I was excited to use this on an upholstery project I was working on; I actually put the project on hold until this arrived when I started upholstering with a larger Stanley model which I felt was too much pressure for my project. This weapon was just an unfortunate substitute. It was a little easier to use, but each clip went in at an angle. I thought it was user error but as soon as I tried my Stanley again the braces went right in. In the end I finished the project with Stanley and brought this one back.