How to Build Your Own Shed

I bought two of these for my husband and father when they were starting some projects around the house and building a new shed in the yard. Neither seemed very excited over it when I first handed them the bands, but now all I hear is how great they are and how well they work. The magnet in the band is very strong and the band is not too big to be cumbersome for them when they work but still holds enough items to be really useful.

As a side note, we have a gravel driveway and a whole container of small nails spilled into it for which the wrist band became a very easy fix!

This is a great product that I highly recommend.

The Magnogrip is very handy to hold screws, nuts and bolts, washers, bits and just about anything made from iron or steel. It is not too large to be cumbersome on your wrist and can be strapped on with one hand (though it might take some practice). You can load up with several screws on the wristband and worry about going back and forth to the box for more. The magnets are plenty strong.

The only reason it’s not 5 stars is that I found it a bit small and sometimes I would go to place screws on it only to miss the magnets.

I’m updating my previous review. The MagnoGrip has magnets in three of the sections. If you put it on your wrist, then the magnets go around a good portion of your wrist. If you put it on your forearm, then there are only magnets around a portion. The only thing I would change is to put more magnets in it, but then it might be difficult to have it adjust to different arm sizes.

I bought this for my dad for Christmas a few years back. He was skeptical at first if 1) it would work and 2) if he would ever actually use it. He was pleasantly surprised on both accounts. He said he doesn’t know how he lived without this product for so long. It’s perfect for climbing up ladders or anytime you need two hands and need to carry something. No more nails inbetween your teeth!

I definitely recommend this for any gadget-loving, do-it-yourselfer!

I am a tool guy. I am all about any tool that makes life easier, a job go faster, improves quality, or makes work more comfortable. This simple tool is one that I have found to be very convenient.

First let me say that I have the expensive Load bearing web gear that will carry large amounts of tools and material for doing things like framing or roofing. Obviously if you are going to need to carry 5 pounds of roofing nails onto the roof, along with your nail gun, tape measure, and hammer, this thing will not cut it, nor is it intended for that. What this does is make small things a lot simpler and more comfortable.

I hate wearing all that framing gear if I don’t have to. Especially in the heat, I avoid wearing the gear most of the time. Fortunately these days I don’t need to wear the big rigs most of the time, and even when they might help, I avoid them if at all possible. But there are plenty of times when I need just a few screws or nails to do something small where this comes in very handy. For example, if I have to go behind someone else and correct their work doing quality control, or if I am doing something that requires frequent trips up and down a ladder. There are plenty of times where it is actually only necessary to carry small quantities of screws or nails at a time, or even easier just to reload the band frequently rather than carry more. That is where this thing excels. It has just enough capacity to carry enough screws to say, screw in one 4×8 sheet of plywood or drywall. This is often all you really need at one time. For example. If you are making frequent cuts before installing panels this can be handy. You carry only enough fasteners for one panel at a time since you are going back and forth to the saw for each panel or maybe up and down the ladder. So it is easier to just reload the wrist band on each trip rather than wear a rig with heavy pouch that is more uncomfortable and may get in the way at the saw or on the ladder.

I find that most of the time I am using only small amounts of fasteners at any given moment. In the past the way I have handled this rather than carry an inventory was to put a small number of fasteners in the chest pocket on my pocket tees, which are what I am usually wearing on the job site. The problem with this approach is that it doesn’t take very long before nails or screws put holes in the pocket and things start falling out and the pocket method no longer works. This thing takes care of that. I don’t use my pocket anymore. I just load the wrist band and off I go. It works great and is so convenient for most small tasks or tasks that require a lot of moving back and forth from a work station. I really like it. Now, I don’t know how well this thing will hold up over time with all the sweat and repeated fastening and unfastening of the Velcro, but after a few months of use so far I am happy with it.

My complaints about the device are minor and wouldn’t stop me from recommending it. It should have more magnets. Unless you have a very tiny wrist requiring a lot of slack in the length of the band, which most construction guys do not, there is a lot of wasted space on the wrist band that could also be magnetic instead of Velcro. For me only about 40% of the circumference of the band is useful. The rest is Velcro allowing for a considerable range of adjustability. More than I think is necessary for the common size of wrists out there doing work. I would prefer if more of this area was used for magnets to increase its capacity by a bit. My second complaint is that I wish the magnets were a bit stronger. They work fine for most fasteners, but when you use larger screws they become easier to knock off if you are not careful. Screws that are 3 inches and longer come off much easier than the shorter ones. So, if you rub up against something or move your wrist in such a way as to push on the screws, you can end up knocking longer screws off the band. Every now and then this happens to me. Most of the time it is not a problem. Some of this can be avoided by more carefully placing the screws on the band so they are clear of wrist motion, but not all of it. So if you are at the top of a ladder and you only need one more 4 inch screw and you knock it off and have to go down the ladder for a reload, that is annoying. Thus four instead of five stars. None the less, a useful idea.

This product is big enough to fit on any wrist, is sturdy, and seems to hold bolts/screws on well.

I was putting up blinds in my house. This magnetic wristband sure did save me a lot of trips up and down the ladder for screws! I also have the magnetic band that is bigger that you wear around the upper part of your arm. So – screwdriver, small magnetic level, and mechanical pencil with metal clip all stuck to my upper arm and all the screws and small parts stuck to my wrist. I put up each set of blinds without having to come down off the ladder once. Definitely a good buy!

Good: comfortable enough to wear all day. Strong magnets. Solid construction.
Bad: magnets are small

The magnets on this thing are really strong and hold a couple nails or bolts without problem. There are two strips with magnets in them. The problem is that the mangets are small. For example, I wanted to hold three, 3″ zinc lag bolts. Because of the size and (I suppose) the alloy construction, only two wanted to stick very well, with the third occasionally falling off. I think smaller, steel nails and the like would stick in greater quantity.

I like it and will continue to use it. A good investment.

Like other MagnoGrip products, this wristband is well constructed. The magnet is strong and I can imagine that it is great for holding screws or small hardware and would be particularly helpful in limited working space. My experience, however is that, contrary to the manufacturer’s product description appearing at Amazon (“ideal for holding nails . . . “), this wristband does not work ideally for nails; quite simply, if the band is placed on the wrist of the hand used to hammer, the impact of hammer on nail head exceeds the holding power of the magnet and nails on the band fall off; if the band is placed on the user’s other wrist, it is not at all efficient, as then the hammer-holding hand must, while still holding the hammer, grasp a nail and pass it to the wristband-wearing hand for holding during nailing (in fairness to MagnoGrip, one of the secondary pictures at Amazon shows this less-than-ideal arrangement with the band, holding nails, on the non-dominant wrist). Again, a good product, depending upon the intended use and user expectations.

I have pretty large wrists, and this is a little uncomfortable to wear. But it does work as advertised and would be very useful if it fit me. I think that it should have no problem fitting a normal sized person.