Unpopular opinion: those magnetic wristbands are a total scam for any real work

I was up on a ladder swapping out a ceiling fan in my buddy's garage in Austin last month and the damn thing grabbed a screwdriver I wasn't holding, swung it into the drywall, and left a hole I had to patch with spackle for 30 minutes - has anyone else had these things backfire that badly?

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christopher4934d ago

Did you maybe have it too close to that drywall though? I mean mine works fine as long as I keep it away from stuff I'm not using, like I clip it to my belt loop instead. But yeah, anything magnetic near fresh drywall is just asking for trouble in my experience.

hugo_moore4d ago

Wait but what if the issue isnt proximity to drywall but the type of magnet itself? I had a strong neodymium one that wrecked a wall corner even when it was like 6 inches away, it was just too powerful and the metal dust in the compound got pulled into it. Was yours a standard ferrite or one of those rare earth ones? Cuz I think that makes a huge difference in how far you gotta keep em.