Magnetic putty / moldable magnetic stones
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A tin of small magnetic stones that mash, mold, and stack like wet sand. All the endless reshaping of a magnetic ball set, none of the noise.
- quiet
- desk
- texture
What it is like to use
The texture is the whole appeal here, closer to coarse gravel than to a solid object, and it is quiet enough for a shared room. The magnets are deliberately weak: that is what lets it mold rather than snapping into a lump, and it is also the thing reviewers most often expect to be stronger.
Where to get one
- Crags, a tin of magnetic stones on Amazon
Over a thousand small ferrite stones rather than a few large balls, so it mashes and molds like putty and stays quiet. Reviewers do say the magnets are weaker than they expected.