Review: Nesteq RubberScrew Magnets

[nucleus]

We've published a review on Nesteq's RubberScrew Magnets ... no, it's not a joke. We actually took a look at these magnets, and believe me ... you'll never look at magnets the same way again

 

When Nesteq sent me these RubberScrew Magnets, I thought it was a joke. I mean, who would want to play with magnets? Anyway, they said that these magnets are ideal for modders and DIY users, who wants to add additional case fans inside the chassis ... at any position, at any angle. Sounds interesting ...

Read the rest of the review here ... http://www.funkykit.com/component/content/article/56-accessories/6351-review-nesteq-rubberscrew-magnet.html

[vox]

Ooo, nice idea, do they stick to aluminium cases as well? 

[Progex]

I don't think they work on Aluminum cases ...

Lol! I guess Nesteq forgot them 

[Android]

No you definably wont be able to stick them on to your aluminum case.

Magnets do not cling to brass, stainless steel, aluminum, copper or tin.

You could maybe get a thin strip of metal and glue that onto the aluminum case first.

[vox]

Now that's a good answer Android, have a brownie point.   Funnily enough, magnets don't stick to wood, water or custard either.    Oh and I really hate to be pedantic, but magnets do stick to lower grades of stainless steel. Copper coins? try sticking a magnet to a copper British coin, if it sticks, there's a brownie point in it for the person with the correct reason.

[Bobnova]

That is absolutely brilliant.  A gold star for the guy who thought that one up!

Just don't stick 'em to your hard drive

[vox]

Now that's a good point you have there! It may cause some problems, then again, there is a hugely powerful magnet in a hard drive. At least there used to be. It's a while since I took one apart.

[jazzgrenade]

What a brilliant little device. This is fantastic for case modders!

According to this article it will take quite a powerful magnet to disrupt even platter drives:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/116572/busting_the_biggest_pc_myths.html

"The same goes for hard drives. The only magnets powerful enough to scrub data from a drive platter are laboratory degaussers or those used by government agencies to wipe bits off media. "In the real world, people are not losing data from magnets," says Bill Rudock, a tech-support engineer with hard-drive maker Seagate. "In every disk," notes Rudock, "there's one heck of a magnet that swings the head."

I still wouldn't do it though. lol I'm not superstitious, it's just that I don't know enough about magnetic fields to try. lol

[vox]

I thought I remembered correctly.
Slightly off topic concerning magnets, my IT mate's young son at the time rubbed a rather juicy magnet around the screen of his father's brand new very expensive Sony CRT monitor. You can guess the result! "But dad, it made pretty colours". To say his dad was not pleased is a humungus understatement. His son is now 22 and has just been let out after being grounded for a few years, well that's what he would have liked to have done. He did manage to make just usable with a bar magnet after many hours of pushing and pulling the shadowmask in and out. (If you know what one of those is)