Best pocket magnet?

[Thegratenate]

Anybody have a favorite pocket magnet? I have been carrying an Empire scribe with a magnet on the other end but am beginning to think that an extendable magnet may be better. what do you guys use? Also what is the strongest pocket magnet out there?

Thanks

 

[ClineWrench]

Cornwell pocket magnet. Comes in a set with a pocket mirror. The mirror I use on occasion, but the magnet seems to be nearly and every day use item these days.

 

[Fedwrench]

My most versatile tool is the free Alexander made pocket screwdriver with a magnet on one end that tool trucks pass out.

Most magnetic retrieval tools are made by Ullman Devices regardless of whose name is stamped on it.

 

[bart1]

Hazet has one that is intended for aiming your windshield washers, but is a powerful extendable magnet with a scribe on the other end.

 

[franzdom]

Ullman is OEM extendable type for Blue Point and many others, they are awesome. Mirrors too.

 

[LB-1911]

Anybody have a favorite pocket magnet? I have been carrying an Empire scribe with a magnet on the other end but am beginning to think that an extendable magnet may be better. what do you guys use? Also what is the strongest pocket magnet out there?

Thanks

HT-5
Extends from 5-1/2” to 25-1/2”.
With Powercap® lifts 2-1/2 lbs.

19X
Extends from 5 5/8 " to 25 5/8"
LIFTS UP TO 3* lbs.

HT-2
Extends from 7 1/4" to 33 3/4".
With POWERCAP® lifts 5 lbs.

Most magnetic retrieval tools are made by Ullman Devices regardless of whose name is stamped on it.

Magnetic Pick-Up Tools
http://www.ullman-devices.com/magnetic_pickup_tools.html

 

[Dust Devil]

The kind that are soft bendable metal with a tiny tiny super strong mangnet at the end. Hard to find a good one usually the magnets are too large at the ends.

You want the magnet strong enough so that you only need to get within 1/4-1/8 in and the mag pulls the screw/nut/bolt right to it.

Motorcycles, ATV,watercraft,power,lawn & office equipment are what I deal with.

 

[Thegratenate]

Thank you guys for the responses. I'm gonna have to try out the pocket screwdriver, no tool trucks though. Does the Hazet tool have a hardened point that will work as scribe, our just a sharp point?

 

[Dust Devil]

I really like the looks of this one, some good reviews out there for it too.

http://www.tooltopia.com/v8-tools-3...scplp6831489&gclid=CKDg7KCAu78CFVJefgod3DoA1Q

 

[jmm]

I got a set of Ullmans from a supply house. I'm really pleased, but the 5 pound one is so strong the magnets will rip off...I've got two and both lost their magnets.

Be prepared to use some good super glue to make them properly functional.

 

[bart1]

Thank you guys for the responses. I'm gonna have to try out the pocket screwdriver, no tool trucks though. Does the Hazet tool have a hardened point that will work as scribe, our just a sharp point?

Here you go. A light etch on a galvanized steel bracket and then picking it up to show the power of the magnet. What I really want is a flexible magnetic pickup tool, though that won't be for the pocket.

 

[mrborohachi]

Craftsman with the LED in the magnet, it's very large the handle is wider than a standard Sharpie marker

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

I have a bluepoint one with a magnet on one end and a light on the other. The light is cheap but the magnet is nice.

 

[92integra]

I like my little guy I got from matco smaller head then the blue point ones pictured above stays in my pock all day with no issues

 

[Fcvapor05]

I have a little blue-point one that's a magnet on one end and an inspection mirror on the other. I always carry it around so I don't have to carry both.

 

[kenburkholz]

I have had a couple of magnets that I bought from Lawson industrial products, the magnets had enough pull to clean chips out of magnetic nut drivers and cutting tools without problem. I ended up loosing them when they became attracted to steel equipment I was working on. Ken.

 

[4xdog]

I have a couple of the modern magnets-on-a-stick, and they have their uses -- the extending shaft and the strength of a neodymium magnet can be useful.

But far, far and away the most useful pocket magnet is one I've had since I was six or seven years old -- so fifty years now. It's a small Alnico magnet on a small plastic stick, originally a giveaway from one of the Cleveland-area steel companies in the 50s or early 60s. It lives in my bicycle toolbox, but I use it all the time. Especially good for placing things like bearings or washers in tight spots where the fact that the magnet isn't too strong makes it easier to use. If I lost it I'd be on the hunt immediately for another.