I have a dozen or so DeWalt tools that are great. My experience with Stanley is “OK”. I have zero experience with Arrow.
I personally would buy DeWalt. That’s just me.
Only experience with DeWalt. No problems. Hammer drill. Small drill. Buffer. Grinder.
I use deWALT and Porter Cable. Have a few strays.
DeWalt is what I buy and use. Renovated a whole house using DeWalt tools.
What difference does it make? When you use made in China brads they are going to bend or not go all the way in.
Assembled in the USA from Chinese, Mexican, Brazilian et al parts. Might as well been made in China.
Stanley Tool Works (or Stanley/Black & Decker) owns DeWalt and Porter/Cable. Ridgid and Milwaukee are owned by a different company but are managed separately. I suspect even if assembled in the US many are made with foreign components. It may be difficult to know which are.
I’ve pretty much stuck with Dewalt. Updated from the 18V stuff to the 20V kit of drill, impact drive, recip saw and utility light about 5 years ago. Have a few other Dewalt items as well. No complaints. Stuff just runs.
Buy ‘em all.
Most DeWalt tools are very good but also very expensive and I have a DeWalt sander that I hate and it tore up way before it should’ve. I’ve had good luck with the Arrow brand staplers but they’re not electric.
DeWalt is owned by Black & Decker. B&D makes most stuff in China. DeWalt’s web site says “select products made in the USA with global products...”. I suspect a a stale gun is made in China.
Buy the one that fits your hand the best and has the best ratings on Amazon.
Most of my tools are DeWalt. Had some Craftsman tools back when they were owned by Sears. But not anymore.
Arrow has been making staple guns for like 75 years. So what was your question again ?
Maybe you should go with the dewalt.
I have an Arrow PT50, it uses T50 staples. Purchased at Lowe’s, think it was $35ish bucks.
Very happy with it. Have recovered chairs and done other miscellaneous small projects. Works well with my Porter Cable pancake style compressor.
I have a Dewalt cordless screw gun, a 4 1/2 inch angle grinder, a cordless vacuum, and a 12 inch circular saw (as well as an old radio/charger that I can’t seem to find). Very pleased with all.
10 to 15 years ago, when I got most of my current batch of tools, all the contractors had DeWalts. It made for an easy choice, if a guy showed up for work and said “I can’t do that today, I left my battery home” I would just pull out mine and say “Get going”.
Today Milwaukee seems to be more popular, but my DeWalts just won’t die. Even the old 18V ones, there tool is still good even if the battery is on its last legs. I can get an adaptor to run it from a 20V battery cheaper than a new battery.
Look at the rest of the line up. Are the batteries interchangeable? You might want something in the future.
Try Makita.
If you just use a crown staple you could buy Porter Cable or Hatachi pneumatic. Otherwise Stanley is still the best even though it’s made in China. This from Mr. GG2 a 35 year general contractor.