Gardner Bender EFT-15 Mini Cable Snake, 15 Ft Steel Fish Tape, Electrical Wire Fishing Tape, Red & Black

Works great and is quite compact

This tool has been a game changer at work. I install pre-fabbed custom booths for tradeshows and expos. Not all the time but many times I find myself having to run a cable up or down through a wall to meet up with electrical drops on the floor under carpeting / flooring and this has made my life so much easier. Previously I was using scraps of banding to fish cables through these exhibits and this has me all the difference. I especially appreciate its compact size as I don't use it on a daily basis but I do use it enough that it has to be in my tool box(es). So, it doesn't take up a bunch of valuable space or add too much extra weight. The build quality is also there. It's got all the things I look for when purchasing a new tool: price vs quality vs practicality. 10 out of 10

Used this to snake some cat6 through a 100 year old house with lath and plaster walls. Worked great. Got snagged on some lath keys but I was able to punch it through/navigate around most spots pretty easily. An electrician friend suggested the fiberglass rods but I feel as though with the more uneven nature of the very old walls in my house it would have been more tricky. The winding/unwinding function is a little confusing if you don't read the instructions. A very inexpensive option if you're just a weekend warrior like myself doing some DIY projects around the house. I had never used fish tape before and this was very easy for my first go. It's also very compact so if you are like me and don't use it often it won't hog a bunch of space on your tool bench. 4 stars just due to the winding/unwinding function being a little complicated and unnecessary in my opinion. It would be fine without the attempt at a "semi-automatic" function if it just wheeled freely.

The trick to pulling it is to wind it and keep tension on the wheel with your thumb so when you pull it it doesnt unspool in the case and lock up

I ran a couple of speaker wires under my carpet for about 13 feet A bit difficult to rewind but not impossible

This might be an unusual review: So, I did not use this for its expressed purpose. Instead, I cut the snake of spring steel into about 3 dozen lengths to use as tines for homemade thumb pianos (kalimbas, mbiras, what have you, look 'em up, you'll probably recognize them) The plastic casing stated that it contained some gnarly pthalates that are good for wreaking havoc on the human body, but it was assembled rather like Legos and came apart very easily, no crushing or cracking required. So that came off and went into the recycling, maybe to be turning into some other weird plastic mess, maybe to be dissolved into toxic goo, I don't know, it's probably not recyclable. Anyway, the spring steel uncoiled and I worked from there. It's not the best quality spring steel - it's not the best quality steel, period - but it keeps its form pretty well, and if you apply extra pressure, it'll keep that new form well too. For keys on a hand piano, it works so far. For that purpose however, the steel ribbon is a bit too wide, half a centimeter I think, and so these are all decidedly for bass tones. Affixed to a cigar box with an ugly, homemade nut, elevated and secured, it really does sound just fine. Some luck (or more likely, skill) is required, as many of them sound buzzy - still cool, just in a noise-genre sort of way. But hey, it's working out. Next time, I'd buy a spool of smaller fish tape. The thickness is good for this application, but yeah, maybe a bit too wide. Also, I have no idea what I'm doing. Anyway, great cable snake.

This product works as advertised Very good quality Satisfied with the purchase price

This unit is okay, but tricky to unwind. Here's my take: PROS: * Good length for running cables up/down walls, even two stories (from attic to ground floor, for example). * The tip has a hole which allows you to use a zip-tie to attach cables. * The crank winds the tape back in easily. * It is small and basically does what it says. CONS: * This is very, very difficult to unwind. I first tried to unwind this thing in my attic but gave up. This tool needs THREE HANDS to unwind - one to hold the handle, one to hold the tool itself, and another to pull the tape out. It's a huge pain. IN the end I had to hold the tool with my legs, and use my other hands to try to unwind it. It was slow, but I finally got it. Now I unwind the unit FULLY before I plan on using it.

収納するのに時間を要します。 職人が現場で使うのには向いてないかと思いました。

It does what it supposed to do

Bought a second one. Very useful for walls and much better to handle than the standard ‘yellow tongue’ poly cable feeder. Long enough for most jobs and very easy to carry.

床の配線を通すのに買いました 凄く役に立ちました 配線出来ないかと、思った所に問題無く 配線できました

Muito bom e pratico.