I will bet the fancy spring loaded stapler breaks long before the Swingline which should last until the sun boils the earth.
I actually staple a LOT. The Swinglines I have are fine for up to 10 pages. Once you go to 15+ pages, they turn into jam-o-matics. The spring-powered ones will eventually wear out (around 25,000 staples from my observations), but it's well worth all the time not having to dig out jammed or failed staples.
You ought to stencil "Master" onto the top of it.I kinda want a red Swingline just because of the movie. But it's one of those things I won't bother buying unless I happen to think about it while ordering other stuff. I do have a Bates 550 though, that thing is a tank. It's made of mostly metal.
A man is known by the holes he leaves behind.Are you Mayne's alt account?
But seriously, no, I've used Swinglines professionally as office bitch. No better than the 50 year old super heavy duty staplers. Hate those things. If it doesn't go through all the pages, you get an ugly looking hole. Each pair of holes tells people how stupid or weak the person stapling it was...
Hole punch?I just realized... They should invent a staple drill/screw. It drills two holes through really thick pages then puts the staple through easily.
Hole punch?
They make drills for hole punching thick stacks of paper. Anything that needs drilled is probably too thick to be useful stapled.No, punches are shit. They'll work until you get too thick a load and then it'll just emboss the page. Drill and it should go as deep as the bit.
I've had to poke my own holes, 5 pages at a time many times for thick packages. Same with punching to put in a binder.