Features:

  • Rapid fire engine produces 10 or more staples per second
  • Lightweight at just 4.2 Pound
  • Tool free jam clearance reduces downtime
Truly a time saver!

After spending years watching people strip off and dispose of asbestos siding or totally distroy it when installing vinyl over it, I believe there is a better idea. After much research I decided to order the Senco staple gun 651ss and a case of 1-1/2" galvanized Staples. After receiving the gun and installing the siding tip and setting my air pressure to 90 psi off I went! After a few test tries I went ahead and started. I even did my J,F channel and corner's! Staples fitting perfect! Don't yell at me,I know how to side, the staple pic is on a test piece. Put up 2 SQ yesterday in no time flat! This is definitely the answer,it works with no cracking on the underlying shingles!

Reliable, must have for vinyl siding

I used the Bostitch stapler 651S5 to install vinyl siding. It worked very well. You may have to reduce the air pressure down as I did, but that will depend on your hose length/diameter. Be sure to hold the stapler parallel to the work surface! If you are not parallel the staple will be driven in too deep. Very reliable. I think I only experienced one jam throughout the entire job. This is much faster and saves hitting your fingers with a hammer when installing vinyl siding. Be sure you lubricate every few hours of use ( I use air compressor oil) and this tool should provide good service for years.

Excellent staple gun.

I already had the Bostitch coil siding nailer and the Bostitch finish nailer and both of those are great tools - so I went with the Bostitch staple gun it has not disappointed. Just make sure the staples are the Bostitch design - the staples will not work (jams) if not. I am currently using DeWalt brand but the box says they fit the Bostitch 651S5 right on the box. Works great for engineered siding.

Large handle if you have smaller hands.

Bought this tool because I just wanted one after borrowing my uncle's Senco SNS40 stapler for a large sheathing project. Here are my thoughts after using it for a little while compared with the older SNS40. (A note, the SNS40 had no safety, which is perfect for cabinet assembly work... and frankly pretty darn good for construction too. User be ware!) This is my fourth bostitch air tool. I'm don't have a great reason for this, other than they have seemed pretty reliable mid grade tool. I also have an 18 gauge stapler, an 18 gauge brad nailer, and a palm nailer from from bostitch. My one gripe so far is that the rubber coated handle, and the handle in general, is too thick if you prefer to wear gloves. (Note: When buying gloves at home depot, I find a large size glove a little bit too large. They work, but a medium fits right. And I do prefer the Husky brand heavy duty gloves which have pads on the palms. Good for lugging material around... not as good holding a stapler.) With my 18 gauge tools I'm usually doing finish work, so the rubberized handle fits fine in my hand. In addition, for finish work, you pick up the tool shoot a few and then put it down while you position more material and move along. For sheathing, you drive a ton of staples in a short time period... boxes hold 10k for a reason. Since I'm handling wafer wood / chip board, I prefer to wear gloves. The combination makes gripping the stapler a chore after a while. The much older SNS40 had a smaller bare handle, which really fit my hand better all around. The Bostitch is a bit bulkier and heavier feeling than the SNS40. For the engineers out there it has a greater moment of inertia than the SNS40, so it doesn't turn and spin quiet as easily. It has a very solid pleasing sound like it is smashing the staples in with command! The depth adjustment works fine with a 4mm allen key. The staple magazine is a little easier to load than the SNS40, but they are very close. An early mistake I made with the SNS40 was grabbing the tail of the magazine as a second hand hold, and it would prevent the staples from fully iterating between shots... and would jam. Once I figured that out things went a lot better. The Bostitch has a good spot to grab which won't squeeze the magazine around the staples, so that's a plus over the SNS40. The Air deflector on the bostitch points back down at your target area, which works well to minimize dust kick up if you are working along the bottom edge of a sheet a few inches from dry loose dirt. The SNS40 was particularly bad in this situation. It vented up and out from the top of the head. If you turn the stapler upside down to staple the bottom row it would kick up a cloud with every shot. The SNS40 did struggle with a batch of Grip-Rite 1-3/4" staples from Home Depot. It jammed a lot more often than it should have. Once I switched staples to a 1-1/2" Grip-Rite from a local supply house the jamming stopped completely. I have not run any of the larger staples in the Bostitch yet to see how it does, but I have had zero jams on the newer batch of staples with the Bostitch. I put about 13k staples through the SNS, and have run about 1k through the bostitch so far. The skyhook/belt hook/rafter hook is a VERY welcomed feature on the bostitch. Both staplers have the same gate to clear jams. It's a lot tighter on the bostitch... harder to open, maybe just new behavior. Not sure, but the same mechanism appears on a number of the construction staplers on the market including the makita. Rapid staple firing... This is a hard one for me to compare, but deserves some mention. Hard to compare because the SNS40 had no safety. (In some cases the pressure of the safety mechanism will push your cabinet parts out of alignment as you get ready to set a staple. That's why it had not safety on it.) For sheathing this made the SNS40 really great for setting staples fast. Drag the tip down the line and pull the trigger as quick as you can! Once I had the hang of it things flew. With the bostitch in single fire mode you have to come off and reset the safety for each staple. In the end it's about 1/3 to 1/2 as fast as I could go with the SNS40. In bumpfire mode I would frequently get multiple staples in one location when the stapler would jump and reset to fire again. Here again, I just couldn't keep up with the SNS40. Regarding safety mechanisms, maybe I just have ground to cover in learning to use air tools, but I would really like to see a safety with a different function on staplers. Being able to just drag the tool down the line on the sheathing a pull the trigger is definitely a faster way to go. If the safety would allow you to keep shooting one staple with each trigger pull, without coming off the work surface it would be ideal. In all it feels and acts like a well made tool, a bit larger and heavier than I would like, but very sturdy. Being that every safety I have come across acts the same way, I would purchase it again.

Great Gun

Just finished a couple hundred feet of fence by myself. This made it so easy, that I spent more time carrying the stacks of boards to the fence than I did stapling them in place. Should have bought this years ago. fired about 1000 staples, 0 jams.

Perfect for t&g siding

This is exactly what I needed to install t&g siding on my shed. This stapler feels good in your hand for long periods of time and never jammed. Good price and great quality. I would definitely by another Bostitch product again.

Just the right stapler

This was needed for a specific project. It was a replacement for the same item that had dropped from a 2nd story and broke. Was so happy to find another one of the same stapler available.

great gun

shot 30,000 staples through it the first week and not one misfire or jam. great gun for the price

I disregarded the bad reviews and ordered this

I disregarded the bad reviews and ordered this . I own a few staplers and this one is the lightest , I like the rotating belt hook. I haven't had a problem .. I run it around 90-100psi .. I think bad results might happen if u drop the pressure to adjust the depth. My old bostich Roof guns used to do that because they didn't have a depth adjustment . So keep the psi up and adjust the depth .. I've shot this into southern yellow pine which is nearly impossible to hand bang into and haven't had a problem .. Maybe one jam .. But I don't own a gun that doesn't jam every once in a while either.. I'm super happy with the performance and light weight , 20sq of 3/4 sheathing into yellow pine in 4 hours without a problem .

Works perfectly

Does exactly what it should. Several thousand staples shot so far and only 1 jam.

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