I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet. In regards to the staples, which I've never used so I can't comment on, I use sewing pens which work wonders. You don't have to worry about bending staples over and such, just take two sewing pins, which come in a pack of like a 100 for a couple bucks, shove them in the ends of your connectors and pull the wire out, it's that easy