Hancaner 【6mm】 Electrical Fish Tape, Fish Tape Wire Puller 100FT x 6mm, PET Wire Pulling Tools 6 Adapters Pull Wire, with Shatterproof Cable Retractable Spring, Max.Tensile Strength 300KG

This review is of the Hancaner 100-foot polyester fish tape.I have a fifty-foot steel fish tape by Greenlee, and I was surprised at how much bigger the reel on this Hancaner was. The reel is nicely constructed and comes with six different tips that screw onto the fish tape via an M5 threaded rod. Though having multiple tips is handy, it would have been helpful had Hancaner included some sort of storage compartment on the reel for the tips. I can easily see losing the tips if you don't always keep them with the reel. The Amazon listing says that it has an "anti-twist effect" but I would recommend taping the joint between the tip and the end of the fish tape to minimize the chance of it unscrewing while pushing or pulling the tape through.The triple stranded polyester tape plays out and reels in easily, more so than my steel tape. It is also much more flexible, which may or may not be a benefit depending on what you are trying to do.For passing the tape through unobstructed conduit or empty voids behind sheet rock, the Hancaner polyester tape works very nicely and bends around conduit elbows more easily than a steel tape. If there is insulation in your wall void, or other partial obstructions, the stiffness of the steel tape will be better for pushing through those impediments. The Hancaner tape passes easily through a curved conduit elbow, but when I tried passing it through a plain right-angle PVC pipe connector, the tape wouldn't pass, getting stuck on the lip of the pipe. Moral: don't use plumbing PVC pipe for electrical conduit.

This type of fishtape is good for shorter distances and smaller diameter conduit. I was trying to use it with a 75ft 2 story house run up and down into a wiring panel. I could not push it through the final 90 degree bend because it lost its pushing force. I had to switch to my plastic coated braided metal wire fishtape. It is still a good tool since it is the most flexible of all the fishtapes that I have. It is easy to pull off the reel and easy to roll back in. The various attachments are an added bonus, but I rarely use them since I attach wood beads on the ends of my fishtapes to better push past ridged conduit.

Coming from multi rod fish tape, this feels like an upgrade. Nothing wrong against those rods to join and achieve the desired length and results but this rolling fish tape style is definitely worth the extra money. Loving it so far. One word of caution. For their 100 ft intended length, the overall fish tape is pretty bulky. See my pic holding it for reference.