Magnetic hooks are supremely handy, but not all of them are created alike. Minnesota-based manufacturer Gator Magnetics, whose hooks can hold up to 45 pounds, points out why:

Traditional magnets have North and South poles on opposite sides of the magnet, creating a large looping magnetic field that loses energy and is inefficient.

We design and program patterns of north and south poles called "MAXELS", (mash-up of "magnets" and "pixels"), on one surface of each neodymium magnet, creating short magnetic fields that interact, engage, and adhere with incredible load capacities to thin and thick steel surfaces.

The company has also freed the user from the worst part of using super-strong magnets: Trying to prise them off when you need to reposition or remove them. Their Easy-Release Lever System mechanically disrupts the magnetic field when you flip it up, shifting the magnets away from the surface they're sticking to by just a millimeter or two. This is enough to make the magnet easy to remove.

You can peruse the company's line of hooks and baskets here.