Anyone De-mag cards with their REO?

[mousiemaximus]

I was carrying my mini in my front pocket with a hotel room key and it de-magnified it....just curious as to whether there are other incidents and whether I should keep this far away from credit cards and other authentication devices that have a mag strip....

Might want to find an alternative way to keep my door on.....has anyone had to non-magnetically fasten their doors?

Thanks

 

[built4feel]

I've read that you can put a slight bend in your door, and that should keep it on without magnets... Push the door downward, right past the top of the squonk hole, and push it inwards on the left side... mine are slightly bent inward, but I still use magnets. Haven't had anything get wiped that I know about...

 

[rc10mike]

I think Mythbusters busted the myth of magnets messing up credit cards a few years ago...not sure if hotel cards are the same

 

[ancient puffer]

I demagged a couple of hotel keys before I realized what was causing it. I'm not sure if it's the magnets or an electrical field around the battery. Either way, I quickly learned NOT to put credit cards in the same pocket with a REO.

 

[marsos52]

O'YES, I have, at work I open slot machine doors, and before I open a machine I have to enter my ID which is a mag card ..
I de-mag'd several cards before I realized my mod was making it happen.

so I just changed pockets for my mod. problem solved...

 

[Lillie Bennett]

Put the mag stripe card on the back of the reo, away from the magnets. That should be enough separation. The battery doesn't emit emf but ac current through coils does. I doubt the tiny pulse through the coil as the current flow changes (rises and falls) will do anything, probably melt the card first if to close lol!

 

[Bigflyrodder]

Yup, several hotel room cards here...lol. Worst was in Vegas when my room was about 6.3 miles away from the front desk.

 

[muriarte]

Yo will demag temporary cards, such as parking slips, hotel room keys and the like. Credit Cards are more resilient, but I still would keep them away. The demagnetizing ocurrs with the neodymium magnets the Reo uses, wich are very powerful magnets for their size.