"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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decent budget priced is an oxymoron.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
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I know what you mean but high quality may imply:
Withstands continuous usage
Long Life
Robust to mistreatment
Many features

In my case "fitness for purpose" possibly means, " Able to apply staples
into chipboard with 90% reliability, suitable for slow, intermittent usage,
with a life of at least 2,000 staples

I want one for very occasional use on small jobs which is a bit better than
the very cheap plastic one which fails about 50% of the applications into
chipboard.

Just a thought - is an electric one necessarily better - or does it just
save the exertion of pulling a lever? I guess the actual impact done with a
spring.