Fish Tape, Fiberglass Wire Puller with Spiral Steel Leader, Optimized Housing and Handle, 15 m, Klein Tools 56350

I managed to get this at an unbelievable price. I think for what I paid, I'm incredibly happy with it. I think I would have had a very hard time justifying this at full price; I think you could if you work with a lot of conduit. But I don't really, it's a nice-to-have for me.

I've helped with several projects around the farm where we've run cables between barns etc. Rarely did we do a proper job. The boss man isn't that particular so we've ended up with ugly cabling a few times. This is because when we have needed a fish wire to do the job properly, we've tried doing it with fencing wire instead (cheapskates yeah). One job was trying to get a cable from a barn, across the yard to a polytunnel. We had once tried to get a cable through a buried pipe below the concrete which was laid to carry water across. That pipe was there before the polytunnel and when we decided to run an electric cable to the tunnel we couldn't get it unerneath and ended up suspending a cable at height instead. Once this arrived we were able to run this through quite easily. Okay it wasn't easy peasy but compared with trying to push fencing wire through, it was a breeze. We've tidied up a few 'farmer cables' since having this in the inventory. As I'm not in the trade I must admit that the price of these things was a shock to me. This is why we tried with crappy wire! However if you are in the trade, or stuck like we were using fence wire - the price is justified. It's very well made, easy to use and unless you run over it or something, you'll only ever have to buy the one. This is the second Klein Tools item I've used and both have impressed me. I know an electrician that buys Klein Tools as well, which kinda says it all to me. I remember my Father's fish wire - an awkward coil of thin flat steel that in fairness did the job many times but would only flex in one direction and was a pain to coil back up. This vs that is like chalk and cheese.

Having got this originally to install a dashcam, I've found many other uses for it since. It's a well-designed, professional tool. There's plenty of length, so it can be used for many different applications. It's tough, and seems capable to withstanding heavy use. No complaints at all. Highly recommended.

The quality of this thing is great. I like the rewinder as it keeps the enormously long fish tape under control when it's not being used. The fish tape itself is a good balance of flexibility in that it'll push through a conduit without buckling but flexes round bends quite well. Planning to use it when I install some new ceiling lights and ceiling-mounted speakers, which I'm sure it'll manage with ease.

Very easy to use. Tip is excellent. It’s a little flimsy, like you can send it up conduit and so on as long as there is nothing else in the conduit. Great for new installs. But if you’re installing into a duct that already has a lot of cables it gets stuck on everything. It’s very good though I just wish it was stiffer. 8/10 for me

This is a really good quality flexible fish tape tool. The quality of the tool is truly impressive and the orange colour doesn’t look too bad either. 👍 I used this to fish some electrical wire through some PVC conduit tubing and it worked great.

Materials: Thick & Robust Plastic housing & handle. 15m Fiberglass Wire Puller. Spiral Steel Leader. Impressions: Very easy to pull out the steel string. Very robust shell, with optimized design for less friction. Large (18cm) spiral steel leader, that easily goes through crowded areas. Etched markings in 0.3m help get more accurate measurements. This is a great Fish tape tooling as its suitable for both professionals and beginners, it's so simple to use that you just can't get it wrong. What you need to do is position the spiral steel leader into the tubing/hole and simply start unwinding the wire puller in 15 cm increments. Thanks to the robust casing and comfortable carry handle it's easy to operate with it. It's also made of robust plastic shell on the outside, whereas the wire puller itself has a 18cm steel leader that easily goes through crowded areas and the fiber fiberglass body of the wire itself is covered in plastic/silicone material helps maintain a straight shape and can handle pressure easily. I like the fact that there isn't any spring incorporated in the design, as this way it's less tiring on the hands while unwinding the string. As for its price of £147.74, it can be said that its a bit off-putting, however the "Klein Tools" brand is baes in the US, Illinois and has been on the store since 1857. It is well known for its quality products that don't disappoint, and after trying out their this Fish tape, i can confirm that this is a tool that has been built to last!

I have been using this cable puller to get some cabling from the house to my shed and it did a good job. These Klein tools are very robust and thought has really gone into how a professional would use them day in day out. The handle is nice and solid and easy to hold. The cable is very easy to pay out and retract. There are decreasing number markings every foot, while this is a great idea they are quite hard to read even in good lighting, so you’d struggle to see them in low light. The first 10 inches or so is very flexible and has a metal eye at the end to attach the cables to. But the part in between the very flexible start and the part where the shrouded cable is is not flexible at all so you couldn’t put this through tight 90° thin piping. It will go around rounded tubing no problem though and obviously this is what it’s made for. It’s pretty lightweight for saying how long it reaches (I have the 30.5 meter one) if your using this day in day out then it’s going to last you a long time as it’s very robust feeling.

I bought this years ago. Still works great. Just got done with another long pull, got out my phone, and gave this 5 stars. This fish tape is the perfect combination of rigitity and flexibility to shove through conduit that bends all around between junction boxes. Works well for 2" conduit. 10/10, would buy this again in a heartbeat. Great tool to have when you need it. Downside is there is no threaded attachment on the end of this. Upside is you don't have to worry about breaking the attachment off if you start pulling hard. The attachment on this is sturdy and has held up great over the years.

Nice product

Sehr gutes Werkzeug. Damit werden die Kabel schnell durch die Kanäle gezogen. Einziger Minuspunkt ist die fehlende Befestigung der verschiedenen Kabeltypen am Ende. Eventuelle gibt es dazu Zubehör. Ansonsten Kabel an das Ende mit Klebeband fixiert und in 1 Minute sowohl HDMI, USB-C als auch CAT Kabel durchgezogen.

I was not sure how the plastic end would work. Not a problem in my case. I work primarily with light data cables. When adding Cat 5 or 6 as well as various data cables it's wonderful. Easily slides past existing cable for an easy pull without hanging up. I might have a different opinion if my pulls were harder but for me, I should have bought one sooner.

Nice piece of gear