Ratings & Reviews for Southwire 25-ft Steel Fish tape

Good for what i need it.

It worked for. I ran ethernet cat6 through attic to livingroom and bedrooms.

Great product work as advertised

Used the tape about 1/2 dozen times already and still looks new.

wire fish

Great for short pulls, less than 25 ft. Works well.

dispenser did not work for me

I was able to pull out only a few feet of tape from the dispenser with difficulty and then it jammed. I used different brands of fish tapes with dispensers in the past and never experienced a complete failure of dispenser like with this product. I tossed the dispenser and I am using the tape itself (nothing wrong with it, after I took it out from disassembled dispenser). I have been using other Southwire products from Lowe's without problems, but I do not recommend this one.

Works as Expected

Works as Expected. A little difficult to wind and unwind at times but I'm sure it will improve when it's a bit more broken in.

Works and Doesn't Work

Similar experience to most everyone else here. It works extremely good for its intended purpose, but it does NOT wind back up. Currently i have about 8 feet of it wrapped and zip tied around the housing because it does NOT go back in. Terrible construction for that but like I said, the main purpose of getting cables behind the wall? Solid work.

So worth it

Just bought a house and had to run electrical through the finished basement, cause previous owners never did. There would be no way for us to have been able to run the wires without this. We would have had to pull down the paneling and sheetrock and put it back up. Saved us a ton of time and money.

Great Fishtape for Home owners

Works well for small runs when you need something stiff. However I feel like for shorter runs you’re more likely to need something with more flex in it and the narrower fish tape they make might be a better choice as it will bend more easily.

Couldn’t have completed my job without it

This helped a lot to feed wires in my walls that had insulation. It’s impossible without this fish tape.

Too tight

Could not get tape to extend out past 2 feet without binding up, and more trouble winding up. Very tight. Returning for refund. Going to HD to buy a Klein.

easy to use and compact

I had to fish some wire through insulation and I was concerned that it wouldn't work well. It only took a little manipulation and the tape pushed right through the fiberglass insulation just fine. It was so much easier than wrestling with the fish stick in such tight quarters.