A Review on the Strongest Whiteboard Magnets I’ve Ever Used
Here, I’ve compiled a brief list of the strongest magnets that I have ever used to hold up thick reports or any other heavy items to my office whiteboard.
Sometimes, a neatly stacked and stapled visual is the best tool for the job. And those little strip magnets are not going to cut it when adding them to your whiteboard display.
People with big reports need big magnets.
Yes, most of our reports are neatly organized into the company cloud. But there are still circumstances where printing is required. Especially if you need to bring your documents with you to another room, or if you are quickly presenting in a space with no projector screen, or if you’re on a business trip and tangible visuals are the tool of choice and (quite honestly the safest choice if technology decides to misbehave.) So in an effort to provide fellow paper-people with a little insight, here is an honest review of the strongest whiteboard magnets I’ve ever used, that are also totable and affordable.
Neodymium Magnets
After some hardcore magnet research, I figured out that neodymium magnets are the strongest magnets on the market. Depending on where you look, they can be expensive and uncoated. It was found that neodymium magnets are prone to breaking apart if they are not coated with a hard substance like plastic. This list will include the top 3 neodymium magnets that I have used and their holding strength in kilograms.
Push Pin Magnet
First, we have the light weight pushpin magnets. Each individual magnet is $0.71 and less than a cubed inch in volume, (a bit smaller than a dime.) They come in several different colors. When you have more than 1, you can stick them together like this, which makes them easy to organize.
Each push pin magnet holds 6 pieces of paper which equals about .11 kg.
Rectangular Ceramic Magnet
The runner up is the rectangular neodymium ceramic magnet. It’s about 2” long and is definitely the heaviest magnet in my review. So it could probably also be used as a paper weight on a magnetic dry erase table- the ones that some classrooms have. Each rectangular ceramic magnet can hold 24 sheets of paper which is the same as .44 kg.
Glass Board Button Magnet
Finally, my favorite magnet is the glass board button magnet. It is lightweight, neodymium with a plastic coating and in a circular minimalist shape. This magnet was made for glass whiteboards which are typically not as strong in magnet receptivity as regular magnetic whiteboards. The hold is strikingly strong, so much that caution must be taken not to pinch yourself when placing and removing them. This one is my favorites because of the simple shape and several colors they come in. They are strong enough to hold 27 pieces of paper which equates to .49 kg.
Now, you can rest assured that your 27 page report will stay suspended on your whiteboard, without fear of finding it all over the floor when you get in the next day. In any case, magnets are a great way to display things that you’d otherwise forget about. If you wanted to learn more about how you can use whiteboards to keep yourself on track, head over here, for tips, diagrams, and some Monday motivation.
