Clever Clasp Review

Magnetic clasps can be very user friendly for jewelry wearers with long fingernails, arthritis or those with limited use of their hands or fingers.
Magnetic Clasps work using magnetic charges - opposites attract - the positive charge on one side of the clasp attracts and holds the negative charge on the other side of the clasp. When these clasps work they can be very user friendly for jewelry wearers with long fingernails or have arthritis or other issues causing limited use of their hands or fingers.

This article presents a review of one brand name magnetic clasp: Clever Clasp. Clever Clasp is one of those 'as seen on TV' products that have become available in different retail shops and are used to convert the clasp on existing jewelry to a magnetic clasp. This package of Clever Clasp was purchased in the jewelry department of a Walgreen's Drug Store.

The package contained 4 magnetic clasps - two gold tone and two silver tone plus two 3 inch extenders. The extenders are used to lengthen a necklace and came in both gold and silver tone. What was nice about this product was the fact that once you opened the box the clasps were not shrink wrapped in that heavy plastic that is so difficult to cut open. That would have defeated the whole purpose of the clasps. The clasps and extenders were set in a white display foam form with a easily removeable piece of clear plastic set in place over the foam form.

How they work:
Each magnetic clasp has a spring clasp side and a circle side. So obviously, these clasps can not be attached to an existing necklace or bracelet unless you have like connections on either side of your piece of jewelry: the spring clasp side of your jewelry is connected to the circle of the magnetic clasp converter and vice versa for the circle side of your jewelry.

Also, please note: using the magnetic clasp connector wil add approximately 2 inches to the length of your existing piece of jewelry. This will probably turn a bracelet into an anklet.

Do they work well?
This brand name does not. The magnets are very strong and make for an excellent hold - so it is possible to use this product by just connecting the magnets. However, to stabilize the magnetic connection a barrel has to be screwed over the magnets. This kind of defeats the whole purpose of the clasp as it is difficult to screw the barrel over their threads. Excellent idea - poor execution.

NOTE: While this warning was not printed on the Clever Clasp box - Magnetic clasps are not to be worn with pacemakers or near computers.
The better design on this type of product is to stabilize the connection by using a 90 degree angle twist lock. One simple twist of the wrist locks the mechanism in place.

More As Seen on TV reviews to come