Review on 8PC Magnetic Curtain Tiebacks, European Style Drapery Holdback Holder For Window Drapes - No Tools Required Christmas Home Decor by Ben Cooper

Each magnet is a circular magnet inset into the face of one of the sides. I had visions of the ends just magically connecting so I could easily sling them together and go about my day, but no, you have to delicately match the two magnets together to make them connect. The tie is made up of a big plastic geometric shape with one face that's got a hole in it for the knotted end of the tie on which each side has an exposed donut magnet. The design is ugly and inconvenient.Do the magnets at least do their job? No. When I want to use them as designed, I have to delicately connect the two little donut magnets after pulling all the slack out and twisting the drape up. Snaps on a strip of fabric or a monkeys fist and a loop would have been more convenient and sturdier than this. String would serve you better, and that's not an exaggeration, I've taken literally tying them because it's faster and more sure.There's not too much curtain to hold it together, there's more than enough room for a generous shoelace. Sheer and light curtains should not overwhelm whatever pathetic excuse for a magnet these have in them, but remember you might be just as well off buying some twine to tie your drapes back with.