I bought this to redecorate a large custom porch. This is a difficult task as the staples must be driven into the pressure treated wood. I've tried an electric stapler before and it failed miserably, it just didn't have enough power to drive in the pressure treated wood. This is much better and the staples are easily driven into the wood. But the stapler needs to be almost flat on the surface to work. It is very quiet and saves air; My 30 gallon IR compressor never turned on once and used all day. He uses T50 staples, which are available almost everywhere. I haven't tried the brad function. I took off 1 star because I've had at least 3 instances where it just wouldn't feed staples, which confused me. I also think the fuse design could be better too. Thanks to this project I save hours, so I am very satisfied.