Pro tip: a cheap plastic putty knife saved my kitchen floor last week

Honestly, I was running a new line in a tight crawlspace and my fish tape got stuck on a nail. I used a Klein 6-in-1 to pry it, but the head snapped clean off. Had to cut the line and re-feed from the other side, which added an hour to the job. Anyone got a better tool for pulling around sharp edges?

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the_nathan4d ago

Snapped clean off a Klein tool? That's wild, those things are built like tanks. I've put mine through absolute hell. You must have hit it at the perfect wrong angle.

terry6774d ago

Yeah, Klein's screwdrivers are solid, but those 6-in-1s have a hollow shaft where the bits store. That's the weak spot, not the tool head itself. It's a design trade-off for having all those bits in one handle. For serious prying, a dedicated, solid shank screwdriver is the only safe bet. What were you using for a fish tape, the steel or the fiberglass kind?

jordan9033d ago

Exactly, that hollow shaft is the killer. I've seen guys snap them just pulling wire out of a deep box. The metal gets fatigued right where the handle meets the shaft. Klein's solid shank drivers can take a beating, but you gotta treat the multi-bit ones like they're made of glass.