About Swingline
Swingline has been making staplers since 1925. The company started in New York City and is now a division of ACCO Brands. Its own site marks its 100th year and notes that its first electric stapler arrived in 1969.
The range today covers desktop staplers in full-size, compact and mini sizes, plus electric and heavy-duty staplers, paper punches and trimmers.
Brand website: swingline.com
What Swingline makes
Swingline's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Desktop staplers
full-size, compact and mini sizes — featured on DeskRated
Mini staplers
12-sheet Tot line — featured on DeskRated
Electric staplers
Optima electric line
Heavy-duty & specialty staplers
for larger stacks
Punches
manual, electric and heavy-duty
Trimmers
guillotine, rotary and fixed blade
Why we recognized Swingline
The DeskRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Swingline earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, used at a real desk, and judged on merit.
Swingline products we rated highly
Swingline 747 Business Stapler
One of our top picks for everyday desk use. The 747 is built from metal and takes a full strip of 210 staples. Swingline lists tacking and pinning on it, so the base can swing open to fasten a poster or notice to a board, and it carries a limited lifetime warranty.
Read the 7 Best Staplers of 2026 (Office, Heavy-Duty & Electric, Tested & Ranked) guide →
Swingline Stapler Value Pack with 5,000 Staples and Remover
One of our top picks for home, classroom and light office use. The box includes 5,000 staples and a staple remover, so it is ready to use as soon as it is unpacked. It staples up to 20 sheets from a full strip of 210 staples, and Swingline lists tacking and pinning on it as well.
Read the 7 Best Staplers of 2026 (Office, Heavy-Duty & Electric, Tested & Ranked) guide →
Swingline Optima 40 Reduced-Effort Stapler
One of our top picks for people who staple all day. Its reduced-effort mechanism makes each press easier, and it handles up to 40 sheets at a time from a full strip of 210 staples.
Read the 7 Best Staplers of 2026 (Office, Heavy-Duty & Electric, Tested & Ranked) guide →
Swingline Tot 50 Mini Stapler with Built-In Staple Remover
One of our top picks among mini staplers. It staples up to 12 sheets, and the built-in staple remover with spare staple storage means there is nothing else to carry. The body is high-impact plastic.
Read the 7 Best Staplers of 2026 (Office, Heavy-Duty & Electric, Tested & Ranked) guide →What earned Swingline the recognition
- A century of stapler making, from the company's start in New York City in 1925.
- A full-size 747 built from metal, with tacking and pinning and a limited lifetime warranty listed on swingline.com.
- A Value Pack that includes 5,000 staples and a staple remover, so a new desk is stocked from day one.
- Capacity options from a 12-sheet mini to a 40-sheet reduced-effort desktop model, so the range spans very different desks.
- A built-in staple remover with spare staple storage on the Tot mini stapler.