Soccerjosh
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I'm interested in buying the saint but I've heard it is very similar to the teebird which i already own. How similiar are these discs? Is it worth owning both or would they overlap too much?
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[Latitude] Latitude 64 saint
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FRESH_WAVE
Par Member
A fresh Saint might be Teebird-ish, but it will lose its fade pretty quickly. It becomes basically just dead straight or a little flippy. Pretty damn similar to an MVP Volt.
MrGlass01
* Ace Member *
some great information in this thread:
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63559&highlight=saint
I love saints. they are more like a tl than a teebird. gold line is very straight with a hyzerflip. nice little fade at the end. the opto is more stable with a stronger fade. I could see these replacing worn tee birds, but a fresh teebird will be more HSS and have more LSS too. The saint will go farther than the teebird for most people. Great disc my favorite driver.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63559&highlight=saint
I love saints. they are more like a tl than a teebird. gold line is very straight with a hyzerflip. nice little fade at the end. the opto is more stable with a stronger fade. I could see these replacing worn tee birds, but a fresh teebird will be more HSS and have more LSS too. The saint will go farther than the teebird for most people. Great disc my favorite driver.
madmax88
Eagle Member
Exactly
mattc
* Ace Member *
Saint = go to
BiggieSMLS
Par Member
Love the Saint! Flies similar to the Tbird with less fade.
Gennataos
Eagle Member
bfowler
Double Eagle Member
I just recently got a Opto Saint and I love it. For me it's easier to throw and longer than my Champion teebird. About the same fade which is actually considerable right now since the Saint is new and the Teebird is in Champ plastic and is taking forever to beat it. I've had it for 6 months and it's as overstable as the day I bought it.
The Teebird probably won't be in the bag much longer. The Saint can fill it's role and if I do need something more overstable I can use the Trident.
The Teebird probably won't be in the bag much longer. The Saint can fill it's role and if I do need something more overstable I can use the Trident.
Nasty Nate
Double Eagle Member
Right now my two main drivers are a GL Saint and Star Teebird and I find that they are very similar. The Teebird doesn't seem to fade as much but they both pretty much fly straight with a moderate fade. As MrGlass said, the Saint does fly further (it glides for days, I tells ya) but the TB can be pushed out for some distance. I still go to the Saint for more D, though.
Both are :thmbup:
Both are :thmbup:
Nasty Nate
Double Eagle Member
My GL is 174g. Even though it is labeled "overstable control driver" it isn't too overstable and generally won't come back if thrown with enough anhyzer. Still a great disc, though.
drblam
Eagle Member
I barely have 300ft of power and if I really rip into one, I can turn it about a -2 and it won't come all the way back. Really should be considered a straight disc in my experience, very volt-like, not a Teebird clone by any stretch.
mattc
* Ace Member *
Oat is the problem here , if I had to guess
NOSteveLA
Eagle Member
Funny how this disc got all kinds of praise here on dgcr yet hardly anyone of
the Lat.64 guys or anyone period is still throwing one of these.
the Lat.64 guys or anyone period is still throwing one of these.
bfowler
Double Eagle Member
My new Opto 169 Saint is working out like a dream. I hit a couple of great lines with it today. One dog leg left 300 foot hole. Threw it straight out with a tiny bit of hyzer and some height. Right before it got to the treeline it banked hard left and went 100 feet to land a foot from the pin.
Another one was a shorter hold about 250 that ended in a short turn of about 25 feet to the left. Threw a similar type shot as the one I described above, just powered down and on a much lower line. Bam, another birdie after it landed 6 feet from the hole.
I'm going to be having a lot of fun with this disc.
I have not bought a Lat64 disc yet that didn't out to be better than my expectation and downright awesome.
Another one was a shorter hold about 250 that ended in a short turn of about 25 feet to the left. Threw a similar type shot as the one I described above, just powered down and on a much lower line. Bam, another birdie after it landed 6 feet from the hole.
I'm going to be having a lot of fun with this disc.
I have not bought a Lat64 disc yet that didn't out to be better than my expectation and downright awesome.
The Saint is much longer and straighter than the Tee-bird. I personally feel that the Westside Stag is more comparable to the Tee-bird than the saint, which, I think, is closer to the TL. (opto/VIP vs. Champ, though the comparison of GL/TE vs. star is about the same when talking the same molds)
I like all four discs (Saint, Stag, Teebird, and TL), and they rotate through my bag throughout the year, but I am currently running Stag's because they have a little more glide then the Tee-bird, and I keep a beat in opto Saint for turn-overs.
I like all four discs (Saint, Stag, Teebird, and TL), and they rotate through my bag throughout the year, but I am currently running Stag's because they have a little more glide then the Tee-bird, and I keep a beat in opto Saint for turn-overs.
MrGlass01
* Ace Member *
This community has a collective attention span of a gnat, or a lab in a squirrel farm. I for one was an early adopter and still carry 2 in the bag. I would venture to guess these are not stable enough for the top pros. these get flippy if you have 350 plus power. this speed category becomes less important when you can throw fairways 400 feet.
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