Posted on 04/29/2017 8:28:20 PM PDT by Yardstick
This Magnet is no Joke
I don't often write reviews, but for this.....I had to write one. The magnet was everything as described, but please realize this is not a toy. This magnet is uncontrollable within 6-12 inches of a solid metal surface. If you are looking to just buy a strong magnet to "play" around with, buy this with extreme caution. There would not be much noticeable bone left if your finger was caught between this magnet and another magnet/fridge. Again, the magnet was everything stated in the description but its strength is no joke.
Scary Strong
I'm kind of scared of this magnet. It's so strong that it will move nearby metal objects even when inside of its shipping box. The finish is very nice. The magnet is very strong.
This is a Serious Magnet
This is a serious magnet. It has made many dents on my fridge. Keep your fingers out of the way!
So Strong They're Dangerous
I bought two of these along with ten one-inch cube Rare Earth magnets because I need something darned strong for a serious hobby. I’d seen a few of the comments on YouTube and read the warnings, but they didn’t prepare me for using super magnets. I put these two together, SAFELY, which isn’t a safe thing to do. I started with a wedge of wood, two inches thick on one end, then tapers to nothing over the ten-inch length. I’d put one magnet on one side of the thick part of the wood, then slowly approached the wood with the other. It got away from me and slammed into the wood so hard I’ll never to that again unless I use some kind of machine to control the attraction. Then I slid the two magnets along the wood until they reached the zero-thickness. This became hard to do because the squeezing forces were slightly sinking the magnets into the pine wood. As I walked through my kitchen to the back door, the magnets pulled me into the refrigerator. I was holding them in front of me, but they were eighteen inches from the refrigerator! Later when I came back, I thought I was being more careful, but not careful enough. These damn things sucked a cast iron frying pan off my stove and hit so hard the magnets could have shattered (they’re known to be brittle.) FORTUNATELY, my fingers were not at ground-zero of that collision because I was still tightly holding the wooden wedge. I have no doubt these could have broken bones. I am NOT making this up! I love these things, but they are not a toy whatsoever!
Like the Product
Like the product, although the paperwork that came with it left my mind spinning. The English print was anything but English. Not very pleased with the foreign spelling!
Very Powerful
Crazy powerful
Five Stars
Very strong, think safety first when handling this magnet
Yes it's fun to play with but I'm very disappointed
Not as strong as stated. Claims 280 lbs. of pull, not even close. I do not understand why people say in reviews "it's so strong it's dangerous" or "it attracted something from 12" away" bunch of BS. It has to be about 2 or 3 inches away before it will attract things. Yes It's fun to play with but I'm very disappointed. Just want to warn others before they buy it like I did, with expectations of something great. After reading reviews I was excited, only to be let down. This is my third magnet to buy and be disappointed. No bone crushing to worry about here. Just a fun TOY.
IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!!
NEVER PUT THIS ANYWHERE NEAR ANOTHER NEODYMIUM MAGNATE!!!! I was just testing is to see its strength from a distances and I was probably 1.5 feet away and the small magnet flew out of my hand and collided with this one, luckily it only chipped the small one but it did took me a good hour trying to separate them without the proper tools but overall is a great magnet!
Four Stars
Good magnet
Five Stars
Worth the money if your into magnets. very strong
Quality as stated in the ad
Fantastic, one may want to keep it in a sock since it can really stick to things.
Very strong, be careful
Extremely strong. Be very careful with these. Make sure NO sharp metal around. I did not and knife jumped from much further then I thought possible, ouch, stupid me, I know. I hear its brittle and I'm sure it is. All neo magnets are it seems. If not please let me know which aren't. Thanks much.
Great for experiments!
I am not sure why i bought this..I didn't have a special need for it or anything, i just really wanted it. It's incredibly strong (i was able to pick up a sledge hammer with the my hand sandwiched between the two). I also would forget i'm holding it and walk near metallic things that would fly to my hand or my hand would get sucked towards doorknobs that i am opening. I experimented rolling it across the floor and rolling smaller magnets at it and the smaller magnets broke (and the super magnet chipped). So beware, it is brittle. Also don't leave it near any electronics for too long...
Recommend
Very strong magnet
Five Stars
S*** is amazing
Five Stars
I love it
unbelievable do not let kids even get close to these things...
unbelievable do not let kids even close to these things very powerful and could be considered deadly under the right circumstances
As Advertised
Impressive.
Five Stars
This thing is strong!
Awesome!
This thing is crazy! I am using it with steel ball bearings to remove dents from brass instruments. Works well, could be dangerous if you are not careful. Wouldn't want to get my finger between this and some steel!
Kinda strong...meh
It's strong, yes, but I was expecting more for this price-point. Looks like you gotta go to McMaster or somewhere else more specialized to get a truly beefy magnet.
2 thumbs up !!
Awesome ! be careful....it's serious....don't recommend for anyone under 21.....it's legit....!!!
Five Stars
Very strong. BE CAREFUL!
Five Stars
Dimensions are accurate and this magnet is incredibly strong. Wouldn't want two of these coming together near an extremity.
It came near my 2" x 1" Super Strong Neodymium Disc Magnet and they
very powerful. It came near my 2" x 1" Super Strong Neodymium Disc Magnet and they became one
Muy bueno
Muy bueno
A fun thing you can do with these is demonstrate para-magnetic materials.
These metals are not attracted by magnets but the metals (like silver) do not like to pass through a magnetic field.
Take a silver coin and try to rub it around on the magnet and it becomes hard to move.
This is one of the tests you can perform on silver coins to test if it is a fake. It the coin sticks to the magnet it’s obviously fake or if it does not resist moving through the magnetic field it’s fake. Many fakes are made primarily of nickle which is not para-magnetic. If the fake has some silver it will resist movement across the magnet but it will be obvious it’s not pure silver since it moves so much easier than a real coin.
Dynamo- Humm?
Great googly moogly!
(oh wait, wrong Zappa song)
CC
Holy cow! My chance to become a superhero has arrived!
I assume that means placing one of these magnets on each side of your head.
I might just give it a try.
I wonder if they can be used to wipe a hard drive?
In a round box.
So you were attracted to these magnets and could not resist the pull.
I wonder if they can be used to wipe a hard drive?
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Do you mean like putting them in a cloth?
LOL!
We’ve bought lots of N42 and N48 Neodymium magnets. INCREDIBLY STRONG. Turned out to be too strong for my sons’ science project.
Lois Lerner showed that hammers work better.
So you’re saying that these are some strong magnets?
I am brainstorming a way to levitate my classic analog turntable to isolate it from ANY vibrations.
You got me thinking.
I got some fairly strong ones which are disks, slightly smaller than a silver dollar. They shipped them in a box about 4 inches four inches by six inches. Each magnet was wrapped inside a corrugated cardboard strip rolled up so there were about six layers of cardboard around each one, more than an inch on each side. They will stick together even with that much cardboard between them. Put one [still wrapped in cardboard] in a little paperclip tray and it will suck up all the paper clips.
One problem with them is they are really fragile. If one smashes into another, they can break and pieces can go flying, and will stick to any metal they encounter.
You can get them rubber coated which reduces this risk.
They are really nasty.
Funny you should ask. I get all my refrigerator magnets from inside of old hard drives. There are 2 magnets in every 40 GB hard drive that goes into e-waste. I take the drives apart and get the magnets out. They are super sticky!
I use one of these to strip the magnetite out of my Gold panning concentrates. Yes, there’s Gold in Ohio. I’ve often wondered as an engineering designer most of my working career what little was done with magnetics since the invention of the electric motor. It’s like a technology that got stuck in time, after reading about the Nazi Bell, maybe there’s a reason for that.
I give the reviews 1 star. Not as funny as the Haribo gummi bears https://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gold-Bears-Gummi-Candy-5-Pound/dp/B000EVOSE4/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1493530772&sr=8-1&keywords=gummy%2Bbears%2Bsugar%2Bfree&th=1
The Amazon reviews of banana slicers are pretty funny, too.
Maybe check out this then: Sugar Free Gummy Bears
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