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Your cart is empty. The STINGER CH38A Cap Hammer gives contractors an economical, non-pneumatic way to cap staple housewrap, underlayment, and rolled insulation. The compact tool holds 168 1” plastic collated caps and 168 3/8” crown staples and weighs only 2.9 pounds reducing arm fatigue.
The CH38A delivers the holding power of a cap with the speed and ease of a hammer tacker, automatically advancing a cap with every swing. The CH38A is designed for exclusive use with STINGER 3/8” StaplePac (sold separately) that contains 1” plastic collated caps, and 3/8” A-11 20 gauge crown staples.
Ram
Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2025
If you are using yourself it will lastDONT DROP ITDropped 12-14’ and garbage now
D. Childs
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023
The stapler was not too difficult to load, but the plastics tabs don't feed well through the stapler. The tabs are connected poorly, and we wasted about 25% of the tabs when 2 or 3 tabs would break off every 3rd or 4th staple. We encountered strong winds, and less than half of the staples that did work, came off. We switched to roofing nail/tabs that we had to hammer individually, but worked much better. If you buy one of these, use it right away so you have time to return it.
Michael Hennessy
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2018
I'm a contractor and although I don't do much roofing, I do have occasional need to cap nail something (plastic tarps, roofing underlayment, etc.) I don't use cap nails enough to invest in a cap air nailer, but this little hammer tacker is perfect for me. I've use about 2 rolls of caps so far, and really haven't had any issues. I've used it on white oak beams and standard construction lumber. If you strike the tool firmly on the surface and hit it flat, there's no problem with the tool functioning as designed. A few times (like when I missed the wood under the tarp, or when used at an awkward angle making it hard to hit the surface straight) it did feed a few extra caps, but I view that as "user error" rather than a problem with the tool. It's one of those tools that I wish I'd bought years ago! I love it!
Chris
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2018
I bought it hoping it would help tarp roofs faster. The staples pull right put though. It would have been great if it took 1/2 inch staples. Its probably best suited for house wrap, laying felt or something like that. The green tabs dont always break off like they should causing waste. Overall a decent product.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2018
Great for putting up Tyvek
Vladimir Paslavsky
Reviewed in Canada on September 27, 2017
First of all- NO any instruction how to operate,load etc. The cap get stuc, not cut one by one, some cote on 10 cups in air... By me good idea, but not perfect yet.
Gerald Wiseman
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2017
Very disappointed. Difficult to use. Jammed often, eventually had to go back to our original tacker..
MCW
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2017
The device was constantly jamming. The staples and caps were inconsistent in coming out. I lost a lot of caps because the staples were not feeding correctly. They refunded my money with no problem. Great company to do business with. I bought the Stinger Stapler and it worked perfect. Same company so I am not sure why the discrepancy in quality, but don't waste your money on the "Hammer" BUY their "Stapler."
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2017
Ok for the price. Fails to feed properly about 20 percent of the time. The caps break or dont cut off. Generally an ok product. It will frustrate you somewhat. I use tools a lot and have gone through a full case of cap staples
Ajapeu
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2013
I purchased this product about 3 weeks ago and finally took it out of the boxin preparation for replacing my roof. I had it loaded and ready to go withoutreading the instructions (if there were any)in about a minute. I gave a fewtest swings into a pine board; worked like a charm. I then made some 1/2 circleson the board and by the 3rd swing I was hitting them dead on. No Issues,No Complaints. I plan to use it to secure the underlayment on my roof. I livenear the coast and seems there is always a little wind so am sure I'll be holdingthe underlayment with one hand and with my one free hand, I should be speeding upthe process with the Stinger. I'm not looking forward to stripping the roof but Ibelieve the task of putting down the underlayment just got a little easier.It really is as easy as it appears on the video on u-tube!
Dprest1
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2013
I am a do-it-yourselfer re-siding my house. After removing the old siding, we needed to apply housewrap. with the Stinger CH38A, my son and I did the whole job in a long afternoon. Not only does the result look better than what I see on most of the new houses being built around here, but the wrap has withstood several severe thunderstorms without so much as a staple coming loose. The Stinger is simple to use and works like a charm.When I considered buying this tool, I was nearly turned off by the reviews, which seemed to be split almost evenly between those who loved it and those who hated it. My experience: yes, if you get in an awkward spot and cannot swing it to hit squarely, it may fail to feed a cap or fail to cut the cap free. For me, that happened maybe 1 out of 50 staples. For a contractor, that may be unacceptable. For me, it wasn't even a nuisance. Generally, the Stinger was as simple to use as a hammer.If you are applying roofing felt or housewrap to your own house, you have to have this tool. For $70, if you threw it away after you were done, it still would have been worth five times what you paid for it.
Jamme Dogg
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2012
This is a perfect tool, as long as it is utilized within its design parameters.Meaning, one MUST strike flat surface as large as BOTH contact patches 1"x3/4".One is obviously the staple, the second is the separation blade. Look at the bottom and see how it works.If one can not contact surfaces squarely, proper separation will be hindered.Be certain with your striking of the surface, with more force than typical setting staples is needed to cut the plastic.It is easy to rewind plastic if one practices.There are two locking mechanisms, and be sure to tighten spool first. Purchased for basement ceiling application of Reflectix to the joists, on top of r12 foil and subfloor heating.Worked easily, when accuracy was maintained. Miss joist partially with the cutting blade, you pull out the plastic.During the learning curve, loss was 5-8%. Now Chicken coop will be the next use. Tests of holding chicken wire compared to naked staples...5x stronger.I followed with a 3lb hammer(wide head) to insure setting. None appeared loose but set a little deeper with light contact.I am going to diamond file the cutting edge before chicken wire assault.
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