John Maher Loc: Northern Virginia

I am concerned about the magnetic base on the Litra Torch 2.0 - magnets around electronics, especially SDHC cards.

Can the magnet be removed?

Has anyone had any problems and what precautions do you take?

melismus Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country

SD cards not influenced by magnets.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

one_eyed_pete Loc: Colonie NY

An SDHC card is not magnetic storage media. Check out this Youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhqKYatHW2E

John Maher Loc: Northern Virginia

I reached out to several sources on this and here are two responses I received from outside UHH. I received the most complete answer, similar to one-eyed-petes, from my camera store (Ace Camera in Ashburn, VA)

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here’s a bit of info I found online related to magnets and electronic equipment.

In as few words as possible, we can confidently say: ABSOLUTELY NOT.

But to make you feel a bit more comfortable about the idea of having powerful magnets around sensitive electronics, we made a video showing you how magnets are completely safe around flashes, cameras, memory cards, radio transmitters, and other sensitive electronics we use everyday as photographers.
To further prove that our magnets won’t harm the vast majority of your electronic equipment, we ran the same test against our iPhone and Macbook. The iPhone and Macbook both have solid-state hard drives, which is the same type of storage as your CF and SD memory cards. As long as your electronic devices are using solid-state media, your electronics are going to be just fine around magnets. In fact, most smartphones and tablets today have magnets inside of the devices themselves!

We do want you to be aware of certain types of electronics that should definitely be kept far away from all types of magnets, including:
• older spinning hard drives
• credit cards
• older televisions
• speakers
• and most importantly, pacemakers.
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That's why it is good to support your local camera store if you are fortunate enough to have one. I do not know what the website was.

But the solution came from Litra:
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No, the magnet is not removable. But we sell the LitraTorch2.0 Drone Edition which is the same light minus the magnet. You can see it here: https://litra.com/products/litratorch-drone-edition?_pos=6&_sid=0c83890d3&_ss=r
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Ace Camera has them on order!!

I considered the Lume Cube 2.0 and the Litra Torch 2.0 but included the Lume Panel mini. There are a number of good YouTube comparisons. Picking one is a matter of priorities.