Best Nail / Staple Guns

Incredible machine. Should be a staple part of your tool kit – I had a very big stapling job to do. Underfloor insulation. 36 monster bags of insulation that needed to be stapled to the underfloor of our… Read more

place. Seemed easy enough...

What makes a huge difference between swaggering and crying into your weetbix for this kind of job is the stapler! I started this monumental "DIY" job with a Trojan stapler I inherited from a friend (a stapler kit from Bunnings). The Trojan wasn't a terrible stapler, but for this job it just couldn't nail it. If there's a bigger job that uses staples I don't know what it is but in the end, I had used roughly ~10,000 staples, 7,000 of which came through the DeWalt. I used the stapler both on the ground (standing) and up on a ladder, at all kinds of angles. Here's why it's so good.

1. It tolerated multiple staple lines in it without failure. The Trojan would only work if you put a single unbroken line of staples in it. It failed nearly every single time you put several lines it it. As soon as it got to the break in staples it jammed. When you're on a ladder and stapling upside down this is enraging. The DeWalt never failed, never jammed once!

2. The method to change staples was clean and crisp, hit a button, the slide rail comes out, you load up the cargo and jam it back home (it's heavy duty so needs to be done with a push). The Trojan had a very lightweight stick with a wing-nut kind of end on it that you unclipped, pulled out and loaded the staples back in. This is absolutely lousy. Multiple times, the wing-nut end caught on my overalls, unclipped and dumped the staples onto the ground. Enraging.

3. The Dewalt is very smooth lined with nothing to catch on. The Trojan has bits that snag on you besides the end bit mentioned in 2. above.

4. The DeWalt has a clip on it so you can suspend the stapler on your jeans / overalls. Up and down the ladder so often meant this was a life-saver. Carrying the insulation, carrying the stapler was something you didn't want to know about with the Trojan.

It's quite a heavy duty thing to hold continuously and use. The punching power is excellent and I had to go through the insulation which can be quite thick requiring you to really push into it.

The only thing which got me was the trigger mechanism that has quite a span on it. No doubt this is part of the punching power distance it needs but I felt like I needed a bigger hand when I first started using it as when you punch the staple in, the handle comes back out quite a lot and it automatically pushes your hand back up the handle towards to body of the stapler, so you have to reposition.

In the end, I had figured out to do it all smoothly in a single motion and think this is an incredible stapler.

Note : I only used Stanely 10mm staples for this (approved for use in this particular stapler) . They are likely a good part of this story as well. I never tried tacks so can't comment on those.

AAA – shits over hitachi or paslode 16 ga nailers... i have a hitachi nt65m2 , good gun but you need earmuffs to use it.... dewalt can hold an extra… Read more

clip of nails , so much less reloading........ the dewalt seems to have a lot more power the other big brand nails.... i have owned a paslode and never again.... the best , quietest 16 ga nailer available

Solid Gun – Purchased few yrs ago and has performed very well. I'm a carpenter and have used this gun for many house frames and other jobs. Hold heaps of nails.… Read more

Although it comes with spike like nose i sharpened it more to stop slipping when nailing on angle.it is very powerful.. yet ive seen it upstaged by other framing guns when nailing into kiln dried hardwood. Never had to replace any thing on it.Over all very happy with it powerful, light, hold lots of nails ,very reliable could be more powerful

Ideal for the handy women – What a handy little tool. Makes it is easy to reupholster chairs at home. I previously used a manual stapler & that was hard work. I like to do… Read more

things around the house for myself. Having easy to use, lightweight tools makes my life easier. Well girls, pop out & buy one of these for yourselves. Easy to use, lightweight Can be hard to fit into confined corners

Just received brand new 2026 Hikoki Gen2 Finshing gun 15gauge 34° And compared straight away with my old Hitachi Gen1 Finishing Gun 15gauge 34° i… Read more

brought new back in 2018 (which only this year started to No longer sink the nails all the way home (50 & 65mm) still sinks 32mm.

Wow huge difference just pulling it out the box. 1) its wayyy lighter (so my mind thought_oh no_will this sink nails..? ☆Answered with a big Yes •it sinked 50mm & i had to adjust to the lowest setting (my old Hitachi does not any more ‍:( •tryed 65mm nails_still had to go to the lowest setting, sinked the nails with ease in both single fire & bump/rapid fire (old Hitachi left them ½ way home :( (See my short video) •then tryed 32mm_Lol_definetly on the lowest setting & bump fire (only nail my old Hitachi will sink home now :)

Oh the other thing (except for lighter weight) ☆Instantly while firing both guns @ the same time in both my hands_i could feel the strong & immediate thumping power wayyyy over my old Hitachi finish gun_it blew me away how much more powerful this gun is. ☆Next positive i noticed striaght away was how much more user friendly this gen2 gun is_the power button is wayyyy more visable & easier to reach than my old Gen1 gun & as well as the single fire or bump fire button •Last of all, i placed both guns next to each other to stand up on their own_& the new Gen 2 sat upright with no assitance & balanced all on its own_when i let go of my old Gen1 Hitachi_it just fell over :( •ooow..ow yer... The handle, its slightly easier to grab & hold onto, its a little thinner than my old Gen1 handle & it felt good & secure in my hand.

Both still have the same lights & same "No-tool" required to empty any jams. •oh yer..the head on the Gen2 Hikoki is smaller in size to_meaning it will fit in tighter places •And the firing head is easier to see_before U nail that suck#r. •the hook for your belt fits nicely into my "shorts pocket" & flows without snags when pulling out (yep i try not to wear a tool belt as much as i can get away with it) ☆oohhrr yer..The New gen2 multi volt battery (it came wif) its got like a rubber-ish bottom, which was an instant touch_notice thing_it "grips" in my hand _like wayyy better than all my 18 volts & 36 multi volts - especially when i'm always in a hurry to pack-up @ knock-off time (when the slippery suck#rs almost fly outta my hands) These New multi volts were so rubbery on the bottoms, i was playing with them after a charge (old & new together) the old were easily sliding around on my table, but the new with the same force just sat there & would not budge ( i said_with the same force_yer).

Hope this helps your decision making. ▪︎As for how long this Gen2 will last_i hope as long as my gen1 did i purchased back in 2018

Cheers little ears James. JAMES BUILT®️

Unsafe upholstery electric staple gun – No safety trigger mechanism as claimed, auto-release the staple when turning off the on-off switch on the staple gun, and released the second staple automatically (not supposed to). Very dangerous.

Do not waste your money, it is useless – This is by no means the cheapest stapler. at $54.00 I thought I was paying for quality. Had I not thrown the packaging away I would have just taken it back to Bunnings.