Dowling Magnets Magnet Levitation Set

Yup!! Satisfied with my product hence it will tell later on how this set will be working.

Used for a maglev science project. Easy instructions. Fun to build with my 10 year old!

Kit saved my life lol Had a catastrophic failure on the homemade one me & my daughter constructed. Had to order this one 2days before the project was due, got her an A so it gets 5 stars from me! Haha

I was having challenges collecting the contents needed for the science project for my son and I found this kit. Everything I needed was in this box. The only thing I replaced was the multiple plastic strips and I bought one long strip from ACE hardware store to replace them. We were able to glide the train smoothly on the tracks.

The idea and the concept behind the Magnets Science Discovery Kit are worthwhile exploring and potentially fun to play with. The major disappointment is the assembly part if one wants to entertain the idea of putting together the MAGLEV. The plastic corners, being 3 on each side, need to be closely aligned and properly spaced to allow for the train to move unhindered, which is a major problem. They need to be glued and aligned on the wood pieces, which also need to be aligned. These plastic corners also tend to bend and warp. A problem that could have been easily solved if, instead of 6 short corner pieces (3 for each side), the kit would include instead 2 long ones. You can mess up things with the glue quite easily since the magnetic strips also need to be glued on the train track which is made out of 4 pieces of wood. If these are not aligned (or stay aligned while mounting the rest), the all thing becomes a huge glue puddle trying to adjust all the pieces in position.

So…. we tried to build a maglev train on our own and bought this as a backup - thank goodness we did. The pieces it included were way better than we purchased on our own, and somewhat easier to do, but still a HUGE pain. Kids and adults involved all found it extremely difficult to build and the whole process was frustrating and almost led to tears and abandoning the project :( there was also no option to buy replacement parts outside of any entire new kit which was disappointing - so while it ultimately saved our project - i would not give this to someone to build unless they absolutely needed to make a maglev train and could not be talked down - that said, this seems to be the best option if you do attempt this…