KOKUYOHarinacs Japanese Stapleless Stapler Black SLN-MSH110D Up To 10 Papers

Took the usual length of time to arrive from Japan but very happy to wait. It's a nifty little gadget that's saved me from throwing another normal stapler across the room when it get jammed! It fits a good 10 sheets of paper and links them together by origami'ing the shi* out of it. It literally cuts and folds the paper back on itself, there is no cut off paper (it took me far too long to work this out! I kept looking to see where the cut out bits of paper were, duh!) While using a normal stapler does hold more paper together than this, this does prove there is another way. I use it at work all day and my colleagues keep nicking it, they do prefer to use this too. Of course you have to understand that it does cut a hole into the papers to link them, if you have very important paperwork that cannot be damaged in anyway, do not use this!Final conclusion- links better than a paper clip, not as strong as normal staples. If you like gadgets that you'll actually use then get this!

This is a great product.It is great to be able to 'staple' without having to use metal staples. I would say up to 8 sheets - the product works well with 80 gsm paper, 9/10 sheets can be a bit variable.However, I'll never go back to my old stapler, this is much more sustainable and if you are thinking about buying one - go ahead, it will be worth it!Just be aware that all the instructions are in Japanese. However, it is pretty straightforward to use.

I would regard its use as being an alternative to paper clips rather than staples, but its good, whatever it is seen to be a replacement for. the mechanism cuts a shape similar to that of an old fashioned keyhole, and automatically folds the cut bits up into themselves to hold several leaves of paper together. The result is very neat. I think it's great, and do remember them being featured on the telly - as new innovations - several decades ago, then promptly forgot about them until I decided to see if they might still exist. Maybe they only caught on in Japan, but they've now - eventually - caught on with me too.Eamonn

Love this and so do my colleagues. No more staples ro landfill! And the paper can go straight through the shredder when the time comes without picking out the metal staples - hurrah!Only downside is that when you have "stapled" there is no opportunity to undo and restaple. The hole is there. The bind is there, and broken. You need to re-hole in a new area.

This gadget has a nice solid feel to it so I'm hoping it will last. The instructions are all in Japanese but you can work out what you need to know from the pictures. That window on top is removable to enable you to remove any broken bits of paper, although I haven't produced any of those yet. The paper staple is reasonably strong although not as rigid as a metal staple, so the joined pages are free to rotate by a few degrees. This shouldn't be a problem and is outweighed by the advantage of not requiring any metal staples. I'm glad I bought it.

This is a great concept, but sadly falls down in practice.When I first got this. I used it a couple of times on a single leaf of paper - it worked well and produced a neat little tab folded in to the slit it created.When I try to use on multiple pages, it either rips a big chunk out of the paper, or it punches too close to the edge and the pages look a mess and end up falling apart.Would not recommend

Bought this to replace traditional staples in packaging so that the packaging is more easily recyclable and also the staples could have scratched to product.This produces neat little holes, very securely and with no mess.If possible make two stapleless 'holes' instead of using one traditional staple but it is so quick and easy to use.

It worked well for a while but only lasted about 4 months before it ceased to hold papers together effectively.