IDEAL Industries Carbon Steel Staple, 9/16" x 1-1/4"

The IDEAL BCS2 staple measures 9/16 inch across the crown by 1-1/4 inch legs, which is sized for wider cable such as NM. The 9/16 inch crown gives the jacket room to sit without being pinched, and the 1-1/4 inch sharp-point legs drive into studs straight rather than splitting the wood.

The Briscon SN Series cable staple is the closest alternative. It is a zinc-plated steel staple offered in widths from 1/2 inch to 1-11/32 inch, so it brackets the 9/16 inch crown of the IDEAL BCS2 and also covers narrower and wider cable runs. The BCS2 itself is a high-grade carbon steel staple measuring 9/16 inch by 1-1/4 inch with sharp-point legs meant to drive straight without splitting the wood, and it is sized for wider cable such as NM. If you are standardizing on a single staple width for NM work, the BCS2 gives you one fixed size; if a job mixes cable sizes, the SN Series range lets you step width up or down.

Four packs: 100 per box (BCS2-1), 500 per box (BCS2-5), 400 per jar (BCS2-JR), and 5,000 per bucket (BCS2-5M). The jar and the small box suit a service van; the 5,000 bucket is the rough-in quantity for a crew wiring multiple units.

The BCS2 is high-grade carbon steel and is described as resisting rust and corrosion, so damp framing is within what it is built for. For anything genuinely wet or exposed, a plated staple is the safer pick, for example the Briscon SN Series zinc-plated steel cable staples.

Yes. At 1-1/4 inch, the legs bite well into nominal framing lumber with the crown left standing proud of the cable, which is what you want so the jacket is not compressed. They are sharp-pointed so they drive straight by hammer without wandering or splitting the stud edge.

They take two different routes to the same goal. The IDEAL BCS2 is built from high-grade carbon steel and is described as resisting rust and corrosion through the material itself. The Briscon SN Series uses a zinc-plated steel construction, where the plating is the barrier layer. Both are steel-bodied staples for fastening cable to wood; the choice usually comes down to what your electrical inspector or spec sheet calls out for the environment the staples are going into.

The BCS2 is a fixed 9/16 inch by 1-1/4 inch staple sized for wider cable such as NM, so it is not the part for a narrow single conductor or small-gauge run. For those, the Briscon SN Series is the one to look at, since it is offered in widths starting at 1/2 inch and running up to 1-11/32 inch. Match the crown width to the outside dimension of the cable so the staple seats over the jacket without compressing it.

These are hammer-driven insulated-style cable staples, not gun collated. The legs are individually sharp-pointed and the staples ship loose in boxes, jars or buckets, so they are set by hand with a hammer, one at a time.