Glass vs Magnetic build plate?

A plastic scraper would be totally useless getting prints off the bed.. Anyway hopefully now scrapers and hammers will be a thing of the past as the magnetic plate came today and its on. Its Just a shame I haven't anything to print atm.
I was a bit worried that it would move about when printing, but the magnet is really strong, I cant move it when its magnetised on. So getting it straight when putting it on is a bit of a pain as it wont slide at all.

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Is there any screws on the bed to line it up with? some printers have them which makes it easy. Otherwise you could maybe add two metal screws and nuts (washers as well?) to the corners on the back. Just the right size that sheet leans on them for alignment.
 
Just printed my first print using the magnetic plate and the first thing I noticed was the first layer, the infill lines are barely notable, but I did spend ages levelling the bed. And I dont know if the prints are suppose to pop off when the bed cools or if I hadnt got the nozzle lower enough, but the print wasnt stuck down at all when I came to remove it in the morning??

Is there any screws on the bed to line it up with? some printers have them which makes it easy. Otherwise you could maybe add two metal screws and nuts (washers as well?) to the corners on the back. Just the right size that sheet leans on them for alignment.
The problem is I can only use 1 hand todo stuff as Im not very steady with the other hand, so as you can imagine it takes a few attempts to get it straight when you can only use 1 hand.. I need like a edge to butt it up against, but if the prints are going to pop off when the bed cools, I shouldnt need to remove the plate very often.
 
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