LPT: Bring a magnet with you when picking out refrigerators
3h 50m ago by lemmy.world/u/TheTechnician27 in lpt@lemmy.ca
I don't know if this is common knowledge, but not all refrigerators nowadays are magnetic. When going out shopping for one, bringing a small fridge magnet can help you easily rule some models out if you care about that.
Also helpful when picking out pots and pans and need something that works on induction burners.
Yep, I lost my favorite all-clad skillet thanks to moving to a place that had an induction stove.
I was able to buy a new one eventually, but for a while, I was bereft.
That's a painful loss! But at least I'm sure someone else was happy to get your old pan.
You could theoretically rub it aggressively across the surface to see if the finish holds up, too.
Though, actually, if you're looking for a fridge with a stainless steel finish, being less attracted to magnets is an indicator of higher-quality stainless steel, and you may want to get one that magnets don't stick to.
Low-quality stainless steel will be more attracted to magnets ... and also more likely to rust. But higher quality, more corrosion-resistant stainless steels are typically less attracted to magnets.
I used to do the same thing but when I was shopping for CD's
Why?
Its how you shoplift cd's. or at least it was back in the day. There is a metal band usually inside the CD or on the back of the CD which has a magnetic metal strip. Running a strong magnet against that strip was how they would disable the anti-theft device. YOU could achieve the same thing using a strong magnet.
This didn't work or tapes or VHS, because a magnet would destroy the content on the tape.
I do this with hard drives and other computer components.
Mine isn't :(
That's a pretty strange criterion for choosing a refrigerator, but whatever.
I don't think you should be downvoted for this, but I do heavily disagree. A refrigerator is a large wall that 1) occupies eye level, 2) is closed 99.99% of the time, 3) you glance at probably multiple times a day, 4) is usually centrally located, and 5) is typically magnetic. I think it can be a really good organization tool even in an era of smartphones, and while it's not some kind of lone criterion, given two even vaguely similar refrigerators, I'm pretty much always going to take the magnetic one.
i like to pick up a magnet when i travel someplace new so imagine my excitement when my husband and i decided to go on the road in an rv fulltime!!!
the excitement that was gone in an instant when i figured out the fridge in said rv is not magnetic and now i have nowhere to put my freaking magnet collection
you can buy big sheets of that flexy black magnet material and give your fridge a wrap!
i hope someone gives you flowers soon bc you deserve them for changing my life
Yeah, we moved a couple years ago, and now have a built-in fridge, so it has a wood panel in front of the door. I want my whiteboard back :(
I bet you can get magnetic whiteboard wall material