Magnetpro 1700LB Single Sided Kit — A Real Step Up for $40
The Magnetpro 1700LB Single Sided Complete Kit is a mid-range magnet fishing kit that gives returning beginners a meaningful pull upgrade without overcomplicating things.
So you've done a few trips, you've pulled up some bolts and a rusted bracket, and now you're wondering why your magnet feels like it's barely trying. That's the moment this kit exists for.
The Magnetpro 1700LB single-sided is the kind of thing you buy when you know enough to want more pull but you're not ready to deal with a double-sided magnet stuck to a bridge railing while cars honk at you.
Forty bucks. Everything included. Noticeably stronger than where you started. That's the whole case for this thing.
I picked one of these up after a buddy told me my 500LB starter magnet was basically a refrigerator magnet with delusions of grandeur. He wasn't wrong. My first real outing with the Magnetpro was off a low pedestrian bridge over a slow-moving stretch of creek outside town — the kind of spot where you're pretty sure someone's dumped at least three bicycles in the last decade. And yeah. I found a bike frame within the first twenty minutes. Whether that's the magnet or just that particular creek, I can't say, but the pull felt genuinely different from what I was used to.
The magnet itself has some weight to it. When it first came out of the box I turned it over in my hands a few times just because it felt more serious than my old one. Not heavy in a bad way — just substantial. The coating looked clean, no weird rough patches, threads felt solid.
The rope is actually decent. That's not nothing.
A lot of kits in this price range include rope that you immediately throw in a corner and replace with your own. This one I've kept using. It's not the most premium cord I've ever handled but it doesn't fray weird or feel like it's going to give you a surprise on a slow drag along a concrete bottom. I've put enough trips on it now that I trust it, which is the only real test that matters.
The gloves are fine. They're the thin grippy kind — they'll protect your hands from a fish hook or a rusty edge but they're not keeping you warm in November. I was out on a cold morning in early fall, fingers already doing that thing where they stop cooperating, and I ended up switching to my own heavier gloves about an hour in. If you're a three-season magnet fisher you'll probably be okay with what's included. If you fish in genuinely cold weather, plan on supplementing.
The carabiner included is the piece I'd replace first. It's functional but it's light — the kind of carabiner that makes you slightly nervous when you've got something heavy on the end of your rope and you're leaning over a railing. I swapped mine out after the second trip for one I already had. Not a dealbreaker, but worth knowing.
Single-sided is the right call at this stage, by the way.
I know some people see double-sided magnets and immediately want that because bigger number equals better. And sure, eventually. But a double-sided magnet stuck to something ferrous on the underside of a dock is a genuinely annoying problem to solve — I watched a guy spend fifteen minutes with a wooden wedge trying to pry his loose while muttering things I won't repeat here. Single-sided gives you almost all the fun with way less of that.
The 1700LB rating is a rating, not a promise — I don't think any of us are actually pulling 1700 pounds off a riverbed. But what it translates to in real conditions is that this thing grabs and holds things that my old magnet just skated over. That's the jump you're paying for. At forty dollars, with a bag and gloves and rope already in the box, that jump costs less than a decent dinner.
