A Very Useful Tool! I work with a lot of small parts in my hobbies. This magnet is very useful for retrieving them when they get adrift, especially if in some hard to get to place like under my workbench. You don’t even need to see the parts to retrieve them. Just extend the wand, move it about where you think the part is, and often it will be retrieved without further problem. Very useful!
Very strong but not very slim I recently ordered this magnet pickup to use for one main purpose: the movers knocked over my tool chest and a bunch of nuts, bolts, and wrenches flew under my stove. I bought this pickup in order to go in there and get them. I went with the heavy 15 lb because I wanted to make sure it could handle all the wrenches down there, and because overkill is always fun.
Recommended – It’s a solid little tool. It’s a solid magnetic retrieval tool. So far I’m very happy with it.Is it a rare earth (Neodymium) magnet? To get the 15 lbs pull force that this thing advertises, it’d almost have to be. I’d have to scrape/damage mine to see if it’s nickle plated neodymium to find out. Sorry, not doing that on purpose. This said, as strong as this unit is, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out that it is.Will it really hold 15 lbs? I can’t say. I will say is that it holds considerable weight. It picked up a 25″ Snap-on ratchet and a 2′ crowbar with ease. The ratchet weighs in at a little over 5 lbs and the crowbar probably weighs a little more then that. This is way more weight then I think I’ll ever need to pick up with it. If you need to pick up something bigger/heavier then a 25″ ratchet, you might want to look into an alternative (mechanical claw) solution.It is shielded and appears to be designed well.
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A Very Useful Tool! I work with a lot of small parts in my hobbies. This magnet is very useful for retrieving them when they get adrift, especially if in some hard to get to place like under my workbench. You don’t even need to see the parts to retrieve them. Just extend the wand, move it about where you think the part is, and often it will be retrieved without further problem. Very useful!
Very strong but not very slim I recently ordered this magnet pickup to use for one main purpose: the movers knocked over my tool chest and a bunch of nuts, bolts, and wrenches flew under my stove. I bought this pickup in order to go in there and get them. I went with the heavy 15 lb because I wanted to make sure it could handle all the wrenches down there, and because overkill is always fun.
Recommended – It’s a solid little tool. It’s a solid magnetic retrieval tool. So far I’m very happy with it.Is it a rare earth (Neodymium) magnet? To get the 15 lbs pull force that this thing advertises, it’d almost have to be. I’d have to scrape/damage mine to see if it’s nickle plated neodymium to find out. Sorry, not doing that on purpose. This said, as strong as this unit is, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out that it is.Will it really hold 15 lbs? I can’t say. I will say is that it holds considerable weight. It picked up a 25″ Snap-on ratchet and a 2′ crowbar with ease. The ratchet weighs in at a little over 5 lbs and the crowbar probably weighs a little more then that. This is way more weight then I think I’ll ever need to pick up with it. If you need to pick up something bigger/heavier then a 25″ ratchet, you might want to look into an alternative (mechanical claw) solution.It is shielded and appears to be designed well.