Mechanical Advantage of Electric Staplers

From a few sheets to a few dozen, electric staplers save hassle and fatigue.  Some fit conveniently on desks, while other electric staplers require an entire corner.  The right one for the office depends entirely on your special needs.

Obvious advantages

Admittedly, not everyone in an office needs an electric stapler.  However, for heavy clerical duties, electric staplers should be standard fare.  Read on to learn more about the mechanical advantage of electric staplers:

Higher productivity:  Try fastening together a thirty page report with a normal office space stapler.  If that wasn't so hard, repeat it fifty times, one report for each conference attendee.  Electric staplers do the same job in a fraction of the time.

Less absenteeism:  That's right.  Crunching a stapler a few hours every day may lead to muscle fatigue or serious medical disorders such as carpal tunnel.  With electric staplers on hand, office staff can efficiently and safely perform essential functions for hours on end.

Mechanical durability

Keep in mind that poor little staplers working out of their leagues take an unjustified beating all day long.  The general office stapler is designed to drive staples through at most a dozen sheets.  If the job takes some muscle, you can bet it's hurting the stapler.  Electric staplers have more power and better mechanical advantage, accumulating wear and tear slower than tradition models.

Essence of design

When looking for great electric staplers, keep in mind the following points used to describe individual models:

Magazine capacity:  How many staples the model can hold.  Office electric staplers usually hold around three hundred staples.

Max sheet capacity:  How many sheets of paper the electric stapler can bind together in one go.

Throat depth:  How far into pages electric staplers can sink a staple.  A small depth of one inch is great for corners.  A nine inch depth setting allows for saddle-stapling of folded manuals.

Single/Double headed:  How many staple drivers a model has.  Double headed electric staplers can do the same work twice as fast.  They also cost a little more, though generally not twice as much.

Electric staplers come made for general or specialized use.  Consider your average requirements versus possible needs to find the types of electric staplers suitable for you. 

Location location location

Keep in mind where in the office electric staplers can go.  Such an investment should be available to everyone.  Choose a common and convenient spot with plenty of room.  Electric staplers can be quite big, so be sure to leave some room for the hundreds of pages people will be carrying.

Although expensive, electric staplers make short work of difficult clerical stapling.  Versatile, effective and durable, the right models of electric staplers can make big difference in an office environment.

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