Explainer: Lid rigidity, hinge force, the CNC Top Cover, and the new 4.0kg Hinge Kit

Framework Laptop 13
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But feelings aren’t very objective. What’s loose for one person can perfectly fit for another.
But nvm. as I currently would just get them because of I feel like I would need it, I’ll stick to the stock hinges for now. Maybe until I order more stuff I’ll just add them.

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I think my replacement hinges have also started getting loose, the screen falls over more easily again…

I too was hoping to get the 4.0 kg hinges with my replacement but unfortunately that seems to still not be an option Framework will provide.

If I now bought the 4.0 kg I would own 3 sets of hinges… Would have paid mostly for cost of shipping and still could end up with lower force hinges!

Stable screen > one hand opening.

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Well, if I would have enough hinges, I would try to squeeze them or somehow try to make them more tight.

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I was thinking to try and improve the old hinges since my replacements are getting loose but I’m not too sure of a good long-term solution. I would like something that can be fastened so it cannot flex but the space is limited…

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Two of my friends recently both bought Frameworks. And their hinges are so much better than mine. Which makes me wonder if I managed to get a faulty set when I bought my laptop, followed by another faulty set as a replacement from customer support -_-

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Thanks @Framework for the transparency in communication!

I think everyone in the community appreciates your desire to make your customers happy by releasing alternate parts for alternate use-cases / experiences.

I love my Framework laptop, which is why I came here to say that lid resonance is a functional issue. As we all know, laptops are intended for mobile computing which means they will not always be used in completely static situations. There will be dynamic environments (hand-carrying, car-transport, plane-transport, etc.) where the laptop will be used frequently (daily commute). Those dynamic environments will have common and uncommon perturbations to the laptops’ lid and hinge mechanism. I can appreciate that understanding what forces and perturbations are common vs. uncommon is challenging, but it is important work for this to truly be considered a mobile laptop.

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