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What Customers Are Saying
The product is a compact and affordable steel fish tape that can navigate tight spaces, but some customers experienced issues with durability and ease of use, such as difficulty rewinding the tape and it becoming stuck or tangled after repeated use. While suitable for basic, occasional wire-fishing tasks, it may not be suitable for more frequent or demanding applications.
Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.Just the right length
Would RecommendI liked the fact that I didn't have to buy a really long one. I only need it to go about 10 feet up from a new outlet in the wall to the attic, so 25-feet is more than adequate. A better way to attach the electrical wire to it could be an industry improvement, but it's easy enough to hook a wire through the loop & tape it in place.
Needs a better hook
This fish may work in some applications, but the hook at the end is inflexible and won’t catch a wire. I found out I only needed to bend a strong coat hanger. I returned this product.
Johnexpertpacker you can always reshape a new hook at the end. Just heat it with a torch until it glows red and using a pliers reform it to the shape... Read More
Poor Design, Poor Execution.
Would Not RecommendNeeding something longer than a 25' fish and with another one in use I opted to purchase this for several pulls. This fish is made in the USA of Global components. Thus final assembly quality is on someone in America. Supervision is also on someone in America. The Ideal brand must have farmed this out to the lowest bidder. It was obvious to me why some individuals are having so much trouble with this unit. Mine had reinforced tape still wrapped around the layers of metal tape. This of cou...
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Hi Frustrated we obviuosly make longer fish tapes one of the draw back of shorter tape in smaller case is it can be harder to wind and unwind the. Th... Read More
Works great and saved me so much headache.
Would RecommendSo my wife and I were running outdoor electrical outlets over a 40ft stretch underground through Schedule 40 PVC and trying to feed the 12/2 wiring through by hand was less than fun and kept bogging down and getting stuck. We had a 25ft fish tape that wouldn’t reach. Read some mixed reviews on this tape but didn’t want to spend $100 on other ones available. We went to the store and found it and i decided to try it out since I read a lot of reviews about it being a pain to retract. I thought it ...
Hi Chuck good to hear your story thanks for sharing Ron at ron.kipper@idealindustries.com
Doesn’t recoil easily.
Would Not RecommendDon’t expect an easy time recoiling this in it’s case.
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Hi Ic1213 smaller fish tapes in small cases are a little harder to recoil just due to their size. Have fun Ron at ron.kipper@idealindustries.com<... Read More
Nice Product!
Would RecommendI have used this product to fish the CAT 5e cables from soffit to attic spaces and also used it to fish the cables from my basement to up in the living room. This is good product and seems to have worked. You have to be little patient and try different angles to fish the cables but it works . I also had the 15ft splinter glow rod that didn't work for the simple reason that splinter rods are not that flexible as these fish tapes are. So don't hold on your pending projects, just get it and be don...
Hi Handy80 you could write a book with tips for pulling wires through walls glad to hear you got it done. Ron at ron.kipper@idealindustries.com Read More
works as expected
Would RecommendVery stiff steel, it can go through insulated wall
hard to unwind, rewinding is almost impossible. If we didn't use it, we would have returned it!
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Hi Jimmy one of the downsides of a small length tape is the rewinding. For most Pros they always buy 100 or 200 foot tapes in bigger cases because th... Read More
Spend the money
Would Not RecommendAnd get a better one. This broke in the first five minutes of using it.
Andrew you broke the steel tape? We rate them to have a tensil strength og 1500 lbs. if you need help please reach out to me Ron at ron.kipper@id... Read More
Easy to use for an amateur
Would RecommendI found this easy to use. Ran about 10 ft up from the crawlspace (in a dark hole I drilled), and it ran right up to the outlet that I pre-cut. Slam Dunk to use. Again, I'm not doing this ever day, but not sure if you need a light on the end (if you have a helper to just grab it for you).
Gets the job done
Would RecommendThis product is not fancy but it gets the job done for someone that isn't doing this job all day, every day. biggest negative is that just a little dirt and it can be hard to rewind.
Shanny sound good use it well Ron at ron.kipper@idealindustries.com