2-, 9/16- and 5/8-inch brads
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
70 of 75 people found the following review helpful.
By Ian Wright
Pros:
-Safety. Great safety feature which is a small clip where the staple comes out. The stapler will only shoot the staple if the clip is depressed, and it will only be depressed when you have it in place to staple something.
-Dual Purpose. Stapler / brad nail gun. I only used the staple feature, but I'm sure the brad nail feature works fine as well.
-Electric. You don't need the getup involved in having an air gun. Plug it into any outlet and go.
-Performance. When I pressed firmly down on the wood I was stapling, the staples would sink all the way down most of the time. This was really a 4 out of 5, because if you didn't press quite firmly, it wouldn't sink the staple all the way. I was stapling into southern pine, which is a softer wood. I don't think it would have performed as well with a harder wood like oak. I'd have liked a stronger gun which would sink the staple all they way regardless of how hard I pressed, or what wood I was stapling into, but then for $25, I can't complain too much.
-Specs. Compare this electric stapler to other electric staplers. They are 120V, 10 Amp, 60 Hz, just like this one. As for why they are more expensive, who knows.
Cons:
-Performance. See above. For the price, it is surely as good as it gets, and will get the job done for the average DIY such as myself, but the power isn't overwhelming.
That is all the usefull information in my review, for a more exact and mostly boring background of my review of the stapler, read below.
I recently moved into a house with a fenced backyard. There was a 2-3" gap under the fence, and so I had to install chicken wire along the entire length of the fence so that our rat terrier (the wife's of course) couldn't get out. Using the Stanley staple gun, I did it. Now, as for performance of unit, it was very good, not great. I found that if I pressed down firmly on the wood I was stapling, that it would sink the staple all the way down. The reality was that the fence would "give" a little when i stapled into it, and so almost all the staples stick out just a little bit. Now, they'll work fine, but it just isn't the clean look everyone wants. It would have been nice to have a gun powerful enough to sink the staple no matter what, even if the wood under the gun vibrates or "gives" a little, but then I'm a guy that likes extra power in just about everything. It jammed once which was my fault for not setting it against the fence properly, and the jammed staple came out with no problem the next time I pressed the trigger. By the way, the rat (terrier) is effectively trapped.
48 of 52 people found the following review helpful.
By IGot2P
The reason the title says "buy a hammer with it" is because you will definitely need the hammer. Here is how the stapler works, first you fire the shortest staple (1/4 ") into soft pine wood, then you realize that it did not go all the way in, now you take the hammer and finish driving the staple in......see how easy it is. :-)
In short, this stapler is simply not a good product and definitely not up to what I normally expect from Stanley. And yes, I did have the stapler set on the "high" power setting. Unfortunately, I tossed all of the packaging thus I can't take it back so I will just throw it away and buy an Arrow brand. I hope you gain something from this review because I sure lost out on the deal.
Cheers,
Don
42 of 47 people found the following review helpful.
By S. Deak
Purchased this gun, but will be returning it right away.
This gun may be good for very soft wood and short staples, but is worthless for your average wood or hardwood.
I tried this gun first with 1/2" staples on poplar wood. The staples only went in about halfway. I tried again with 1/4" staples (the shortest) and they still did not penetrate fully even with very hard pressure.
I tried the same staples with an average manual gun, and they penetrated fully.
If you're looking for something tho make your staple work easier, look elsewhere.
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