My brother Charles Pescovitz is impressed with the ingenuity and simplicity in the design of the Paper Pro stapler. It's basically staple gun technology stuffed into a desktop stapler form factore. The Paper Pro spring-loaded so, according to the company, it only takes 12lbs of "hand/finger force to shoot staples" into your stack compared to the 30lbs of hand force required by traditional desktop staplers. The basic model is around $16.
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