electricalperson

home depot near me stopped selling greenlee snakes and ideal benders and picked up all klein stuff. i seen a lot more klein products there. the orange color looks better than blue and green plus the benders look to be higher quality

electro916

Wow I was just in mine the other day for a few things, they still had all the Greenlee snakes and Ideal benders. I want to go find out if they switched to Klein now and get a new fiberglass fishtape, the Greenlee ones suck.

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electricalperson

they sell those there. i picked up the fish sticks. i noticed they are also carrying klein data com things and wands.

electro916

Are the klein fish sticks noticably better in quality than the greenlees?

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electricalperson

well there glow sticks look the same but the fish sticks are better. the greenlee ones would splinter after a while

slowforthecones

fiberglass splinters... ouch had way too many o those injuries.

JohnJ0906

I've had mine for 4 or 5 years, and use them often, without splinters.

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MDShunk

The trick about the fish stick splinters is to swab over them with PVC glue when they start to appear. Your hands will thank you.

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slowforthecones

mdshunk, i will give that a try. I have been buying a new set of greenlee glowrods almost every 2 months as they break. I've been wrapping the glowrods with tape.

JohnJ0906

I have the thicker (3/8"?) non-glow rods, and, as I said, they have lasted well.

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JohnJ0906

FWIW, I've made up a PVC holder for my sticks. That tube that they come in lasted about a week, I think.

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randomkiller

You sure your helpers aren't chewing on them at lunch? I have had three sets on my truck for several years and there isn't a splinter on any of them.

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MDShunk

I bust up about 2 sticks out of the kit per year. Normally the one with the bullet tip, since I tend to often only need one stick. That one stick gets pretty rough after a while, and once in a blue moon I purposely 'sacrifice' one to get a certain difficult fish accomplished (normally the worst one in the pack). I guess it all depends on what you do in a day's time. I have an aquaintenance, who owns an alarm company, why buys them by the 100 pack for his guys to get as replacements as they break them. I imagine that alarm guys are hard on fish sticks, as you might expect. His are only the 4-footers, but I much prefer the 6-footers. Much less screwing around, in two senses of that expression.

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slowforthecones

nice pvc tube holder with cleanout. I also made one just like yours. what size is your pvc tube? mine is 2". Yup I know the container they come in don't last for **** and the end cap is a pain in the ass to takeoff/put back.

slowforthecones

I do a lot of fire alarm / life safety systems install so that would explain why I am seeing such heavy usage of them sticks. drop tile ceilings, cable trays and going down wall cavities. My helpers are not good at fishing so they beat the hell outta them..your close..they don't chew on them though.

Bkessler

If you use them on any regular basis they splinter, just pushing them straight won't do it, it's pulling them in and out of small openings and around to sharp of corners. I personally have mainly switched to short pieces of fish tape. I have opened up the cap on my tubular ladder rack and keep different lengths pieces of fish tape in there from 5 to 30 foot. If I am cutting in multiple boxes and feeding from an attic, like when I am adding ceiling fans or recess light switches its very handy having several in use at once.

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slowforthecones

100pack.. where??? I'd like to know. you guys are close.. I am a industrial and commercial ec. Fire Alarms and my bucket truck is my bread and butter. No burg alarm though.. that is a joke.

MDShunk

That's what does it for me. Pushing them through, or pulling them out of, a box knockout is what tends to start the splintering process. A fish stick is really the only good tool of choice for that if the wall cavity is insulated. Also, when you drill the top plate of a wall from the attic, and the roof sheathing is practically on top of the wall, you need a pretty tight curve in the fish stick to get down the wall. Plus, a million other reasons why you sometimes need a sharp curve. Sooner or later, they'll have carbon fiber fish sticks.

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electricalperson

i usually use pieces of fish tape. i use my fish sticks when fishing into insulated walls they go in a little easier

MDShunk

I'm not sure, but his are red in color, if that gives you a tip about what brand they might be. I know I've seen fliers for the 100 packs, in various diameters.

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