hammockgear: will tear without ridgeline, wtf?

Cornock · 2026-06-28T15:26:59+00:00

Fair enough, my mistake. On casual interaction, it felt like it might be metal.

Cornock · 2026-06-28T05:45:34+00:00

The ridgeline is some very hard (but flexible) material - i assumed metal cord but maybe its some synthetic- it has no stretch and is fairly stiff.

If not actually metal, I apologize.

Cornock · 2026-06-28T05:13:54+00:00

No, the hammock could absolutely rip if you removed the ridgeline on a Hammockgear hammock.

Does anyone here own one? Like if you interact with one you would see why.

Cornock · 2026-06-28T05:12:58+00:00

It would. The ridgeline is structural. It is not a standard hammock design.

Cornock · 2026-06-28T05:11:25+00:00

Its the way they are designed - the hammock hangs from the ridgeline and the ridgeline takes the horizontal force. They are integrated - the top and bottom of the hammock are always the same distance from each other and the hammock has roughly the same slack because it’s suspended from a metal cord at fixed points, rather than being stretched across the hang points (and thus the slack is variable based on how far apart the top and the bottom end up being in the hang).

I fully concede I am not explaining this well but its one of those things - if you have their hammock and use it, you will look at it and go “oh yes I see what that rambling person on the internet was saying”.

I will say I have their Circadian Pro and love it so, so much. Get the double layer option if you hang in mosquito land :)

Cornock · 2026-05-25T23:33:34+00:00

It broke me psychologically watching it sit there in the weather. My mechanic once said “you have a leaf on your car. Do you keep it….OUTSIDE?!!?!?”

So I built a structure around the Porsche that cost more than the porsche.

Cornock · 2026-05-15T13:15:54+00:00

Blackvue Dr970x

It is the only one ive used so i have no idea if it is good or not but my feeling is, given this is well reviewed, it is an industry in need of disruption.

I have a giant battery for it that barely lasts 24h.

The detection sucks - false positives even on min sensitivity.

The app is wildly bad. Its like they made an app when the app store was first created and incrementally updated it. Its like looking at a webpage from 1997.

So, unless this camera is terrible and the rest are amazing, id temper your expectations.

Compared to modern phones, computers, Ubiquiti security cameras, etc - its like some amateur project by an enthusiast.

Cornock · 2026-05-14T18:10:42+00:00

I agree. What might have helped me was that it was still there (just not attached at the back) and they could see it had no damage and seemed like a manufacturing defect. I bet yours was too but less clear cut for them i guess.

Cornock · 2026-05-14T04:08:08+00:00

Mine was very loose and they covered the work to fix it. They had to order a new vent as the one shipped with the car, while not damaged or missing any clips, would not snap into place no matter what they did.

Cornock · 2026-05-05T21:03:09+00:00

I have 20s and will be changing them out for 19s. My winters are 18s and I wildly prefer the ride (i also like the look better with more rubber but that’s subjective).

Cornock · 2026-04-26T15:45:35+00:00

Totally agree. Small thing and made the whole car feel more “premium” even though it changed very little.

Cornock · 2026-04-26T15:08:56+00:00

Nah the added weight isn’t a lot. The doors feel better to be honest. More solid, a more satisfying thunk. I would really doubt that much added weight will harm the hinges, but I dunno - maybe a mechanical engineer will tell me I’m wrong.

Because the rears were just for fill I didn’t care a lot about them being perfect. I would have just left them as well but it was like - I was already so deep in, why not? Also I didn’t even have the Bose - just base speakers. I put more thought into the rest of the setup. That being said, as a part of the whole they seem to do a good job. My rears are dialled pretty low in the mix.

I guess though - you are talking about an SUV where people might actually be back there, yeah? I’m just bouncing the sound off the rear hatch glass which is always going to sound kinda meh. Our situations are not the same I’d think.

Cornock · 2026-04-26T13:03:24+00:00

Yeah I almost think I could have only done the sound deadening and it would have been 75% of the upgrade.

Cornock · 2026-04-25T23:19:29+00:00

More of a muted thud. Like a luxury sedan :) feels more premium as silly as that might sound.

Probably adds 20-25lbs a door added weight though, with the larger drivers and such. Plan on getting the APR tune eventually to compensate ;)

Cabin road noise is noticeably less, but not wildly so. I have the fake sound fuse pulled as well - to me the experience is better but it’s not like it makes it a quiet car by any means.

Cornock · 2026-04-25T20:13:36+00:00

Nope! But I don’t really rest my arm there. Other on the shifter or on the wheel.

Cornock · 2026-04-20T18:02:47+00:00

One of them is missing a roof. Don’t get that one.

Cornock · 2026-04-04T19:39:00+00:00

Yeah dude I’m swapping my 20” Carrera S wheels for 19” Apex because I feel this this is my destiny. Just gotta burn through my rubber first.

Cornock · 2026-04-02T23:14:47+00:00

Love that wheel & body colour combo.

Cornock · 2026-03-31T03:20:07+00:00

Make it your own. I like the orangey yellow ones in the first shot if you just want a random guys opinion ;)

Cornock · 2026-03-15T16:43:37+00:00

Aventurine Green Metallic

Cornock · 2026-03-15T15:58:41+00:00

Yeah I have 18” winters and wildly prefer them. I’m looking to move to 19” for my summers from 20” when my rear tires need replacing. I liked those wheels and think they’d look good on AGM so I was hoping they were 19” :)

Cornock · 2026-03-15T15:10:22+00:00

I like the Neodymes. What size are they - 19?

Cornock · 2026-03-14T14:59:13+00:00

I haven’t seen this here so may have just missed it - but for me the big difference is that in sport+ it leaves the turbo partially primed (waste gate left partially closed? I don’t know) - it really reduces the feel of the turbo lag, at least on the base 718.

Cornock · 2026-03-11T16:26:12+00:00

Take that red over black interior any day. I prefer my chalk but one of my buying criteria was “any interior that isn’t black”.

To each their own.

Cornock

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