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I recently bought this staple/nail gun for my wife. It has the ability to drive BN1810 nails (5/8" 18 gauge brad nails) and 6 sizes of T50 staples (1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 1/2", 9/16", 17/32"). We have used it as a stapler to reupholster chairs. For this purpose, this tool is wonderful. It effortlessly staples through the thick vinyl fabric and into the wood of the seat. This tool saves a lot of time and effort. You do need to hold the unit firmly against the chair for the staples to properly penetrate the chair; otherwise you get a little kickback resulting in imperfect results. This is to be expected because of the light weight nature of this tool. A much heavier air based gun wouldn't have as much of a kickback problem, simply because it weighs so much more. So keep this in mind. Hold the tool firmly, and you should be very happy with the results. Because the storage case is designed to be light weight, it is not as tough as I would like, but everything fits nicely into the storage case and there is room for plenty of nails and staples. The cord is long enough for most jobs. The tool fits nicely in the hand. It works great. We haven't had any problems with it. There is one negative to this tool. No where on this tool is there information about the sizes of staples it can use. It just says it takes T50 staples. This means if you lose the instructions, and forget what sizes to use, you will simply have to guess. Another tool we looked at buying had this information printed right on the tool. However, it didn't come with a storage case, and wasn't as well built. As a nailer that accepts only 5/8" brad nails, it is not that useful. There is a nail set attachment (ETF50XP) which I don't have that you can get for this tool that makes it more useful as a nailer. I tested it stand alone on tough oak. It will drive the 5/8" brad nails perfectly into tough oak without a problem. Again, follow the instructions and put force on the unit as shown and you won't have any problems. This is quite a powerful tool if used right. Many of the complaints in other reviews are caused by kickback, which is from people misusing the tool. If you don't hold it right, you will get kickback and bad results. Like any other tool, take the time to learn to use it properly. Like many other tool users, I've found that cordless tools are more of a pain then they are worth. The batteries get bad fast. You end up buying batteries all the time. Without new freshly charged batteries, most cordless tools become very unreliable. Nothing is worse than using a cordless tool only to find that the batteries are drained 5 minutes after you just started your project! I am glad Arrow made this a corded unit and put a long cord on it so you'll pretty much never need an extension cord for it. I highly recommend this product. It is very light weight, easy to use, has a long cord, fits nicely in the hands, is well built, very powerful, and doesn't require an inconvenient air compressor. Comment | Permalink | function showYesNoCommunityResponse(uId,result,value) { var msgLayer = getElement("thanks" + uId); if ( result == "SUCCESS" ) { msgLayer.innerHTML = "Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.com readers and reviewers. Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."; } else { showVoteErrorResponse(msgLayer,result,value); } } (Report this)