Swingline Electric Stapler, 20 Sheet Capacity, Optima 20, Jam Free, Compact, Automatic or Manual, Plug In or Battery, Orange and Gray (48207)

I chose Swingline Optima 20, Model 48208, jam-free, because my first one (Model 45) ran perfectly for many years. The replacement was designed to staple up to 20 sheets, Good enough for a small office. Built-in way to make sure you don't try to staple more than the 20 sheets. Nice. Heavy enough to grab my desk and not slide somewhere. It holds a full sized staple stack, no chopping to get it smaller than standard. Some say it's too noisy. Humbug, it sounds about right. Nice always on orange light to blink when I will soon need a staple stack replacement. Built-in storage drawer for more staples. Easy adjustment to choose the staple location from the page edge. Forget installing batteries, plug into 110 and let it just sit there on your desk. Even has a built-in staple remover in a back little drawer. My only gripe is that when you need staples inserted, you push a button on the back of the stapler. The stapler holder, supposed to slide forward in the front, won't move, because it's so new. Friction. Grabbed a pliers, and pulled the slider drawer forward. WD 40 on the side of the staple tray holder should fix this. Every office needs one of these wonderful things. The other similar model 48207, is cheaper, but the 48208 higher quality and features are well worth the price difference. Be careful when choosing the 48208, even Amazon sometimes has typed in 48207 in a description. Jam-free Swingline staples are worth the $5 for a whole bunch of them, nicely packaged. Throw away your old staples. Live it up. My old bang-on-it hand stapler from 1938 is now on a garage shelf.

This type of stapler I have used in a busy tax office with several pages to staple, I have recently purchased for my officev where I am now.Have had it so far over a month and with the Optima staples I still have yet to experience a staple jam. I can even staple more than twenty pages but the back side of the staples can't obviously finish folding with more than the recommended pages. But if I have 22 pages, I am going to try to get them all in one bunch.I am looking now into the larger capacity for those thicker bunches, but for small 2-10 pages, it works like a dream saving my wrist from repeated clinching of a manual stapler. Works over and over no problems. It is also not very loud, and keeps you working quickly and efficiently.Battery usage is great too. Requires 6 AA batteries and still strong like it's plugged into power. Many times I have to take it with me to the copier and it works just as good away from power. Not to mention it is so sleek. I thought this one had the "cylon" type blink to let you know it's out of staples but I think that is the other model. I accidentally ordered this one but have been very happy with it.The only cons I have found is no blink to let me know I am out of staples and it won't take a full stick of staples. Other than that, it's a great little stapler very handy for couponing, or bills, any kind of every day paperwork, but I highly recommend purchasing the staples that are made for it. You can easily find them as a cheap add on item here on Amazon.

This used to be a very good staple and a good value for the price. Things have changed.If the product description says "flat clinch", it is wrong. I bough this same model (Optima 45), last year and that is still a good stapler. The flat clinch IS the feature that i bought the stapler for. We had a large staple project, so I figured I would buy another Optima 45. When it came in, I quickly opened and set it up for our project. My first clue that this was different was that the power cord it attached into the stapler. My original Optima 45 has an AC adapter. The motor on this new one is 4 to 5 times louder than my original Optima.I really suspected that this was an imposter. I immediately packaged it back up and returned it to Amazon.I then bought another one, hoping that this was just a mistake. Nope! The next one was identical to this bad Optima 45. I returned it as well.The things I liked about the Optima 45:1) Flat clinch - Gone. You don't get this any longer with the new version. Swingline didn't think it was a good option2) Uses standard strip staples - the new versions still uses this3) Quiet motor - Gone. The new version has a very loud motor.4) Low staple warning light5) Lighted guide lights6) Adjustable depth7) 45 sheet capacityUpon calling Swingline's customer service, they informed me that there are ZERO flat clinch staplers in their lineup now (at least in electric, not sure about manual). The only two feature I am shopping for are standard strip staples and flat clinch. I gave up all of the features I like on this staple to get a different brand that had the flat clinch.

Works good

I got cheated out of a box of 23/8 staples. Kinda misleading what is included.

I did not realize it was that big

It's a it loud but works great on multiple sheets.