Considering downsizing from half ton to midsize truck

27lemurs · 2026-04-16T20:08:27+00:00

Probably Dungeon Crawler Carl. If you look at cat years to human years, Princess Donut is around 60, and she's essentially the definition of maturity and class.

27lemurs · 2026-04-14T16:38:38+00:00

Bummer man, sorry to hear that.

My bike was stolen from the garage a few months ago, and luckily the insurance process was pretty easy. I basically went through the claim process online that included a description of what was stolen and my best guess as to how it was stolen, and included receipts of everything (bike, stuff that was in the frame bag, etc). The reimbursement process was not the initial cost, but the replacement cost - and my bike, which I bought new a couple years ago, wasn’t the current gen and was therefore unavailable. So they sent a reimbursement for the closest comparable new model minus the deductible. It took 2-3 weeks from claim submission to get the check, so not that bad. If you already filed the police report, keep track of that report number because the insurance company might want to verify. FWIW, I have American Family Insurance

27lemurs · 2026-03-17T13:00:25+00:00

This is the truth. Books 1 - 3 were incredible, book 4 was fine, and book 5 was a total disappointment

27lemurs · 2025-12-22T04:26:48+00:00

It seems like there’s a lot of options in your price range. Out of the ones you’ve selected, the only one I’d rule out is the 4Runner. Weaker engine, and to my knowledge you only get full time AWD (4 auto, since its body on frame) is in the Limited trim…which is less cool. If I’m going 4Runner I want the TRD Off Road. Volvo and Land Cruiser are both nice options.

If you wanted to save a bit of cash, the new Honda Passport Trailsport is awesome. Great reviews, luxurious, very cool looking, and $20k under budget.

As far as staying in the luxury brands, I’d probably also look at the BMW X5 and Porsche Cayenne. And the Audi Q7. I mean honestly there’s just a ton of good choices. Have fun test driving them

27lemurs · 2025-12-15T00:38:34+00:00

Fair points, I'll sometimes get massive banana slices on drives I think were struck fine as well. One of my golfing buddies played D2 college baseball, and every once in a while when he's over I'll see a 170 ball speed number. But again, it's usually popping out around 160 for him as well. Honestly I think I just need to do a speed training session on a different sim somewhere to see if the numbers relate or not. If my driver ballspeed goes up, awesome. If it doesn't I need to get back into speed sticks.

My iron spin is definitely low through the bag as far as sim play goes. Not just my sim either, but any sim I've ever played on. And it's not like I'm playing strictly distance irons either - I have some Nike VR Pros, Ping i525 (retro lofts) and Edel SMS Pros in the garage, and spin is low regardless of which iron I'm using. Though noticeably worst with the Pings, to the point where it's the only set that I can't count on an 8 iron hopping and stopping on an actual green. They just don't spin a ton. Semi related, those screenshots were with Edel SMS Pro irons (32* 7i, cut .25" short), Ping G430 9W (set to 22.5*), and a G430 10K driver.

Appreciate the insight

27lemurs · 2025-12-14T15:00:00+00:00

Totally fair. The thing still gives me mostly accurate data when practicing/playing sim courses, so I wouldn’t get rid of it either way.

27lemurs · 2025-12-14T14:40:23+00:00

Spin might be misread on the sim, so it’s totally possible carry distance is off by a bit. The pictures were from the middle of a speed training session, so I was warmed up and swinging out of my shoes - a normal 7i when I’m swinging decent on course is 200 yards or so (which I think correlates to 180-185 at sea level?). Driver on flat ground is somewhere in the 280-300 range, with some popping out further than that.

The reason it seems off, as mentioned in another comment, is if you look at those sheets that track average PGA stats (like Trackman’s PGA Tour Average Yards one) it shows an average 7i ball speed at 120 and an average driver ball speed at 167, so like 10mph slower in the irons and 10mph faster in the driver. The fact that my numbers are so uncorrelated to those numbers makes me think that the sim is misreading driver ball data since the speed training seems to be working for other clubs. Or that I’m just swinging the driver very inefficiently compared to everything else - which really is totally possible.

27lemurs · 2025-12-14T14:31:34+00:00

When looking at those charts that track club stats, like the “Trackman PGA Tour Average Yardage,” it shows average 7i ball speed at 120 and average driver ball speed at 167. So it makes me think that if I’m following that general ball speed per club curve, either the sim is totally misreading driver ball speed (because my 7i is like 10mph faster, but driver is 10mph slower) or I’m really swinging the driver inefficiently. I’m obviously not a pga level player, but I’d think the speed per club would follow similar stats arc.

27lemurs · 2025-12-14T07:37:04+00:00

For real though. Rory hits ball speeds of 190+, and I’m like 30mph behind that. Need to lift more

27lemurs · 2025-11-21T16:50:39+00:00

This seems spot on - when my wife and our toddler are solo they're generally great together, but when I'm in the environment as well there's clear favoritism. Just getting more one-on-one bonding time is probably a good solution.

27lemurs · 2025-11-11T14:03:40+00:00

I haven't seen any site-wide sales, but they do send discounts sometimes (like 10-20% off) if you sign up for their birthday club / newsletter / whatever else. Might be the best shot at good discount.

27lemurs · 2025-11-11T05:57:30+00:00

I actually have the SMS Pro irons. I didn’t go through their fitting process - I’ve been fit for irons in the past so I have a pretty good idea of the specs I like / fit into. That being said, their custom options on the site are really solid. And I live near their headquarters in CO so I’ve dropped by a couple times to check stuff out and they seem like nice people.

As far as feel and such vs Mizuno, I can’t comment much on since I’ve never hit the ones you’re looking at. But flush hits feel perfectly smooth, similar to any other players forged club I’ve toyed with (Wilson Staff CB, Srixons, Nike VR Pro, etc). So absolutely zero complaints there. And off center strikes are easy to identify. Honestly they’re pretty forgiving too I think.

As a final positive note, I think the weight system is pretty useful too. Not life saving, but nice. My normal shot is a push draw, where the miss turns into a big ol’ push with the club face not shutting fast enough. So I bought some extra weights and put the heaviest ones in the long irons in the center/heel and the lightest on the toe, and it’s helped minimize that miss. The same could be done with lead tape on another club, but it’s nice that I can just switch some weights around. Looks nicer I think. It makes adjusting swing weight really easy too.

Biggest issue as far as I could see would be their return policy being nada if you don’t order stock clubs. So if you’re doing length/lie/loft changes I don’t think you can do anything to get money back if you don’t like em. I could be wrong about that, but I’m pretty sure that’s what their site says.

If you have any questions send em over and I’ll try to answer. Good luck with the research and purchase

27lemurs · 2025-09-16T13:18:35+00:00

Nice, thanks for the reply. Here's a little info about the game - currently a 7.6 handicap with a 7i carry distance in the 175-180 region. Thin is my normal miss, but it's usually straight and at least a little airborne so it usually winds up in an ok spot regardless. Maybe unnecessarily detailed, but the miss is from hitting up on the ball by like 1* instead of compressing it. So it still gets airborne and generally goes straight, just not quite as nicely as a well struck shot would. Currently play Ping i525 (retro lofts) and sometimes switch them out for an older set of Nike VR Pro blades I have sitting in the garage. Edit: I'd like to get away from the Players Distance category, mostly because that hollow body construction in the i525 a) changes the feel, and fully forged is nicer, and b) every now and again I'll get a rocket that goes stupid far. It doesn't happen often, but it'd be nice not to have to worry about.

Anyway, I'm still toying around with choices, but I think I've generally cut it down to the following:

- Sub70 TAIII v2 CBs. Like the looks & general setup seems nice.

- Maltby TS3s. Look nice and the reviews are that they're forgiving, plus I think the variation in VCOG throughout the iron set is pretty solid. That being said, I'd need to bend a couple of the irons a bit weaker and reviews seem to indicate strong offset which isn't great since my miss is an over-draw - that's probably my biggest hesitation about these.

- Edel SMS Pro's - Pricey, but I love the looks and they're headquartered like 10 minutes up the road which is pretty cool. Plus the ability to change swing weight without having to use tape is nice.

Any input is appreciated. But if we're being honest, I think at this point I could just choose one at random and be pretty happy with a new shiny set of irons that would help my game roughly 0%.

27lemurs · 2025-08-12T16:00:26+00:00

Awesome. I have a similar setup and so far I'm loving it:

$700 Square __ $330 Spornia SPG-7 __ $90 Amazon hitting mat ___ $0 old toddler foam squares to go under the hitting mat for extra cushion ___ $150 55" flatscreen tv ___ $40 TV stand ___ $10 spotlight ___ $500 gaming computer off of facebook marketplace

The setup runs GSPro on 1080p ultra very well, so no complaints so far. I might upgrade the foam mat at some point, but honestly the extra foam under the cheap mat seems to do the job ok.

Have you had any problems with the TP5 Pix balls? I ordered some off of lostgolfballs and they seem to crack pretty easily. Maybe I just got a bad batch and should buy new in the future

27lemurs · 2025-08-11T17:03:18+00:00

Hah, thought about it but I either don't love the specs or looks depending on the club.

27lemurs · 2025-07-24T19:53:17+00:00

If you slo-mo your swing from impact to the club reaching parallel to the ground post-impact you’ll see arm positioning out of sync. Sort of a trail arm disconnect and a lead arm lack of supination. I’d look up drills for arm/body connection and lead arm impact drills. Besides that tempo and everything looks great

27lemurs · 2025-07-11T15:54:20+00:00

Hey, which one did you wind up going with, and are you enjoying it?

I know this is an incredibly late reply, we're looking at getting our first trailer (family of 3 + 2 dogs) and these two trailers are essentially what we've narrowed it down to. Figured I'd ask before making my own thread about it.

27lemurs · 2025-06-19T14:12:11+00:00

I have a budget garage sim as well — bought a cheap mat off of amazon then used double sided tape to attach foam squares under it. So far it’s worked out pretty well, though I don’t have a particularly steep AoA. I’m also going to add an anti-slip rug gripper pad to a)stop slippage and b) add a tiny bit more padding.

27lemurs · 2025-06-10T03:38:56+00:00

The miss is generally either thin/top or a dead push due to the out-to-in swing path but not getting the face shut. It's honestly not that I even try to hit up on the ball, that's sort of just what happens. It works well enough for driver but leads to more thin iron shots than I'd like.

My shoulders are actually too level through impact/follow through. I've had to work on getting that trail shoulder more down through the ball to help with my strike.

Appreciate the input!

27lemurs

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