Swingline Heavy Duty Stapler, 160 Sheet Capacity, Jam Free, Metal, Black and Gray (39005)

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.

EDIT: I am updating my review as of Sept. 2017. Thanks to a very helpful fellow Amazon customer, I bought a different brand of staples. I was using Swingline (!!) and I purchased Bostitch. This thing works like a DREAM now. It never ever "misfires" now. Always staples perfectly. The most frustrating part is that their own brand of staples are so inferior they cause their well-designed and reliable device to malfunction. There was no price difference, either. Oh, the frustration. This thing is definitely 50/50. I regularly staple bundles of 45-90 pages in my day-to-day office duties. Prior to buying this stapler, I was dealing with a messy tangle of paper clips every day. Staples make my files much easier to manage and keep them better organized and neat thanks to being flatter. PLUS I never have to worry about removing them when the shredding truck comes. About half the time, this thing works like a dream. The other half, one prong of the staple goes through as it should, and the other becomes a bungled mess on the top of the pages, leaving an unsightly and sharp lump. I even made sure I ordered the proper staple size for my page count needs! It's especially frustrating because I can't figure out the rhyme or reason for it happening. I'm applying smooth and even pressure to the lever. The staples are the correct size. The paper is all smooth and flat with nothing to impede the staple. I won't even begin to try to explain how hard it is to remove heavy duty staples when they "misfire". UGH. But all that said, I still like it better than paper clips. Even if only the one side loops and grabs through, that's enough to bind it. I just take my staple puller and use the metal teeth to gently bend the offensive piece down flat, and move on. But not everyone is going to want to do that, so you've been warned!

For the price this stapler works great. I believe this stapler is suppose to be able to staple 60 papers. I've done 50 papers no problem. Different size staples. Works great

I bought this stapler despite the not-so-great reviews because I already have a Swingline model 39002 heavy-duty stapler that works great, and I wanted to have one at home, one at the office. I figured the model 39005 would be similar. I have the proper staples, and I figured, yes, I know how to push down properly. This will work great and oh my gosh it's so cheap. Well, I was wrong. They don't make them like they used to. (my 39002 is like eight years old) This stupid stapler jammed so much I almost threw it out the window. Seriously, like every other staple jammed. Sometimes I would get lucky and get three or four in a row without a jam. and then jam again. It's like the little metal piece inside that pushes the staple down isn't attached well or something. (I'm guessing here since I can't actually see inside while it's stapling) one side of the staple just refuses to go into the paper sometimes, no matter whether it was 30 sheets or 100 sheets. Then it would staple 120 sheets just fine but refuse to do the little 40-pagers. And other times it would only do the small stacks and refuse to cooperate on the larger stacks. I wasted so much time unjamming the stapler and also tearing my booklets apart to remove the messed up staples. This one is definitely going back. I ordered another heavy-duty stapler, different brand. Hopefully it arrives soon.

Great product. Wish it came in more colors to better match office decor.

I did not think it would come broken. Works well but that little black thing doesn’t look like it’ll last long.

De haute qualité et très robuste.

excelente servicio, y el producto tal y como se ofrece, de buena calidad

5 Stars says it's a great.

I’ve had this stapler for less than 2 days and will be sending it back for a refund. After going through 1 strip of 3/8” staples, I had a success rates of less than 10% - most of the time it either fails to staple, jams, or staples partway through then bends. I needed to clear jams at least once every 5 or 6 attempts. Maybe it’s a bad unit but this isn’t just some small issue, it’s completely unusable.

Très bon achat