I also have a magnetic wand that I bought at Harbor Freight - love it!!!!! I am anal when it comes to pins and needles on the floor. Gotta get them up right away or sure as God made little green apples, they will end up in my feet - Hey, it happened. I had to pull a needle out of a bone in my foot with a pliers! I lived, but I will never be the same again! Lost a needle the other day. Scoured my sewing area up one side and down the other, vacuumed up the floor three times, kept the dog out of the area. I found it! It was in the quilt I was tying down. Thank God. I did find it though! Edie