Excellent Staple gun for doing hardwood tongue and groove flooring. Just installed 4000 sq ft and flawless performance.

Great product!!!

Purchased this tool to perform the job of stapling a pre-finished oak floor and all I can say it worked just GREAT. I had one mis-fire but that was totally my fault. With the right pressure from you compressor it will work wonders for you as well. If you are going to us this tool on pre finished flooring make sure you purchase the kit that will keep you floor from being damaged or marring. I purchased it and worked perfectly ...not one scratch. The floor came out beautiful.........

My husband and I bought this stapler to install hardwood flooring throughout our 3000 sq ft home - we figured renting would cost us more as we had so much do to. We are very pleased with our purchase. This machine is easy & straight forward to use and not too hard on the back if you take breaks!

We had to play around with our air compressor a bit to get the pressure just right as on our first couple tries, the staples did not go all the way in. I don't blame the stapler for this, just something to note!

In addition, we are installing Tigerwood flooring which is known for being extremely dense & having a bit of an attitude! We had heard that we may need to get a professional grade stapler to install properly - but this Stanly Bostitch has done the job!

The reason I gave it 4 stars & not five, is that I had to go buy an adaptor to fit the attachment for a standard size air hose. I just went down to Home Depot & picked one up for $5.99 but the guy who worked there thought it was very strange that it didn't come with one. No big deal, but it would have been nice. Upon inspection of the other pneumatic machines at Home Depot (including the Stanley Bostitch Pneumatic Floor Stapler) - it was the ONLY machine that would require an adaptor, all others were standard.

I am a professional flooring contractor. I have put in many many many hardwood floors. I had one of these for 25-30 years. It worked perfectly. I rebuilt it a couple of times with an O-ring kit but that's it. I don't remember it ever being in the shop. I'm not the most caring of my tools, I put a few drops of oil in it every few times I used it. What finally did it in was that it was stolen. I had another a week later. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000224PN/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title

This tool will simplify your job a lot. I used it for black bamboo flooring (what? ... I know) it worked flawlessly (see picture). For bamboo flooring you have to lower your PSI, in my case it was 85 PSI; start low, say 75 PSI and keep increasing the PSI until the staple is flushed with the tongue of the hardwood (use scrap for this testing).

It comes with a nifty "pre-finished-flooring adapter foot" which protects your pre-finished floor while installing it. You can also align and tighten the floor planks by tapping on this adapter foot directly, no need for a piece of 2x6. If you do not want to use this, or do not have it, or want to get close to the wall, then tape (blue painter's tape) all sharp points of the tool including the bottom shoe and voila no scratching of your new installed floor.

Also, make sure you lubricate it. Lastly, make sure you use the right spacer shoe for your floor thickness, in my case it was the 5/8 spacer.