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Not to digress too far, but what manual stapler are you using that you aren't happy with. I just use an old school Arrow T-50, the basic Chrome one, and I like it... Drives the staple fully home with no real fuss. Yeah the pull is a bit strong, but not problematic for most of my projects... My biggest complaint with my stapler is I keep forgetting it up in the attic when I am stapling up the Attic Foil...

I ran thru a couple of Craftsman manual staplers in my time - both froze up internally after so many years (10 years each) of low use, can't take it apart to fix and Sears said they don't qualify for lifetime handtool replacement! I think cheap internal plastic parts were responsible for the failures.

So now I think I have an arrow one. In general they have their uses but they are hard to squeeze and having to squeeze so hard makes them hard to aim well. I really dread using them. I only have one for those occasions when you need to shoot maybe 5 or so staples and its too much to drag the compressor along.