Arrow Fastener ETFX50 Heavy Duty Professional Electric Staple and Nail Gun
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Arrow Fastener ETFX50 Heavy Duty Professional Electric Staple and Nail Gun
Customer Review: Reliability Problems
Summary: 2 Stars
I was looking for an automatic stapler to upholster kitchen chairs. The arrow website directed me to this model. I was using 3/8" staples and the stapler stopped working after two rows of staples. Amazon did a great job replacing it with a new one. I reduced the staple to a 1/4" (not happy I had to do this) in an attempt to put less strain on the stapler. It works better but I have had to totally disassemble the thing when it jams which is often. This is not an acceptable stapler for upholstering. It may be fine driving into pine such as installing insulation. Besides the jamming many staples do not drive straight in and are in effective in holding material in place. I have gotten used to removing these staples and redoing it until I get one to drive in straight.
I should have purchased a pneumatic stapler.
Customer Review: Lying manufacturer
Summary: 1 Stars
On the box there's a big 14amp sign, but when you look closer, the stapler itself is actually 10amps. Why the trickery? It seems to function alright, but the concept of truth in advertising demands a spanking here.
There are other staplers out there that are electric and are much more capable, albeit more expensive, but this one already comes at a premium based on false advertising, so why bother?
An update: I've put in over twenty thousand staples for a radiant heat project recently, most with a pneumatic stapler, perhaps 100 with this Arrow stapler. The recoil is annoying, and it lacks power. If I had to have an electric stapler, I'd spend $200 for the Duofast, or some other high end stapler with enough mass to kill the recoil.
Customer Review: Excellent: very comfortable and easy to use
Summary: 5 Stars
This tool is a must. After using it for one year, I'm never going back to a manual stapler. Not only it requires less effort than the hand powered stapler, but the electric stapler is much more reliable, more accurate accurate and much faster.
The tool is primary a stapler, but it can shoot small brad nails, which is very convenient. However, the short brad nails are only useful for very small projects.
The tool jams from time to time, like any stapler, but the feeding channel is easily disassembled to clear the jam. Jamming has never been an issue, but I don't know whether the jams are more frecuent than with other staplers. The shooting mechanism is made of thick steel, and it looks very robust.
Customer Review: Patience required
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this stapler to save on time and fatigue for a canvas project requiring 300 staples.
A stapler is such a simple product that it either works or it doesn't. In this case the ETFX50 doesn't work well enough to warrant replacing a manual T50 stapler.
Cons:
- jams too often and you fight to open the staple pusher assembly
- trigger lacks positive feel
- cannot fire staples quickly, during "recharge phase" trigger does nothing
- sharp edged trigger lock rubs against your thumb
- cord is too heavy as others have commented
- worst of all, with all this power 10A+, staples still don't sit flush
Customer Review: It's OK but I wouldn't recommend it.
Summary: 2 Stars
If you have a lot of stapling to do, a manual gun can really start to hurt your hands. I had been using a manual gun, and decided to give this electric one a try. I keep alternating b/n the two, but I think the manual one is easier to use and the staples are much flatter. I think this gun would be great if the part you pressed used your whole hand, like the manual one. Instead, you have to press the gun with only 2 fingers and it's pretty tough, especially after you've been doing it a while. I would not recommend this product.