ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Fiberglass fish tapes

My only complaint about fiberglass tapes is that (in my experience) it is almost impossible to force them thru 1/2" and 3/4" runs with more than about 240 degrees of bend.

For very short runs even with multiple bends they seem to work, but longer runs?....no way.

Thanks for all the replies. I got the Greenlee. It didn't work too good on 1/2" pvc. After about 70 feet it won't push past fittings. I went back to the steel. I guess I'll try the fiber one on some emt.

We use them for fishing in to live branch panels and pipe with wire is already installed.
Anywhere a steel fish would nick or twist around existing wires in a pipe is where a fiber fish comes out.You can also get new heads drill out the broken one and epoxy it back on.