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![]() However, the square trampoline is typically designed for a single user. Since rectangle trampolines are designed for a large family with two or more kids, this extra weight capacity always comes in handy. ![]() While the weight capacity of trampolines varies largely on their size and model, in most cases, rectangle trampolines have a greater weight capacity. In fact, it is also a great choice if you want to put your trampoline in the front yard or garden. Since it takes up little space, you will be able to fit it just about anywhere. Truth be told, there are many who prefer going with a square trampoline because it can fit in a tighter backyard. But that does not mean the jumping area of a square trampoline is unusable. This is the main reason why most gymnasts and people with larger family prefer going with a rectangular trampoline. 3. Jumping AreaĪ rectangular trampoline typically gives you more jumping area per dollar spent compared to a square trampoline. However, both square and rectangle trampolines give you the same level of bounciness across their surface, unlike the center-focused bounciness of a round trampoline. Square trampolines still bounce higher than round and oval trampolines, but their bounciness is a bit diminished compared to their rectangular counterpart. However, if you really dig into the details, you will find that the rectangular trampolines often give you a slightly higher bounce in most cases. Since both square and rectangular trampolines are pretty similar in design, they tend to give you a similar level of bounciness. Still, I believe it is worth mentioning here to make sure you are putting your eggs in the right basket. It mostly depends on the quality of the trampoline that you are buying. You can find a strong and sturdy frame in both square and rectangular trampolines. However, the shape of the trampoline rarely has anything to do with the quality of the frame. Cheaper trampolines typically have poorly designed frames that cause a lot of the trampoline-related accidents that you hear about each year. If the frame does not feel sturdy and does not dig into the ground properly, then I try to avoid it. The first thing that I like to check when I am going for a new trampoline is the quality of the frame. ![]() rectangular trampoline comparison can give you some pointers. That being said, here are a couple of things that you want to know about when you are deciding between a square and a rectangular trampoline.įYI: If you’re interested in round trampolines, the round vs. ![]() And naturally, you want to make sure you are getting a trampoline that gives you good value for your money. In fact, if we are talking about price, both of these shapes are pricier than a round trampoline. I completely understand this thought process since a square or a rectangle trampoline can be quite expensive. But many homeowners want to make sure their money is not going to waste and look at every little bit of detail when buying a new trampoline. As long as it fits in my backyard and is safe for the kids, I am happy. Personally, I do not put too much thought into the size of the trampoline. How Do I Pick Between Square and Rectangle Trampoline? However, if you really want to get into the good stuff, read the details outlined below. The chart here should give you a rough idea of what to expect from a square and rectangle trampoline. And with so many variables to account for – it’s difficult to narrow it down. There are no specific metrics to categorize both trampolines. The chart here isn’t as comprehensive as the explanation below. And the Corsair GTX is by far the fastest USB flash drive I've ever tested.īut there's one other test I wanted to do before closing the book on performance, and that's a 10 GB file copy over the network. So overall, it looks like a decent quality NVMe drive and USB enclosure is going to give the best overall performance. And the XPG NMVe drive is at least twice as fast as every other option when it comes to random write performance. The performance of the older flash drives remains abysmal, with even the microSD card trouncing them in random 4K write performance.īut the Arcanite also falls off quite a bit in comparison to the SSDs and the Corsair. Random IO performance paints a more complex picture. The Arcanite does well here, but it does lag a little bit behind the SSDs and even the Corsair GTX. The sequential results show a huge gap between the SSDs and fast new USB flash drives and the cheaper older-generation flash drives and the microSD card.įrom what I've found, it seems like most USB flash drives perform the same as a microSD card in a USB adapter: So how did all these drives perform? I ran all the tests booting the Pi from the device that was being tested, and I also ran the same benchmarks on my fastest microSD card, a Samsung Evo Plus. I ran benchmarks on every one of these drives, testing their sequential read and write performance with hdparm and dd (to test large file operations), as well as their random 4K read and write performance with iozone (to test more general usage patterns when booting or running apps on a Pi). (Inside the Raspberry Pi) Samsung Evo Plus 32GB microSD card.SanDisk Ultra Fit 128GB USB 3.0 flash drive.SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive.Corsair Flash Voyager GTX 128GB flash drive.TDBT M.2 NVMe Enclosure and XPG SX6000 Lite 128GB.Inatech SATA enclosure w/ UASP and Kingston 120 GB SSD.I added a couple other drives to the test, pictured below:Ĭlockwise, from the Inateck case in the top middle: ![]() So my curiosity is fulfilled, I am staying with SD Card only.So I took Rob up on the offer, and he sent me an XPG NVMe drive in a TDBT enclosure and an Arcanite AK58 USB 3.1 flash drive, touted by some as 'one of the fastest USB flash drives available'. Boot from USB Stick: GUI shows up on TV in 16 seconds Boot from SDCard: GUI shows up on TV in 14 seconds Boot from USB Stick: GUI shows up on TV in 32 seconds Boot from SDCard: GUI shows up on TV in 30 seconds Test starting RuneAudio (about a month old Frank's image with Midori and HDMI output to TV, thanks for that, Frank) SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB Flash Drive (up to 130 MB/s) SanDisk Ultra 8GB Class 10 SD card (up to 48MB/S) I was surprised that boot time was not faster but even a little bit slower than with SD card. Anyway, with your help I got it work and did some measurements. I didn't like /dev/sda1 because it is possible to get into conflict with other USB drives. Hope this helps johnbanks Posts: 124 Joined:, 00:16Ĭhange the "1" if the OS is not in the first partition on the USB stick. The USB stick I use is – Integral Fusion 16GB USB 3.0 and the microSD card– Kingston 8GB Class 4. Regarding corruption caused by sudden power loss during a file write – it seems logical that the less time spent in this ‘vulnerable’ write condition (because writes are faster) then the less chance of corruption. I believe that USB sticks have more sophisticated wear levelling than SD cards.Īlso I know from CrystalDiskMark tests run on my Windows laptop using the USB 2.0 port (as RPi) that a USB 3.0 stick reads twice as fast and writes more than 6 times faster than a microSD card. Finally I make the necessary change to the cmdline.txt file in the first (FAT) partition on the SD card. Then I clone copy the second partition on the SD card and burn it to the USB stick. I burn the image onto an SD card, power up and then down properly (just in case the second partition gets changed on first power on?). ![]() ![]() I always run the second (OS) partition from a USB stick on my RuneAudio & OpenElec (separate not combo) rigs built for myself & family members. ![]() Aarons says she was attracted to Lynch, and as they worked out the expression she'd make as she popped out from behind the dumpster he had her use the dreamy-eyed one he'd caught her staring at him with, which the interviewer calls "sex eyes. In a 2014 interview at Vulture with Aarons - who's gone on the play the face of The Nun in The Conjuring universe with similar creepiness - I think an absolutely vital piece of the puzzle was uncovered, and one that links it to what makes the work of David Lynch eternal and one of a kind. We've seen these things used to far lesser effect in the world - how does Lynch make this moment so terrifying that I quake now just typing about it? I've watched this scene a hundred times and it remains impossible to sort out exactly what makes it so deeply traumatizing in only words - the pieces are there, with Badalamenti's unsettling score and Fischler's panicked countenance and the quite literal "jump scare" factor, as the "Bum" character (Bonnie Aarons) pops out from behind the dumpster at the exact moment she should, an ink-blot exploding across a blank page. Is there anything we dread more than the worst coming true? Even worse than the worst - a worst you can't even comprehend, can't even wrap your brain around. This scene, which feels dropped in from another universe only fifteen minutes into the start of Mulholland Drive - which up to this point has been grounded in reality - obviously echoes the larger story of the film, with its two characters investigating a horror they don't really understand only to have their absolute worst fears confirmed. ![]() He says he's come to this place to be rid of its haunting of him, and so the two men go out back to put the bad dream to rest. One of the guys (Patrick Fichsler, gloriously sweaty) tells the story of a dream he's had of this exact place, of Winkies, and of a man he's seen behind the diner in the dream. Narrator: This is the reveal of the witch in 2013s 'The Conjuring.' Compare that to this reveal of Jason in 'Jason Takes Manhattan. Following is a full transcript of the video. How sci-fi video game sound is made for Halo Infinite. More specifically the dumpster behind Winkies.Ī diner where two guys in suits sit chatting in bright cheerful late morning sunlight. How some of the best (and worst) jump scares are made in horror films. And today for his 74th birthday we're turning our eyes towards one of them - one image, one moment, and one of the greatest single second scares ever put on screen. And I don't know if there's a director alive who understands that power greater than David Lynch, who's sneaked into the world more individual frames of fright, of luminous beauty, and of the overlap therein, than most will ever come leagues near. Ang Lee be damned film captures twenty-four individual moments every second - twenty-four chances every single second to burn an image into infamy. |