I wrote that four years ago. Where did you find it?
I trashed mine, too and bought three $10 Surebonder units since I now consider glue guns "disposable" tools not worth screwing with when they clog. I also put mine on a sixty minute timer that's plugged into the shoplite outlet so it can't easily get left on for long periods of time. They last about two years under such conditions.
I liked the older unit because it was somewhat portable - the gun didn't have a cord - it had a 110VAC laptop cord type connector at the end of the handle that sat in the base. You could remove it an it retained enough heat to do a small job away from the base - or you could just plug in a cord and use it away from the base. Got some small battery powered glue guns that are OK for little things - they use thin pencil glue sticks. I can't see why Craftsman would use non-standard glue sticks. Seems like proprietary BS meant to force people to buy their sticks.
After a precipitous decline in cognitive functioning as per my neurologist's tests, I seem to have plateaued and now suffer from *other* aging maladies. Oh well. I use coconut oil in my coffee, BTW - gives it a nice "kick." Maybe that's what stopped the decline. It certainly wasn't all the meds they prescribed which mostly made me nauseated and gave me chest pains. The joys of modern medicine.