My staple free stapler...

[fajrdrako]

Several years ago maaseru got a Staple Free Stapler. I thought it was very cool. She told me she got it at Staples and I planned to get one too. Mind you, I kept forgetting the subject from year to year. Then I'd notice something she'd fastened together with her staple-free stapler, and I'd be envious.

So last week I finally remembered to look for it in Staples. No luck. I asked: they no longer carry them. They didn't sell every well. Haven't had them in stock for months.

So now I wanted the thing very, very much.

By luck, they had them in Chapters. So now I am the proud possessor of an Eco Staple Free Stapler, and I've even used it. I got a blue one.

This delights me.

Comments

[ceruleancat]

You got me curious, with all sorts of practical questions. How does it work? What does it leave on the paper? How many pages can you staple? How long does it last and do you recharge it?

[fajrdrako]

It's not electronic is any way, so no recharging.

I haven't tested it to see how many pages it will take as a maximum: I've done 3.

What it does is: it folds down a corner, then cuts a tab within the fold to go the other way. You can do it by hand, but the little device does it easily and instantly.

It will last till it breaks - I don"t know how long that will be. It looks pretty sturdy.

[ceruleancat]

Ah, so it creates a flap thing.
We used to do it by hand all the time. But that won't last for large quantities. 10 max, I would imagine. Still, very good idea, if most of your stapling is small quantities.

[fajrdrako]

It works for short fanfic, which is pretty much what I got it for. I suspect '10 pages' is optimistic.

[ceruleancat]

A manual cut flap just might hold for ten pages, unless they're the thick kind.
Of course most of the stuff I need to staple is 15 and over, so that isn't an option. Pity. They're pretty.

[fajrdrako]

I just tried it on 10 pieces of scrap paper. It was too much; it couldn't make the fold.

Five pages - no problem.