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Purchased a set of "Totally Hidden Uncoupler" today. It was a starter set by S&L Enterprises with an address of 5806 Miriam Drive in Sykesville Maryland 21784. According to the instruction sheet they were featured in the December 1996 Model Railroader Magazine's Carolina Central Layout (Page 97) end quote.I included the address because as far as I can see it is the only way to order these magnets.Anyways.. on with the review.Short and Sweet.I got the 4 magnets out of the bag and a metal plate that was precisely cut for HO gauge track. The 4 magnets were stuck together. Now... Im a truck driver who can pull pins on a slider under a badly maintained trailer as small as I am. Im floored by the strength of these little magnets. Ive had em stuck to either side of my finger for crying out loud. They attach themselves to each other and ANYTHING on the workbench that is metal like from 2 inches away.Anyways I fought to get the 4 magnets on a pattern that they repel each other along the rails and attract from each side of the track. Plopped it under my new UNITrack section and promptly headed for that spot with a switcher set and a branchline reefer.Upon stopping, the couplers sprang apart IMMEDIATELy and was already in a delayed position so I can simply shove the car to a spot. Now.. I recoupled onto the car and backed back across that magnet daring it to uncouple my train under motion.It tried to uncouple, if there is ANY I mean ANY... SLACK in the couplers it will uncouple it.Stopping on the spot where the magnet produced a instant repsonse from both couplers. It's absolutely crazy how the couplers start to quiver and ready to uncouple if you even GET NEAR the thing.Obviously you would only use this magnet to drill cars in a yard or some place away from the mainline.I give this item 12 out of 10 ANVILS. Im constantly looking at the sky to see if any more are tumbling down after this thing.Now that I wrote a raving review I better stop now and order a few more. I think the producers better think about opening a factory to start cranking these little things out by the thousands.But I gotta warn you, keep those magnets AWAY from computers, hard drives, cell phones etc... or anything metal. They will literally jump across the few inches and attach to it. Crazy stuff I tell ya!Awesome!Oh by the way I think it was 6.95 I paid for one uncoupler plate. I had three come in recently and will order a few more. For the money they do a very good job!
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