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Review on ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Enhance Your Workshop Organization with Vanitek Heavy Duty Magnetic Organizer! by Alejandro Labustin

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Not 12 " Magnets

This is the first magnetic tool holder I've ever had, so I didn't know what to expect. It comes with Supplied with an amazing amount of accessories and they assembled exactly as you might expect. The only disappointment is that the magnets themselves are not 12" but mounts. This means that even in an AC duct, the magnets are steel. and they have their ridiculous printed stickers on it that say 12 inch magnet part if you can't figure it out and they are very difficult to apply put some kind of protective adhesive on them. The fact that the actual magnetic part is smaller means that if you put them back to back you'll be left with three or four inches that you can't use. That's something to keep in mind once you've measured your tools and somehow figured out how much space you need. For this reason my next set will be 18 inches. Also, I noticed that there is one tool that I didn't feel safe using, but it was fine. It's a set of Little 9s, kind of like the pliers that linesmen use, which we used to call 9s I think because they're almost 9's long. Everyone in the industry knows what it is, but I can't give you a model number or anything. These pieces are strong enough to be used as hammers, and because they are heavy and sell for $30 to $40 a piece, they are heavy. I don't want a big surprise on the bench so something smaller wasn't a problem. Where they really shine is in the little things like Wiha drivers and other jeweler style drivers. It was really amazing to have all these tiny magnetic drivers where I could see them and not like they are usually scattered around the work surface where you have them ok but only for a few minutes. Another downside of this, at least on high end drivers like five lobe hex etc, you can't choose how the tool sits on the magnet. What I'm trying to say is that the lettering on the grip of a high-end driver points in one direction. When you point the drive at a magnet of that size or whatever it's pointing and you let go, the magnet decides which way to grab that tool, and in my case it's always been to direct the writing away from me wanted I can't see her. You can't just roll them, it has to do with the polarity of the magnets pushing them there, so you're pretty much stuck unless you want to move the magnets back and forth, but the problem is when you want them were stored relatively side by side, almost none of them will be outside with the inscription. So in the case of five lobe drivers I have six sizes. I've arranged them from smallest to largest, but no matter how hard I try to keep the size markings on the ends of the handles outward, no matter where I place them or how I position them, they won't all show each other. Maybe there is a better tool for this, I'd like to know if there is one, but if you have round drive shafts the magnets decide which way to point while you use pliers, needle points, scissors or small instruments that don't have markings and obviously you will be very happy with the results. I have a full set of small hand tools and I'm hoping it's smashed up that I can actually see which are which so I can put them back together when I'm done with each one. But even if the design doesn't allow you to place your tools in the right direction, just picking them off the table is a dream come true for this man who for decades kept his tools anywhere but rolling around on the floor and ruining them the bench, never found the right size or stuffed in a box. In the end, in my particular case, the good clearly outweighs the bad.

Pros
  • โœ“ SPECIFICATIONS: 4 individual bars, 12" long, 1" wide, ยฝ" high, weight 1 lb. Holds tools up to 5 pounds each. 8 Phillips machine screws: 1- 3/8" length. Mounting holes: 3/16".
Cons
  • No power