The 9 Best Electric staplers  Sep 2023

• Cartridge staplers: There are staplers that take special cartridges of staples. Some cartridges contain 5000 staples. That’s ideal for effortless stapling in an office setting, when you have a very high volume of stapling work.

• Standard staplers: These use the same strips of staples that are used in manual staplers. They will be preferable for personal use, when it takes you a while to finish off a strip of 125 or 210 staples (depending on the manufacturer).

• Getting the right type of staples: With manual staplers, the staple manufacturer suggests using their brand of staples, to avoid the machine jamming. But with an electric stapler, the need for using the right brand of staples is essential.     

• Jamming: One big complaint is about how often the stapler jams. It's natural that the stapler gets stuck once in a while. But if it happens often, you should try returning the model. People notice that even the good models will tend to jam more often after a long period of use--even if they always use the correct size of staples.

• Durability: People say that they have used electric staplers for up to 35 years!

• Noise level: People have noticed that the Max EH-70F Max Electronic EH-70F Stapler is much quieter than the Bostick or the Swingline staplers. That is a consideration when doing a lot of stapling in quick succession.

• Refill alert: The Bostitch electric stapler has a refill alert light to tell you when you’re low on staples, before they need to be reloaded.

• Length of the staples: Look at the length of the staple legs, to determine what is right for your typical work. There are staples with ⅜-inch long, ¼-inch long, and ⅝-inch long legs.

• Page capacity: Buy an electric stapler according to the number of pages you generally have to staple together. There are staplers that can drive staples through a maximum of 25, 45 or even 70 sheets. (If you need more than that, look into a heavy-duty stapler that can go through 150 sheets at a time.)

• Power supply: There are electric staplers that work solely on batteries. There are also models, like the Swingline Optima Grip Dual Power (S7048207) that can work on either 4 “AA” batteries, or work on AC by means of an adapter.

• Automatic and manual combined: There are electric staplers that can work manually as well. The Max EH-70F Max Electronic EH-70F Stapler allows you to set the stapler on “manual”, in the event that you have a complicated stapling project and you want to position the pages in a particular way.

Bostitch Office—was founded by Thomas Briggs in 1896, as the Boston Wire Stitch Company. They originally produced wire stitching machines. Over the years, they started manufacturing strips of staples that are collated with glue, as well as staple guns to fasten them. They make a series of staplers, hole punchers, sharpeners, and other tools. Their headquarters is presently in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Swingline-- is a stationery goods company specializing in making staplers and hole punchers. They were founded in Queens, New York in 1925, but they presently have their headquarters in Lincolnshire, Illinois. They make various staplers and stapler accessories, as well as paper shredders, laminators, pencil sharpeners, and more.

Rapid— is a maker of staplers and stapler products, located in Hestra, Sweden. They are one of the brands of the company Esselte, which is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. They make staples, stapling guns, hammertackers, pliers, and nailers, for hobbyists, handymen, and professionals.

Max--is a stationery supplies company located in Mineola, New York. Their products include pneumatic tools, battery-operated tools, cordless fastening tools, office products, binding machines and staplers. They started marketing staplers in 1952, and now make heavy-duty staplers, standard staplers, mini-staplers, and electronic staplers.