Greatfishing Greatfishing X-Tube Heat Shrink Sleeve Wrap Fishing Bulding Handle Cork Rod Grip with Non Slip Waterproof and Insulation 40 Inch Lengths Durable Repair (Black Dia 25mm)

I recently bought two used Penn Long Beach fishing rods for a great price. the rods and guides were in great shape but the foam grips had deteriorated. This heat shrink wrap solved the problem perfectly. I was able to do both rods with one 40" length of wrap. The new grips look and feel good.I started by using a professional hair dryer that gets very hot. I just did a small section and it worked but not that well and it took a long time. I used a heat gun for the remainder of the job and that worked much, much better.The existing grips are 30mm so I ordered the 35mm wrap and it worked perfectly. It was easy to slide on and it shrunk nice and tight onto the grips. While the wrap will shrink up to 50% of it's original size, I did NOT find that the length changed at all.

Due to my rod handle size, I ordered the 35mm diameter sleeve. When slid them over my rod handles, it seemed way bigger than I expected. But I used my wife's hair dryer on high and it shrunk tightly against the old cork handle. I checked the hair dryer temperature and it was about 180 degrees. At that temp, I went over the area several times to make sure it had shrunk completely, and it did. A "heat gun" may work better/quicker, but the hair dryer did the job also. This product looks nice and feels great. I have several more older rod handles to cover that are a little smaller in diameter and will probably get the 30mm diameter for them. My rod handles were 1-1/4 inches in dia so I used the 35mm (~1-3/8 inches). I like this product.

I bought the green one to wrap my rake so I didn’t have to either buy a new one, or perform foreign body removal from my hands after I held the rake. It fit perfectly and with my heat gun, it adhered really well to the splintering wood. There is a nice little texture to it as well. Better than the typical shrink wrap. I would have liked more of it included, but thats my problem. It never crossed my mind until I wanted to shrink wrap everything in the garage! Clearly lawn tools are significantly longer than the grip of a fishing pole. I haven’t fished much since the ole divorce and my son thinking it was boring, so I can’t speak to if your pole will go flying into the lake when you cast, but for other grips, its the bomb! Perhaps I need to go fishing this summer so I can try it as intended! He only took his gear ;-).

I had a rod that my wife gave me 34 years ago. The foam handles were starting to show some wear. I decided to try the heat shrink tube, and man, was I happy with the results. There are plenty of YouTube videos showing different techniques on how to install this stuff. Total time start to finish was about 30 minutes.

Came within a day, had to stretch it over the butt of my rod, but even after a little bit of stretching, the wrap still shrunk down and is working fine.