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SDI 1102B Stapler
by SDI
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7 endorsements on r/BuyItForLife first recommended in Jan 2025
A full-strip metal desktop stapler made by Taiwanese manufacturer SDI, built to the same design the company has used since at least the early 1990s.
Added Jul 5, 2026, Updated Jul 6, 2026
Why it's buy-it-for-life
Redditors report the same SDI stapler surviving 20-30+ years of daily office and home use, often passed down within a family, and the original Taiwan factory still produces the model virtually unchanged from its 1993 design.
What redditors say
Recommended on reddit as recently as January 2025
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- 3r/BuyItForLife comment
it is metal and has a simple mechanism
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metal-construction made-in-taiwan office-supply simple-mechanism long-lasting family-heirloom
Mom used the same SDI stapler for 32 years at the office. You can still buy these NEW, and they're literally the same
the OG factory in Taiwan not only still exists but produces these virtually unchanged from the way they looked in 1993
I have one of these that worked forever and I gave it to my dad years ago
My mom has had the same SDI stapler from when she was in university (20+ years ago) and that lil guy is still being used on the daily
my father got it when I was not even born. It still works perfectly!
Very easy to use, I have the same one