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It is discouraging to find that the Velcro strips provided by VEX fail within a couple of hours after start of the event. Reports from EPs and teams is that this is fairly widespread.
Foster recommends using magnets as an alternative, such as these sold on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Anpro-Industrial-Magnets-11-Refrigerator-Projects/dp/B072HV6NLB
Team 41442A provides an example of it in practice. Magnets are placed on the black squares of the strip.
Would this be permissible?
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No, this would not be legal for use in official competitions.
Other alternative forms of non-magnetic attachment, such as Dual Lock, would be permissible.