Figured the Horsehead Nebula was a total pipe dream with my setup. Tried it anyway because I'm stubborn, ended up with a photo that looks more like a faint thumbprint on the lens. Still counts. @benc53 gets it, that weird victory when you find the fuzzy smudge you were told should be there. My gear is basically held together with tape and hope, but sometimes it coughs up a decent image just to shut me up.

No way, a Harbor Freight fish tape handling a 75-foot pull with two bends? That's wild, I'd have bet money it would kink for sure. Reminds me of what @simonb92 said about a cheap multimeter, sometimes the off-brand stuff just works. My old boss had a no-name tape that outlasted his expensive one for years on simple jobs. Still, I'd be scared to trust it on a really gnarly pull, but maybe I need to stop judging tools by their price tags, lol.