Review on Organize Your Space With MHDMAG Heavy Duty Coat Magnetic Hooks - Rare Earth Neodymium Magnets For Home & Office - Pack Of Two. by Adrian Smart

Fit and finish is nice. The magnets are reasonably strong, but only for very light applications.Unfortunately the descriptions of magnetic strength appear to correlate poorly with typical real-world use. The best I can imagine for their meaning when they describe vertical and horizontal magnet strength is that they mean if you stick it to a vertical metal surface, you could pull downward (vertically) up to 140 lb before it would slip; and similarly could pull outward (horizontally) with up to 35 lb before it would release. I tested pulling it outward (horizontally) off of three ferrous surfaces: my stainless refrigerator, my enameled steel wash machine, and piece of 1/8" thick steel. The first two seem much more reasonable for a typical use case, but the last does speak to what the magnet might be capable of in more ideal settings. When I pulled it outward horizontally (using two ends of a woven cord positioned at opposite sides to apply axial force without leveraging it off), I got up to 20 lb on the refrigerator, 13 lb on the wash machine, and 40 lb on the 1/8 steel. If they meant that this would hold 35 lb in these scenarios, then I would say even this is exaggerated because typical uses are extremely unlikely to pair this with thick steel. I did not comprehensively test the slip forces (vertical), as these will be highly dependent on the specific surface finish. I got less than 3 lb on my fridge though. I will say that even if you assumed they actually got 35 lb of axial force, that would require a friction coefficient of 4 to obtain, which is very unlikely. I would expect coefficients of less than 1 on most surfaces, meaning it would slip at less than the force required to pull the magnet straight off the surface. If a thin layer of rubber were added, maybe close to or a little over 1; though that would put the magnet further from the surface and thus decrease the magnetic force to some degree. I've not tried the included non-stick adhesive pads, but they appear very slippery rather than grippy.With the above statements, I think you would be doing exceptionally well if on a given surface you were ever able to hang up to 10 lb. I would net bet on being able to do more than that, and I think in many situations it will slip with less weight than that. I saw less than 3 lb before slip on the smooth surface of my fridge.Fortunately, all I really needed to hang from one of these was a pair of headphones, so they work fine for my needs.