Like I said, this is a pretty decent stapler. Fairly easy to handle and they last pert-n-near for ever. I've had one for many years then the spring that pulls the strip of staples forward got all kinked. This one is a little different so the spring cant get all stretched or kinked. The one drawback is its power. For the longer staples it doesn't drive them all the way in sometimes. So you have to carefully tap them in with a hammer which can leave hammer head marks and pretty much defeats the purpose of using this stapler to avoid leaving hammer head dents in your project. If it was a little stronger then I would give it the full 5 starts.