[.uk] Cobra 8000 Forward Action Professional Staple and Nail Gun

• Forward Action works with the staple for more control and easier firing
• Industrial steel and high impact plastic construction for guaranteed durability
• Drop-in staple chamber makes loading easy
• Non-slip rubber handle for extra comfort
• Window for an easy view of remaining staples

not real wild about this stapler:
My experience is that it is hard to "aim" the staples and that they don't go in far enough. The situation with the brads is even worse. I would try a different make and model next time around.

Be Careful!!!:
My Cobra kept jamming, and on the third jam, I turned it around, braced it against my hand (to eject what I thought was a defective staple) and shot a staple straight into my hand, just below the index finger. The staple went through to the bone. I am just too used to the standard design, so I would not recommend this product to anyone who has been using a traditional gun for a long time. It jams a lot, and it's too easy to get it turned around the wrong way.

Forward action design works well:
Arrow Fastener 8000 - Cobra Staple Gun I've been using one of these staple guns for many years, and have fired countless thousands of staples through it. It's currently being using to staple insulation in a house being renovated. In spite of other reviewers having trouble with their stapler, mine has always worked just fine. It has never jammed (not even once!), it always shoots a staple if the gun's loaded, it has never ejected multiple staples, and the loading chamber has never opened on it's own. However, I only use it as a stapler. E.g., with two pin nailers in the work shop, there's no need to use the nailer function of this tool. Pros: - The "Forward Action Design" has your hand directly on top of the staple exit area, making it easy to provide enough force for the staple to sink flush. Staplers with the handle facing the other way do just the opposite, and consequently don't work as well on many tasks. - Instead of squeezing the handle, you can just press the handle down/forward, so your hand won't get as tired on large jobs. Because it's so easy to position and fire, it's no problem to keep the tool precisely where you want a staple. - The rubber-coated handle is large and comfortable and it doesn't pinch. - The stapler's spring is sufficiently strong to drive 1/2" staples home (e.g., in pine or poplar). Cons: - Sometimes, with long staples in very hard wood, they don't drive all the way in. - After 1/2 dozen years, the black plastic mini "handle" on the back of the staple loading slide became loose on my stapler. It still works though. Arrow should make this part out of metal and securely fasten it to the slide. One star off the rating for this issue. Other: - Arrow Fastener Company makes a clone of this stapler for Sears. It's called the Craftsman Professional Stapler/Brad Nailer, Heavy-Duty, EasyFire(tm) Forward Action(tm) with Rapid-Fire. Sears item #00968515000 Mfr. model #68515. Click on Customer Images. I've tried a many other makes/models of staplers over the years. In my opinion, the Arrow 8000 has the best design of any manual stapler. If mine was lost or stolen, it would be replaced with the same model.

Short of the mark:
I upgraded to this stapler after my 5700 version died. The 5700 was poorly constructed internally with key pieces being seriously underbuilt. As the 8000 was pretty much the only 'high end' stapler at my local hardware I thought I'd give it a go. Its fired a little over a full box of staples by my estimates. Sadly its now doing all sort of things wrong : not ejecting a staple, ejecting multiple staples, causing the load mechanism to fly open end empty all the staples. And they're genuine staples too. While it worked solidly at the start its sad to say it wasn't built to last very long at all. My cheapo air stapler run rings around it. And my 20 year old Rexel stapler still fires every time!

Worse Staple/Nail Gun on the Market:
After using this staple/nail gun until the staples ran out, I attempted to reload with more staples. I could not open the chamber in a normal manner. I had discarded the instruction manual on the first day and I had no idea how to reload. There were no instructions, arrows, words, or even clues printed on this gun like the Arrow Staple guns I had purchased in the past. After several attempts to open it, I went to the manufacture's website and downloaded the user manual (16 pages). I followed their instructions very close and again tried several times to open the chamber. Still no luck. After 10 minutes trying to reload it, the staple gun broke. Potential customers BE AWARE, this gun has the worse design for loading staples. The manufacture failed to print arrows, instructions or even give clues on the gun as to "how to reload". The user manual was useless with hard to follow instructions. Two thumbs down on this device. Disappointed customer Sam Boulton