Yost Vises MR-340 4" Magnetic Aluminum Vise Jaw Caps with Rubber Finish (1 Pair)

Purchased these soft jaws for a new vise in my garage. As the price appeared to be high compared to other options, I like the quality of the product received. The magnets were noted as "weak" in multiple reviews. However, compared to my previous soft jaws, these actually hold in place very well. Great product that should last a long time.

I am a builder and know good quality. Just bought a YOST bench vise, and these are awesome design. So handy for times when you want to hold say a plumbing fixture, or anything else you do not want to squish or mar the surface. Magnets could be a little stronger, but perfectly fine given you will be clamping anyway. Continuous magnets better than others with spot magnets.

Very easy to dislodge.

Works great with my Yost vice to hold fragile items or items where I don't want vice marks on them - previously I had always used shop towels for this purpose. They are magnetic and hold on fine and function as expected. You have to be realistic about how you use these - they're meant for fragile items so if you're thinking you can crank down the vice and then wale away on the work piece with a full hammer you're not using the right thing. When used for their designed purpose they are perfect and are a must have.

Works great . Strong magnets hold jaws in place

I bought Yost magnetic caps for my Yost vise. The caps are much to easily bumped loose and fall out or misalign constantly. It's very, very frustrating to use them in place.They are well-made and look great, but I find them all but useless.Would stronger magnets help?

I got two sets of vise jaw covers: one that has an aluminum face and ones with a rubber face (like the ones in the picture). They are well made and beefy looking. The various V-grooves in the set with the aluminum face are nice for holding small round stock in place. The rubber face on the other set is a nice balance between too soft and too hard.They reason I gave these a 4 star versus 5 start rating is the magnets that hold these to the vise jaw. The magnets are just not strong enough. They will hold in place on their own, but it does not take much of a bump at all to knock the jaw covers off. If Yost used rare earth magnets, it would be well worth the extra few dollars.

I chose these jaw pads because I have a vise with 2 1/2" wide jaws and these have magnets that are a solid strip,therefore I thought they would stick to my cast iron vise jaws far better than the pads with 2 round magnets and I though since they cost a lot more than the other type they probably have better magnets. I was wrong,these pads have hardly any magnetism at all. When I put them on my vise I noticed this but I thought I'd give them a chance. When I tried to clamp a small pistol In the vise bumped one of the pads VERY slightly and it fell off the vise and when I tried to move the pistol to different positions to clean it the pads kept moving or falling off. These are VERY poor quality, a total waste of money.