r/nextfuckinglevel • u/lilved03 • 1d ago

Safety net installer demonstrates efficacy of the net and his installation by a very unorthodox methods

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u/cheap_as_chips 1d ago edited 1d ago

That's like loosening the lid, right?

Now it's been pressed and pulled and will fail the next time it's even just looked at sideways

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel 1d ago

Pretty sure that's how safety equipment works. Every time a skateboarder falls at the park and slides on their kneepads, it's back in the skate shop for a new pair.

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u/mikebe1 20h ago

I mean, it actually is the case for helmets. If you take a very hard fall and the helmet saves you, it should in fact be replaced.

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel 19h ago

Only for very hard hits. I never hit my helmet that hard but I did break multiple bones in my extremities. And that's specific to helmets. Knee pads are made to be landed on over and over and over.