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Arrow Fastener T25 Low Voltage Wire Staple Gun, fits wire up to 1/4-Inch

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If you have to pull light cable around the house, this is your helper. Curved staple and a wire guide to help you hide phone wire, etc under your baseboards or over doorways. Makes a big difference and so much easier than individual wire tacks. Not a replacement for the regular staple T-50 (nor vise versa) - this is a specialized product and very good at what it is suppose to do.

doesnt do flat staples. you shouldnt use a staple gun directly on a cable as it can still crimp the cable and damage it.

better bet is to buy a good flat staple gun that can be used for lots of different things and a bunch of zip ties. staple a zip tie where youre running cable and then tie it into place that way. keep it a little loose so you dont harm the cable.

This stapler is a fantastic time saver if you are installing TV cable or phone wire in attics and basements. It makes the job look finished. This will not work for 12/2 or 14/2 electrical wire. Arrow has the T72 for that, but I have not checked it out yet.

i work for a large telecommunications company and have gone through 5 of these staplers in just the last year. attaching cat3 and cat5 wiring to mainly wooden surfaces. they consistently jam and drive staples through the center of cables. the stapler will work great for approximately the first 50 or so staples, after that you find that the only consistency is jamming and staples that rip through cables. mass produced crap. there's nothing better than running cable around a home for 30 minutes and on the last 15 or 20 feet of cable your stapler constantly staples through the cable. one positive that i will admit is that when you throw this stapler across the street, it does actually bounce quite high if it lands just right on the handle. enjoy the experience of watching your stapler/bouncy ball being tossed in the trash. this is a folded soda can with rivets.

Jams about every 20 staples. I exchanged it where I bought it, at Home Dept, and had the same problem with the replacement.

I bought this after buying the dual purpose 2025 Stapler. I used that one for about a half hour and got nothing at all accomplished. I was trying to staple round phone chord on top of some base trim and managed to get about 3 staples out of a hundred into the trim. They weren't even going straight down. They were going everywhere else though, up in the air, ricocheting off the wall, in my face and eyes, killing spiders in the corner. I had to keep clearing out the thing too. Jam after Jam and I wasn't making toast. Stick to the T25P Stapler if you want to staple round cable. It is precise and does the job as it's supposed to with no problems.

Staple video cable coax close to wall and corners. Staples did not jam at all. Very easy to use and to load staples. Unlike the square type staples, this also takes the rounded top to fit the coax and professional look.

WOW. I've done some stapling of wires over the years and was never satisfied with the results. I was using the standard square staples. This thing is awesome. I used it to secure a coax and phone wire and it did a wonderful job. One thing to note is that the the built in guide has to be pushed up into the housing before it will shoot a staple. I loaded mine the first time and to make sure it was working and to check the depth that it shoots I tried it on a blank piece of scrap and nothing came out and I got worried until I put the wires in and it worked great.

There is really no "versatility" to this stapler - the T25 is really only meant to serve a few industries. If you're looking at tacking 22/2, 22/4 or 18/2 alarm wire, or 22/4 telephone quad cable or 24/3pair CAT3 phone wire, I recommend taking a look at the T18 stapler (purple handle) - the width of the T18 staple is about half that of a T25 and the staples will fit the skinnier cable perfectly, without crushing, and will leave a professional look. You can probably use the T25 on this skinnier wire but, you'll have to press hard against the wire to get a tight staple, which could then damage, crush, or pierce the wiring. I wouldn't recommend the T25 for anything skinnier in diameter than CAT5 cable.

With that said, the T18 and T25 have been used by the phone company for years. I carry both on my service van (I work for an alarm company and frequently do phone work, too) and have probably shot thousands of T25s with zero jams after using several T25 guns. The trick is to know how to position the stapler AND the proper length of staple. For most work, you'll probably only need a 3/8" length staple, I'd recommend a 7/16" staple for CAT5 so that the staple doesn't travel too far and crush the cable. If you're looking to tack CAT5 for network cable, do not use a crowned staple - use the T59 plastic insulated staples, they will not crimp or crush the CAT5 (critical for proper network operation). T25s also work good for most coax if you get the longer 9/16" staples. Arrow offers the beige telco colored staples for a professional look as well.

The biggest trick is pressing lightly into the work before stapling. You will get a few twisted staples if you hit a knot or other solid area. Plywood can be tricky - plywood is typically used in phone rooms to mount punchdown blocks and terminal equipment. Plywood takes some getting used to, be sure to stick with the short 3/8" staples and you may have to press into the back of the stapler with your other hand while stapling to get the staple to pierce the plys.

But again, the T25 is an industry standard for the telephone and security industries. If you're looking to do this work professionally, you should also have a T18 stapler.

Was on a job with this brand new staple gun with T25 3/8 cable staples and the gun jammed every time I tried to shoot. Taking it back to the store for a refund.

ACME 25A seems a better choice even for twice the price.