PAPER CLINCH Compact NAVY BLUE Heavy Duty, Light, Staple Free Stapler (31252)

Useless product :) Not worth buying

Al principio tenia mis dudas sobre este producto, pero al probarlo muchas veces me he dado cuenta que funciona GENIAL. Tengo un bebe en casa y las grapas me parecen muy peligrosas inclusive para adultos, por lo que decidi probar este producto. Puede grapar de 5-7 hojas sin ningun problema. Lo recomiendo ampliamente para quienes quieren tener orden sin necesidad de comprar grapas extras.

I bought this and the Kokuyo Harinacs Stapleless Stapler to compare them to each other. The Koyuko Harinacs stapler had better instructions (even though they were in Japanese and I only know English, it had diagrams illustrating how it is best used) and I personally think it has a cooler-looking design, but it was far more expensive (bought it for about $21, including shipping). I also liked that the Koyuko Harinacs one has a viewing window which allows the user to see exactly where the staple will be punched. The Plus Paper Cinch has some transparent plastic so that the user can make a good guess as to where the staple will be made, but it's not exact. Also, the Plus Paper Cinch can balance a better on its own for single-handed stapling (though this balance is not perfect), whereas I must use two hands to operate the Koyuko Harinacs one. Both have the same mechanism for stapling, and since it doesn't use staples, my fancy wooden desk will be saved from many little scratches! When using staple-free staplers, I recommend using 2 "staples" at 90 degrees to each other so that neither of them comes apart. They should put that in the instructions, but they don't for this stapler. It would be great if they came out with a staple-free stapler with a greater capacity of 16 sheets or so, such that its utility increases. 4 sheets of paper is okay if you staple packets of this size or smaller regularly. I tried stapling 10 sheets of computer paper together with this to see if it would work, because they fit into the gap for papers to be stapled. It worked to staple them together, but I had to yank the papers out because they staple blade got stuck in them. After many repeated uses stapling large quantities of paper together, I imagine that the spring mechanism would become brittle and break. If it is only used to staple together 4 sheets of paper or fewer as it was meant to, it will stay in great shape and last for a long time. Overall, this is a neat little stapler. Sometimes, I let my colleagues and clients borrow it and they wish they had their own.

Works

Good

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Works and didn't have to get staples.