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Fish Tape, Tape Material Steel, Length 25 ft., Flat Tape Profile, Tape Size 1/4 In. x 0.030 In., Winder Case Yes, Case Style Crank Handle, Case Material Plastic, Case Dia. 13 In.
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Useful tool for installing and concealing cable around the home, office, and jobsite.
Greenlee 438-2X Flat Steel Fish Tape
The Greenlee 438-2X steel fish tape is a useful tool for installing and concealing cable around the home, the office, and the job site. With a compact, lightweight design and flat steel tape, the 438-2X fish tape helps pull coax, Cat5/5e/6, HDMI, or any other cable through walls, under carpets, or above ceilings quickly and with ease.
The 1.25-pound design is light enough to be carried on a tool belt, and the compact, impact-resistant case and large handle gives you accurate control over your pulls every time.
Best suited for a variety of short pulls, the 25-foot-long, 1/4-inch-wide steel tape design helps get your cable under carpet, through walls, and over ceilings. Combined with a tapered tip for easy feeding, the 438-2X is perfect for short run pulls.
Simply pull the steel tape out by hand; feed through ceilings, walls, or carpets; attach your cable to the tip; and retract using the provided crank, pulling, or "fishing", your cable with it.
Whatever your pulling need, the Greenlee 438-2X steel fish tape is a simple, lightweight, and affordable solution to get many different types of cable where you need it to be.
438-2X Flat Steel Fish Tape
At a Glance
- Thin, low-profile flat steel tape easily fishes cables under carpet, through insulated walls, and above ceilings
- High-impact case for long life
- Hand crank for easy rewinding
- Large handle grip for greater user control
- 25-foot-long, 1/4-inch-wide flat steel tape
- Hole in tip helps attach cable for pulling
Convenient User-Friendly Design
Pull the steel tape out by hand, then feed through ceilings, walls, or carpets. Hole in tip of steel tape helps attach cable for pulling. Retract using provided crank, pulling your cable with it.About Greenlee
Founded in 1862, Greenlee is a leader when it comes to developing innovative tools for the professional tradesperson. From humble barrel-making beginnings to the present-day selection of wire/cable installation tools, electronic testing and measurement instruments, and other solutions, Greenlee continues to be a respected and trusted source for both professional and enthusiast tools. Whatever your tooling need, you can always rely on Greenlee to make your job faster, safer, and easier.
Elektro Rottmann GmbH
Reviewed in Germany on June 16, 2024
Alle angegeben Artikel wurden schnell und zur kompletten Zufriedenheit geliefert.
Nathan Bishop
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
It works great in the older houses with the old wood wool insulation.
paul jones
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2021
Product performed pretty well, the only issue is the tape is very stiff to pull out of the case. This makes it difficult to feed out as your fishing through your objective. Best bet is to pull a long stretch of tape then feed through. Retracts very well and is the right size for short (less than 20') tasks.
Mike Parent
Reviewed in Canada on September 3, 2020
Worked as expected.
M.Z
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020
If you are a beginner in your field or have not used such tool before, I would not recommend this one for you but for me this just perfect as it is practical for its size and sturdy enough for my kinna work. Personally I prefer them a bit more flexible and less stiff but this one is good.
黒川 真
Reviewed in Japan on April 15, 2020
警備工事に携わっていますが、壁の中を通線するのに使っています。長さも7.5M有、そこそこの配線は可能です。価格も良いし、使いやすい道具だと思います。
D Hollandsworth
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019
I'm an electronics integrator in TN and I use a variety if tools to fish wire. I keep this device in my tool bag not my equipment trailer because I use it every day. The fish tape is flat which helps to control the direction and the end is flat so it allows you to push and pull through insulation ir under carpet without getting stuck like the other tapes with hook like ends.
ThomasTheDoubter
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
This is a waste of your money, so avoid it.I needed, I thought, a fish tape for running wires inside the walls of a vintage travel trailer. I bought it, and used it twice, and each time it was usedsomething happened to it that made using it a wasted effort. The fish tape itself is too heavy for the enclosure and very difficult to maneuverinside a wall or even in a conduit or pipe, because the tape is too stiff, it wouldn't even go around a 45 conduit corner. I ended up removingthe oversized clunky plastic thing that's supposed to do the pulling or pushing at the end of the tape and just used the tape bare, without it.Then it worked. However...The second time, the winder mechanism jammed, and I could not wind the tape back into the unit at all until I took it apart, there to find a piece ofthe plastic inside the winder broken off and laying in the bottom. I do NOT mistreat tools or vent my anger on them, but this is really not well made, and I would say useless, at least to me.Greenlee used to be a well known and respected name in installer tools, but this one is not up to par, or even their expected quality.BTW I ended up using a 7' piece of 1/8" aluminum rod that literally fell off onto my lawn, from an old tree-mounted TV antenna, as the most successful fish tape I've used! It was free and is flexible enough it will wiggle through a very tight space and long enough to go from mid ceiling to floor in a trailer redo. Unless you're fishing heavy wires a lot in conduit stay away from this Greenlee fish tape.
Toronto
Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2015
great quaity for the price,safety glasses is a must since it does spring back when winding,when you first get it it be hard to unwind it,do not use the crank to do so since its designed to wind it not to unspool it.Use a pair of pliers and pull the plastic tab carefully and it would unwind,don't pull too hard since the tab is a bit fragile.So when unwinding just pull it out by hand and do not use the crank since others had the tape get stuck.
P. Murphy
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2012
I don't know if I got a lemon or what, but this tape seems very hard to pull off the reel and nearly as hard to re-spool. The tape itself if durable and high quality, though the reel seems a bit flimsy and cheap. For small jobs and infrequent use, this is probably good enough for most people's needs, but for more frequent use and bigger jobs, I can't recommend this particular model.
Placeholder
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2011
I used this to pull some cat6 cable through my walls into my attic and it worked great. I used duct tape to attach the end of the cable to the fishing tape. The only real problem I had was that it was hard to tell when you extended the tape far enough to reach the bottom of the wall. I think I'll use a permanent marker to put marks ever 5' on the fishing tape to make this easier.I also used it to pull some wire under a carpet (speaker wire and a flat cat6 cable). It worked well for that purpose too. The only complaint there is the head on the fishing tape is pretty small so it was hard to follow its progress under the carpet.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2011
The tape won't actually pull out. The reel seems stuck. The plus side is that it's so cheap it's hardly worth returning. I haven't opened it yet to try to fix it. Other than that, you could hardly tell it's used and it's nice and thin.Thanks to the reviewer who commented. I forgot to come back and update review. It has worked great ever since I opened the case and carefully unwound the tape and closed the case up again. So I'd say if you knew you might have to do that first, it's well worth the money. The tape is nice and strong and has allowed me to fish places that other, thinner fish tape got stuck.
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