diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48510ac..73fb0fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ header only core
 - `hash_aggregate`: hashes aggregates member wise
 
 ### pointers
-- `not_null`, `move_ptr`
+- `not_null`, `not_null_ptr`, `unique_not_null`, `move_ptr`
 
 ### io (`cth::io`)
 - colored console output: `col_stream`
diff --git a/cth/incl/cth/ptr/not_null.hpp b/cth/incl/cth/ptr/not_null.hpp
index 50c3eb7..684e518 100644
--- a/cth/incl/cth/ptr/not_null.hpp
+++ b/cth/incl/cth/ptr/not_null.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ class not_null {
     static constexpr bool NOEXCEPT_CHECK_VAL = COMPILATION_MODE != CompilationMode::DEBUG;
     static constexpr bool RELEASE_VAL_NOEXCEPT = NOEXCEPT_ASSIGN && NOEXCEPT_MOVE_CTOR;
 
+    static consteval bool release_noexcept() {
+        if constexpr(ADAPT_RELEASE) return noexcept(std::declval<T&>().release());
+        else return RELEASE_VAL_NOEXCEPT;
+    }
+
     static constexpr void checkVal(T const& obj) noexcept(NOEXCEPT_CHECK_VAL) {
         CTH_CRITICAL(obj == Null, "obj must not be Null") {}
     }
@@ -58,13 +63,9 @@ class not_null {
         _obj = Null;
         return obj;
     }
-    [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto release() noexcept(
-        (!ADAPT_RELEASE && RELEASE_VAL_NOEXCEPT) || (ADAPT_RELEASE && noexcept(std::declval<T>().release()))
-    ) {
-        if constexpr(!ADAPT_RELEASE)
-            return release_val();
-
-        return _obj.release();
+    [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto release() noexcept(release_noexcept()) {
+        if constexpr(ADAPT_RELEASE) return _obj.release();
+        else return release_val();
     }
 
 
@@ -111,12 +112,14 @@ class not_null {
 };
 
 
-template<class T>
-constexpr void swap(not_null<T>& left, not_null<T>& right) noexcept { left.swap(right); }
+template<class T, auto Null, bool Adapt>
+constexpr void swap(not_null<T, Null, Adapt>& left, not_null<T, Null, Adapt>& right) noexcept { left.swap(right); }
 
-template<class T, auto Null = nullptr, bool Adapt>
-[[nodiscard]] auto make_not_null(T&& t) noexcept {
-    return not_null<std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_reference_t<T>>, Null, Adapt>{std::forward<T>(t)};
+template<auto Null = nullptr, bool Adapt = false, class T>
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr auto make_not_null(T&& t) noexcept(
+    std::is_nothrow_constructible_v<not_null<std::remove_cvref_t<T>, Null, Adapt>, T&&>
+) {
+    return not_null<std::remove_cvref_t<T>, Null, Adapt>{std::forward<T>(t)};
 }
 
 template<class T, class U, auto Null, bool Adapt>
@@ -189,8 +192,8 @@ template<class T, auto Null, bool Adapt>
 struct std::hash<
         cth::not_null<T, Null, Adapt>> /* NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp) this is a valid overload for std::hash */ {
     std::size_t operator()(cth::not_null<T, Null, Adapt> const& obj) const noexcept {
-        using ptr_t = class cth::not_null<T, Null, Adapt>::pointer;
-        return std::hash<ptr_t>{}(obj.get());
+        using value_t = std::remove_cvref_t<decltype(obj.get())>;
+        return std::hash<value_t>{}(obj.get());
     }
 };
 
@@ -198,6 +201,9 @@ struct std::hash<
 namespace cth {
 
 
+template<class T>
+using not_null_ptr = cth::not_null<T*>;
+
 template<class T>
 using unique_not_null = cth::not_null<std::unique_ptr<T>, nullptr, true>;
 
diff --git a/cth/tests/src/pointers/not_null_test.cpp b/cth/tests/src/pointers/not_null_test.cpp
index 2fd432d..c983ae9 100644
--- a/cth/tests/src/pointers/not_null_test.cpp
+++ b/cth/tests/src/pointers/not_null_test.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 #include "cth/ptr/not_null.hpp"
 
+#include <concepts>
+#include <functional>
+
 
 namespace cth {
 int constexpr EXAMPLE_NUMBER = 42;
@@ -65,6 +68,16 @@ CTH_TEST(not_null, swap) {
     ASSERT_EQ(ptr2.get(), &data1);
 }
 
+CTH_TEST(not_null, swap_with_custom_null) {
+    auto first = make_not_null<-1>(1);
+    auto second = make_not_null<-1>(2);
+
+    swap(first, second);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(first.get(), 2);
+    ASSERT_EQ(second.get(), 1);
+}
+
 CTH_TEST(not_null, get) {
     not_null const ptr(data.get());
     ASSERT_EQ(ptr.get(), data.get());
@@ -83,6 +96,44 @@ CTH_TEST(not_null, operator_deref) {
 }
 
 
+CTH_TEST(not_null, hash) {
+    int a = EXAMPLE_NUMBER;
+    not_null const ptr{&a};
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(std::hash<not_null<int*>>{}(ptr), std::hash<int*>{}(&a));
+}
+
+CTH_TEST(not_null, release) {
+    int a = EXAMPLE_NUMBER;
+    not_null ptr{&a};
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ptr.release(), &a);
+}
+
+CTH_TEST(not_null, make_not_null) {
+    int a = EXAMPLE_NUMBER;
+
+    auto const ptr = make_not_null(&a);
+    static_assert(std::same_as<decltype(ptr), not_null<int*> const>);
+    EXPECT_EQ(ptr.get(), &a);
+
+    auto const value = make_not_null<-1>(EXAMPLE_NUMBER);
+    static_assert(std::same_as<decltype(value), not_null<int, -1> const>);
+    EXPECT_EQ(value.get(), EXAMPLE_NUMBER);
+}
+
+
+CTH_TEST(not_null_ptr, const_conversion) {
+    static_assert(std::same_as<not_null_ptr<int const>, not_null<int const*>>);
+
+    int a = EXAMPLE_NUMBER;
+    not_null_ptr<int> const ptr{&a};
+    not_null_ptr<int const> const constPtr = ptr;
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(constPtr.get(), &a);
+}
+
+
 CTH_TEST(unique_not_null, comparison) {
 
     unique_not_null a{std::make_unique<int>(EXAMPLE_NUMBER)};
@@ -109,4 +160,20 @@ CTH_TEST(unique_not_null, comparison) {
     EXPECT_FALSE(px >= py);
 }
 
+
+CTH_TEST(unique_not_null, hash) {
+    unique_not_null const ptr{std::make_unique<int>(EXAMPLE_NUMBER)};
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(std::hash<unique_not_null<int>>{}(ptr), std::hash<int*>{}(ptr.get()));
+}
+
+CTH_TEST(unique_not_null, release) {
+    unique_not_null ptr{std::make_unique<int>(EXAMPLE_NUMBER)};
+    auto const* raw = ptr.get();
+
+    std::unique_ptr<int> const owner{ptr.release()};
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(owner.get(), raw);
+}
+
 }