Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this stapler to install radiant barrier foil in my attic. The unit did well for the first part of the job. I used 3/8" staples and penetration into the attic trusses was adequate, though not often flush. The power switch had a slight effect, but nothing to write home about. After 150-200 staples the unit started to misfire occasionally. It felt like it was firing (and would dent the wood), but something in the gun wouldn't let the staples move forward into the path of the striker. I found that the problem was a lot more frequent when stapling upside down. I could point the stapler down and shoot a staple into a joist and get it to start working again for a few cycles. If I didn't do this it would just dry fire forever. My project was stapling to the underside of the rafters, so it became a tedious drill of shooting a few staples and then firing it at a joist a few times until it started working again. Around the 300 staple count mark the unit is all but useless in any position. I know it's only $20, but I still expected to get more than 1/4 of the job done with it. Stanley says Sharpshooter. I say Saturday Night Special.