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Best plasterboard fixing gun: sleeves or tool only

Updated: 22 October 2026

You want one amazon.co.uk card for a plasterboard stud wall, and the star lines do not point the same way. The best plasterboard fixing gun in this set of ten is a conditional pick: the most-reviewed kit if you need sleeves in the box, and a cheaper tool-only plier if you already own the anchors. Neither badge is a strength test. Prices and the full table stay on the [hollow wall anchor setting tool comparison](/hub/screws-and-accessories/hollow-wall-anchor-setting-tool). The questions that come before a brand name are in the [hollow wall anchor setting tool buying guide](/hub/screws-and-accessories/hollow-wall-anchor-setting-tool/sub/hollow-wall-anchor-setting-tool-buying-guide). Peter F. used these listings and did not run a lab test.

You want one amazon.co.uk card for a plasterboard stud wall, and the star lines do not point the same way.

Our top picks

TOPWAY TOPWAY molly gun

Best overall

TOPWAY TOPWAY molly gun
9.2/10about £9.79
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T.K.Excellent T.K.Excellent 60-piece kit

Alternative

T.K.Excellent T.K.Excellent 60-piece kit
9.2/10about £22.99
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Brackit Brackit 88-piece kit

Rank 3

Brackit Brackit 88-piece kit
8.8/10about £18.99
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On this page
  1. 1.What best means here
  2. 2.Top pick for a first kit
  3. 3.Best value if you own the sleeves
  4. 4.Cards to leave on the shelf
  5. 5.Which card to keep

What best means here

Best, on this page, means a stated job inside this set. It does not mean the highest kilogram, because most of these cards print no kilogram. British Gypsum's Site Book uses a 12 kg safe working load as an example for a stated plasterboard case. That figure is not a score for these guns. Fischer's DuoHM prints 20 kg on 12.5 mm plasterboard and does not use this gun. What 12.5 mm board will carry is on plasterboard cavity fixing gun.

Top pick for a first kit

The top pick is the Brackit MT2152 kit, B07KGM3YSK, at £18.99 with 4.4 from 3,474 ratings. You get a steel setting tool, a case, instructions, and M4 and M5 sleeves. The bullets add up to 80 sleeves, while the title says 88 pieces. Count the sleeves when the box arrives. It suits a stud wall where plastic plugs have spun and you want several lengths in one case. Skip it for M6, or when you already own sleeves and only need the pliers. The card prints no kilogram. T.K.Excellent HU-XI-86, B07FMMYQQ6, is £22.99 with 4.6 from 801 ratings: a metal gun and 60 molly bolts in three sleeve sizes. The title says M4 and M5, while the size fields are 8 mm and 11 mm sleeves, and the shear field says High with no kilogram. Reviews say the handles are hard to start.
TOPWAY TOPWAY molly gun

Testsieger

TOPWAY TOPWAY molly gun
9.2/10about £9.79
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Best value if you own the sleeves

The best value is the TOPWAY 405500, B07WG8PT14, at £9.79 with 4.6 from 930 ratings. It is tool only, with no anchors and no M-size list. The body claim includes a 14 mm stroke. One review found that pull too short for a long M5, including a long TIMco sleeve. Pair it with M4 or M5 anchors you already trust, and leave it if the sleeve needs a longer draw. Philoch at £7.99 has 249 ratings and missing E-clip reports. NERDON at £9.99 has two ratings, which is not a durability record. TOPWAY leads on that file, not because £9.79 is the lowest price.

Cards to leave on the shelf

LIBRATON 919021, B0FHVY53DJ, is £24.99 with 4.1 from 152 ratings and the widest size list here, six lengths from M4 x 32 mm to M6 x 65 mm, for a stated 3-38 mm panel. It also claims 65 lb, about 29 kg, and 12 times a plastic anchor, with no test method. Open it only if you want those lengths and you will ignore the load slogan. LIYOU LY1020, B0DRSF5VPW, is £15.99 with 3.7 from 36 ratings. The title says molly and a bullet says jack nut. Reviews include a first-use break. CRCFSUK, B0FHVL71HX, is £17.99 with 3.1 from three ratings, and the written review says the grip would not set the bolts.

Which card to keep

Keep Brackit for the most-reviewed M4 and M5 kit, TOPWAY when you already own the sleeves, and T.K.Excellent only for those three sleeve diameters. Leave a 65 lb slogan and a three-rating failure. A qualifying amazon.co.uk purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Common questions

Should I buy a Fischer or Rawlplug plier instead?
Buy the maker's pliers when you are setting that maker's sleeve and you want their hole chart. Fischer HM uses HM-Z 1 pliers or a driver with a turning stop. DuoHM needs no setting tool, and its printed figure is not a score for these guns. A trade plier such as Rapid's is outside this ASIN list. Brackit and TOPWAY are picks inside this set, not a trade-standard test.
Is 4.6 from 801 better than 4.4 from 3,474?
Not for a first M4 and M5 kit. T.K.Excellent's 4.6 from 801 is a stronger average than Brackit's 4.4 from 3,474, at £22.99 against £18.99. The handles are a repeated complaint, and the thread wording does not match the millimetre sizes. Use the 801-rating kit if those three sleeve diameters are what you measured. Use Brackit if you want the larger record.
Why not the £7.99 gun?
Philoch is the £7.99 card, stated for M4 to M6, with 4.5 from 249 ratings. It is a fair spare if you already own sleeves and you can return a tool with missing E-clips. It is a weak first buy beside TOPWAY, which has 930 ratings at a similar tool-only price. A review calls the frame plastic against a metal claim, and the title says riveter.
What is wrong with the six-size kit at £24.99?
LIBRATON's size list is the wide one: six lengths and a stated 3-38 mm panel. The problem is the 65 lb line, and the claim of being 12 times stronger than plastic anchors, with no test method beside them. The British Gypsum Site Book's 12 kg example is a different document, not a rating of this box. Take the sizes if you need them, and do not take 65 lb as a safe working load.
Does top pick mean it will hold my television?
No. Brackit prints no kilogram. A Becho review mentions a 75-inch television, and that listing has no load figure either. A television, a basin or a wall cupboard belongs on a stud or on a fixing the maker rates for that load. The top pick means the most-reviewed M4 and M5 kit in this set, with a known piece-count clash. It does not mean the sleeve will carry a screen.

Related pages

How to use a hollow wall anchor setting tool

Hollow wall anchor setting tool

Hollow wall anchor setting tool: your buying guide

Plasterboard cavity fixing gun for a stud-wall bay

Molly setting tool vs screwdriver for metal sleeves

Sources

Public UK sources from the research digest, used for this page in October 2026. Prices, stars and review counts are from the ten amazon.co.uk listings captured on 19 October 2026. There is no laboratory test. A 65 lb listing line is not a safe working load.

  1. Fischer UK, metal cavity fixing HM (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  2. Fischer UK, cavity fixing DuoHM (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  3. Rawlplug, SM Interset (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  4. Rawlplug, AT-88 setting tool (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  5. British Gypsum Site Book (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  6. Wonkee Donkee, metal anchor expansion tools (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  7. Rapid, how hollow wall anchors work (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  8. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 (retrieved 19 October 2026)