Demo of the Magnepull Cable system

[Rickster71]

I saw this at the supply house the other day. They did a demo in an insulated wall too. They wanted over $100 for the kit.

 

[BMXTRIX]

Now, if only my home had a bunch of ceiling tiles instead of... you know, standard drywall ceilings.

It definitely can make things easier if you would otherwise have to fish a wall, but going up and down walls is easy - like a joke easy, almost always. Just a piece of fish tape and you are done inside of a couple of minutes most of the time. The hard part is ceilings and getting across joists.

In a soffit with an open cavity, it can still be tough to get down because there is a support about every 18" you have to get across, which gets tougher as you get further out and a fish stick starts to droop and become uncontrollable.... This product does absolutely nothing for the tough installs like that.

Insulated residential walls may be better use for it, but I can't see using this in any commercial space as those walls are phenomenally easy to fish. As well, there is typically a steel stud right at the top - at the ceiling grid, not at the concrete slab above. So, when you lift the tiles you see the top of the studs, not a piece of drywall within the plenum space.

I've seen similar product before, and I still haven't had much use for something like this other than making the very occassional pull just a bit quicker.

 

[Rickster71]

Now, if only my home had a bunch of ceiling tiles instead of... you know, standard drywall ceilings.

It definitely can make things easier if you would otherwise have to fish a wall, but going up and down walls is easy - like a joke easy, almost always. Just a piece of fish tape and you are done inside of a couple of minutes most of the time. The hard part is ceilings and getting across joists.

In a soffit with an open cavity, it can still be tough to get down because there is a support about every 18" you have to get across, which gets tougher as you get further out and a fish stick starts to droop and become uncontrollable.... This product does absolutely nothing for the tough installs like that.

Insulated residential walls may be better use for it, but I can't see using this in any commercial space as those walls are phenomenally easy to fish. As well, there is typically a steel stud right at the top - at the ceiling grid, not at the concrete slab above. So, when you lift the tiles you see the top of the studs, not a piece of drywall within the plenum space.

I've seen similar product before, and I still haven't had much use for something like this other than making the very occassional pull just a bit quicker.

BMX, I agree.
It was priced closer to $130 and I thought they were crazy.
If it were $40 maybe I'd keep it in the truck.

 

[highfigh]

I guess it would work pretty well if A) I didn't have a fish tape/push rods/chain & string, B) only had to pull it through open stud spaces & joist bays without any other obstructions and C) wanted to drag something across someone's walls & ceilings.

I know someone who said he has one but I haven't been tempted to get it. The usefulness is pretty limited, IMO. If access from above and the joist space isn't accessible and the joists run the right way,, I can see it being a good thing as long as the walls have crown moulding to hide the holes.

 

[mtrycrafts]

BMX, I agree.
It was priced closer to $130 and I thought they were crazy.
If it were $40 maybe I'd keep it in the truck.

You could make one yourself with a strong magnet, doesn't have to be a roller shape and a metal bob with strings attached; less than $40?

 

[Rickster71]

You could make one yourself with a strong magnet, doesn't have to be a roller shape and a metal bob with strings attached; less than $40?

The roller is so it doesn't scratch the paint on a finished wall.

Some of the magnets are very strong. My brother picked up a few that were very powerful; he handed them to a friend and told him not to try to hold them apart, also don't get a finger in between them. His friend didn't listen, and ended up smashing a finger and losing the finger nail.