Magnetic Photo Rope – A Cool Way to Display Your Images
One of the cool products that our friends at Photojojo have been selling recently is the Magnetic Photo Rope – a fun way to display your images.
The Magnetic Photo Rope concept is simply – it’s a metal cable/rope with a weight on the end of it which you hang on your wall and it comes with 8 small, but strong, magnets which allow you to hang a photo from the rope. The effect is quite cool – images appearing to hang off the rope.
The idea is simple and effective – it allows you to rotate and move around photos as you like – without having to stick pins through your images or have to get images in and out of frames.
The ropes come in five colors – Green, Blue, Red, Black and White. The are priced at $12 for one and are discounted when you buy more than one. Get a price and order the Magnetic Photo Rope here.
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January 26th, 2009 at 6:28 am
am I the only one to find these over priced? 12$ might be a good price point for such a product, but should have come in a box or 2-3 at least imho.
I think an more elegant (but destructive and time consuming) approach would be to directly embed a slice of metal in the gyproc, paint over it and then use the magnet to hold the pictures on the wall… These cable wouldn’t last a day once noticed by my “playful” cats!
January 26th, 2009 at 6:49 am
The idea is awesome and it looks great.
Price seems fair I guess… Meh. One of those things you sure are great , but there is little chance you will ACTUALLY buy.
January 26th, 2009 at 7:09 am
I have one of these, but a framed version..
January 26th, 2009 at 7:12 am
These seems like a great idea! But what happens when summer comes around and you have a fan going and pointing at those photos?
January 26th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Looks amazing. I may even consider to make something like this.
January 26th, 2009 at 9:29 am
This is an awesome idea, but I could probably make something like this for less than $12. Just my 2 cents.
January 26th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Gives me an inspiration for a ghetto copy, twine rope and tape would do a similar effect plus no circular dot on your images.
January 26th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I can’t find one of the other DIY versions, but this one is similar:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cable-and-Magnet-Bulletin-Board/
I’ve had essentially the same thing for several years now. Instead of steel wire, I used what I believe is called mirror wire (for hanging mirrors on walls) as it was thinner and real cheap. If you want to cut corners a bit, my first version was simply the wire wrapped around some pushpins stuck into the wall. It held up sufficiently well, and barely left a footprint. It’s handy for those of us who live in apartments.
I do love the idea though and it can really spice up a room.
January 26th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Mhh, nice idea. Shouldn’t be a problem to reproduce by yourself (under 5$).
January 26th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Great idea, thanks for pointing it out.
I had a quick search and found this offer in the UK — they’re £6.80 there, the cable is 2m long and they come with 15 magnets. Much better deal than on Photojojo, but I guess I’ll also take the DIY approach that should be much cheaper when opting for about 10 or 20 of those …
January 26th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Is there an online shop for those in Germany?
January 26th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Now that is very cool!
January 27th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Absolutely beautiful! And a great idea for putting up photos!
January 27th, 2009 at 12:46 am
what a fun idea!
January 27th, 2009 at 1:05 am
I have two of them and I may get a few more. The magnets are incredibly strong and the whole effect is striking.
January 27th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I love the idea too. Trying to find a website that stocks them in Australia as I have no desire to pay US$16 for postage!!
January 27th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I have one of these ropes and it is in steady use. I change the photos every 2 – 3 months. The little magnets really are very strong and it’s a cool way to show off the photos…
January 28th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Looks pretty cool it’s cheaper than the only other alternative I’ve found
Magscapes sells magnetic wallpaper its more expensive (plain White 62 cm x 5 meters for £55) they sell a huge selection of magnetic accessories picture frames e.t.c and they do magnetic boarders and posters as well
http://magscapes.com/shop.php?product=magnets
January 29th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
such a great idea…. so simple but impactful…..
January 29th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
woah! it looks so pretty! might consider making one of my own… $12 is quite pricey especially if there’s only 1..
January 29th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Anna- I’m in aus too- if you find anyone that is selling them let me know! :)
January 30th, 2009 at 1:00 am
!inch wide ribbon & self adhesive Velcro tabs works better (and cheaper) for me: you need to anchor the ribbon at top and bottom though
January 30th, 2009 at 2:08 am
I think these are rather expensive – I have made some with picture wire and a strip of magnet which can be cut to a small square and as it has a sticky side, it can be put on the back of a photo.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:10 am
The magnetic rope is an excellent idea. It would be perfect for my office at school. I occasionally take pictures of my students either at their school activities or outside activities. They like seeing themselves on my photo wall.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:12 am
I wonder about picture curl over time? Has anyone dealt with that. Also mine would have to be high enough that small children do not ingest the magnets.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I am always am getting more and more frames to hang up pictures on my walls… They are full of pictures. I am going to have to buy them. They really aren’t that expensive if you think about quality and how many pictures they hold. An average 4×6 picture frame is about 2 bucks… times 8, which is how much the magnet holds, is 16 when the magnets are only 12 dollars. I can’t wait to order some. Thanks DPS!
January 30th, 2009 at 10:24 am
i think they are cool. deffinately different from your everyday picture displaying. very creative. (but yes, alittle over priced, this is the cheapest ive seen them though) im thinking of asking for them for my bday : D
January 30th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I have one of these but only because I won it in a Photojojo contest on instructables.com. I never would have paid $12 for it, the total price of the photo rope weight and the magnets wouldn’t be much over $4 (mostly the price of the magnets). It is a neat idea but I like to put my pictures on the corners of the walls with magnets. You can do this because the corners of my walls have metal in them, you should try that before buying these.
January 31st, 2009 at 1:43 am
I purchased these for some college freshmen who used them to brighten up their dorm rooms. This was a perfect way to display photos without having to use tape on the walls – a HUGE no-no in dorms!
February 6th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
My 8 year old daughter saw this while I was looking at the article and wanted one for her room. We went to the local hardware store and were out the door for about $7 in parts ($4.79 of which was a 10 pack of magnets). It looks great hanging on her wall and she is excited to go take more pictures to be able to change them out regularly. We’ll definately be making more, but I’m going to find an online source for the magnets to keep the costs down.
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