This is a great product when you are working alone running romex. It works easily to just hold wire in place and it's fast. You can run your wire and with one hand get it held in place. The staples easily pull out so no mater how many staples you shot in, you still really need to go back and hammer in a few standard staples. I use this stapler to put in one every three feet or so and then with both hands free and the wire already held in place I can easily put in a few regular staples - so much easier than holding the wire while trying to hold a staple and working the hammer. Get lots of extra staples when you order this - you go through them fast. One drawback is the gun only holds 20 staples so plan on a way to carry a box of staples back into that crawlspace or when you are tiptoeing and balancing on the floor joists up in the attic. I would recommend this far anyone trying to make their wiring task easier. Arrow Wire and Cable Staple Gun no. T72
I think Arrow has almost got it with their T72 Staple Gun, It fires nicely but they still haven't found a way to get the staples to grip better, they claim they have put a coating on the staples that is supposed to make them hold, but what they really need is some kind of barb on the staple to hold it in !!!
When I fist bought one of these I thought it was a great product. It provided a quick, cheap and easy way to run RG-6 cable. The first one lasted about a year, then started to "misfire" by not fully ejecting the staple leaving it stuck half way out of the gun. This happened once in a while and became more frequent until it would not set any staples. I do satellite TV installation so just thought it was wore out. I purchased another but within a couple of boxes of staples it started doing the same thing. You would think for $50 it should not be too hard to make a reliable staple gun. If you plan to use it only lightly and do not plan on putting more than a couple of boxes through it then this should work fine. On the other hand you can buy the more expensive and better screw cable clips and save money.
Good product, however the straps it shoot (T72) are a long way off from being reliable. Keep an eye on this. When Arrow inproves the straps, this will be a good staple/strap gun to use for running romex.
The big advantage is being able to hold the cable with one hand and staple with the other. Like another reviewer, I have found that depending on the age/hardness of the wood, I sometimes need to go back and tap the staples further in with a hammer. I have not found any need to add ordinary staples; once installed these seem to hold pretty well. I've always found the nail-in staples awkward, perhaps due to my mediocre skill with a hammer. This is a lot easier and faster. - Wire Stapler'
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