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Douglas_Knight comments on Magnetic rings (the most mediocre superpower) A review. - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: Elo 30 July 2015 01:23PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 31 July 2015 10:41:10PM 1 point [-]

I wanted to go buy some rings to play with, but they don't come in a full range of sizes (the smallest one is a size and a half bigger than my wedding ring) and also the shopping cart doesn't seem to work. Is there anyplace else that sells them?

Comment author: Elo 01 August 2015 09:12:02AM 1 point [-]

I didn't want to be an advertisement so I didn't (mean to) link. (woops). Try ebay for magic rings, or magnetic rings, also aliexpress, also you can email the guy at supermagnetman and ask for other sizes. I would suggest going on the tight-side of sizes because they like to pull themselves off when they find metal to attract to.

I have been wearing a black epoxy coated and a silver one, and I do a hell of a lot with my hands, so I expected the coatings to come off. which happened. I figured this would happen, so FYI.

Comment author: Alicorn 02 September 2015 07:46:51PM 0 points [-]

Update: I bought some rings. They're okay. It's pretty hard to play with them and keep them from snapping to surfaces, and their sensitivity is pretty low - to get them close enough to stuff that you can feel them pulling is to get them about half an inch from the point where they'll hit the thing they're grabbing. My coating hasn't come off yet but I've only had them for a couple hours. They can make my computer go to sleep, which I already knew was a magnets thing because I wear magnetically clasped watches. I don't feel like I have an interesting new sense, but I have an interesting if alas delicate fidget toy, and my roommates have played with them too. Would not buy again, do not plan to go through the hassle of figuring out how to return.