My disc bag has approached the cost of my golf bag.

[BogeyNoMore]

There's nothing wrong with liking series/dig discs, and supporting your favorite players, or getting into special runs, or other limited stuff, or building a bag exclusively of this or that brand.

But there are enough stock stamps, of enough molds, from enough different manufacturers... to build a solid bag (or three), without paying excessive $$$.

Like so much else in this wonderful country of ours, the choice is yours. But you don't have to pay that much to create a solid, and well rounded bag. Choosing to go with hard to replace plastic, is above all else, a choice.

 

[robdeforge]

I almost feel like revising this to

If you insist on owning hard to find molds, runs, plastics, etc, that's on you. Not the game.

that's fair. I have left all the collector groups I used to be in on FB because I realized that's just not my thing. but at least with some of the collectors stuff it can be really old or niche or something. the discraft collectors are paying tons of $ for stuff that came out so recently. and sure, is limited, but...... IDK. it just feels different to me haha

 

[ballgolfconvert]

Just think about the people that play ball golf.

A set of irons=$1200. Sand wedge=$100. Driver and 3 wood= $300ea. Let's not forget a $200 putter. That's $2100 not to mention a bag. A soft side carry bag = $250. A box of 12 balls=$50 and most people start a round with a fresh sleeve of 3 balls. Thats $2400 before you even pay a green fee before every round.

Makes our sport look like a pretty good bang for the buck.

My entire set of golf clubs and bag costs about $400- $500. bought used on Ebay. I still break par occasionally. People who pay $1200 for a new set of irons, well i just laugh at them. i figure I have spent about $1200 on disc equipment in 2.5 years.

 

[Countchunkula]

My disc bag was about $35 and I rarely pay more than $9.99 for a disc. The cart I occasionally use is a repurposed ball golf pull cart. Regardless of what floats in and out of the bag, I'm pretty sure I'm never carrying more than $150 worth of equipment for myself. I'll often carry discs for my kids and wife, so the total on my back is probably closer to $200 for most rounds.

Other than my driver and putter, my ball golf stuff is all hand-me downs. Hell, all my woods have heads actually made of wood! Lifetime, I've certainly spent more on golf balls than on clubs. I only play once every 5 years or so, so buying better equipment would be a waste.

Not saying any of this as a comment on other's setups. You do you.

 

[R-Ogre]

The way disc availability is right now you don't have to throw anything super special to have your bag be hard to replace, just if you're particular about a combination of plastic, weight, and color you might be screwed. Case in point, I want a 160ish GStar thunderbird to replace my go-to that I lost, but finding one in a good color hasn't happened yet.

Zones are another weird one, it seems like DC hasn't run stock Zones in a year or so….just various tour discs, signature discs, Ledgestone runs, etc. so if you want a Zone that's what you get.

 

[Dthunderchicken]

People who pay $1200 for a new set of irons, well i just laugh at them.

As a fly fisherman once said to me regarding his $1000+ rig vs my $150 rig. My rig isn't 10X better, I just like it 10X more.

 

[Plastic Thunder]

What makes the pricey is they were the first Luna, 5000 were made, not including factory misprints. Paul was hot we have no self control as a group and we have way to much disposable income. The nice thing is I traded for one, the cost of the disc I trade was $10.70, a 4 Claw Zone I found in a used bin when no one cared about them. The second was $40 with tax and shipping. At one point I think I had 10 of them. Now just 3, 2 in the bag and one in the pile of backups I keep.

Now keep in mind they are just putters, nothing that will make me a better player, just a pair of discs. Now that Firebird does make a difference in my bag. It's a stroke saver, my get out of jail disc. When I have a shot where I need the disc to go a short distance and get on the ground in a hurry. But to be honest it's the FAF part that makes it work so well, I have a few backups which are current production.

what makes cryztal lunas so valuable?

 

[ThrowBot]

To replace my bag and all the discs I carry for a normal round would be in the range of $700. I'd estimate that's about average for my friends that I throw with regularly. It's certainly occurred to me that during a round with a few buddies, there is several grand worth of equipment in tow.

That equipment setup price point is pretty close for my snowboarding gear. I shop sales for that stuff and my tastes are certainly not on the higher end of the price range. Also, they day-to-day cost of snowboarding is significant, certainly averaging much more than frolf greens fees.

 

[kevdiv48]

The way disc availability is right now you don't have to throw anything super special to have your bag be hard to replace, just if you're particular about a combination of plastic, weight, and color you might be screwed. Case in point, I want a 160ish GStar thunderbird to replace my go-to that I lost, but finding one in a good color hasn't happened yet.

Zones are another weird one, it seems like DC hasn't run stock Zones in a year or so….just various tour discs, signature discs, Ledgestone runs, etc. so if you want a Zone that's what you get.

Marshall Street and Disc Golf Center have pretty healthy levels of stock Zones atm.

 

[R-Ogre]

Marshall Street and Disc Golf Center have pretty healthy levels of stock Zones atm.

Both of those links literally take you to P McB signature discs.

 

[raceface59]

Current haulage would be Z Drone, ESP Buzzz, Z Van Dyken Meteor, DX Cobra..........MF Destroyer, Star Mamba, Star Firebird, Champ Thunderbird, Z Gannon Undertaker, Star Tbird 3, Champ BS Leopard, Lat64 Diamond 170+......Pig Pro, Fierce, Berg K3, Glow Aviar,.......and 2 minis, towel and chalk bag, all in an Innova Super Hero Pack 2, shoved onto an MVP Rover cart. ALL in Canadian dollars lol.

My alternate baggage is all DX. Destroyer, Leopard 3, Mamba, Thunderbird, Tbird 3, Cobra....and whatever putter.

 

[kevdiv48]

Both of those links literally take you to P McB signature discs.

For the Z's the signature is considered the stock run (a la Climo on the TB, Eagle and FB). Stock ESP's on the other hand have been a little more thin.

 

[Rastnav]

Both of those links literally take you to P McB signature discs.

I bought a stock ESP Zone directly from Discraft back in April this year. So they have done runs.

It did take more than a month for the disc to finally make it to me, despite the discs I order showing as "In Stock", but hey, beggars can't be choosers.

 

[flatflip]

My bag got stolen 5 years ago. It was full of old CE and PFN plastic (guessing that's why I was targeted) because I was just getting back into the game and hadn't updated my bag in a decade. All of it was stuff I had accumulated cashing in amateur tournaments but if I had actually tried to replace it with what was available on the internet at the time, I would have paid well over a grand. I was able to put together a decent stock bag for around $500, but it instilled in me a paranoia about losing my setup again. So now I spend hundreds of dollars a year buying backups, and backups for my backups, and maybe someday I'll start throwing high speed drivers again so maybe I'll get a stack of F2 wraiths and... It's a dark hole to go down but I still spend less on disc golf than on greens fees, and I only actually get out on the bolf course once a month.

 

[Monocacy]

To replace my bag and all the discs I carry for a normal round would be in the range of $700. I'd estimate that's about average for my friends that I throw with regularly.

I could probably replace my bag and the 10 or so off-the-shelf discs I carry for less than $300. But most folks seem to like carrying more discs than that. And people do like their famcy discs.

 

[ru4por]

I have 4 or 5 bags at home and 200+ discs. Even if I did not have identical backups, I would just find a reasonable replacement and learn the disc. Ain't no magic in any disc, they all pretty much work the same. Putter, mid, fairway, driver. Understable, stable, overstable. With thousands of molds around, there are plenty for fill each spot.

 

[autocrosscrx]

I've got 20 discs in my bag. I have a few that aren't easily replaceable (Ace Race Sting, a Prodigy H1, Opto Air Ballista, and a Z Fly Dye Zone), but nothing special. I'd happily replace the Zone with a Z Zone and the H1 with a flat Firebird or Felon. Any lightweight driver could replace the Ballista and I think I could grab an F5 or F7 to replace the Sting.

Everything else is super common stuff - DX Roc, grid Aviars, Z Wasp, Teebirds, etc.

 

[glassila]

High end Titleist/Ping/Taylormade drivers are over $500. A high end set of irons will set you back $1000-1200. A good fairway wood will be $300, throw in a hybrid club for $250 and a quality putter at $300 and you are over $2000 for stock clubs.
I doubt if there are many disc golfers out there with a set up over $2000.

I'm sure the original post "My disc bag has approached the cost of my golf bag" is true for a lot of players who play both, but if a person goes "high end" then ball golf equipment is considerably more expensive.

 

[lee76007]

Just think about the people that play ball golf.

A set of irons=$1200. Sand wedge=$100. Driver and 3 wood= $300ea. Let's not forget a $200 putter. That's $2100 not to mention a bag. A soft side carry bag = $250. A box of 12 balls=$50 and most people start a round with a fresh sleeve of 3 balls. Thats $2400 before you even pay a green fee before every round.

Makes our sport look like a pretty good bang for the buck.

I don't miss the cost of ball golf, and don't miss playing. I have no doubt in 20 plus years playing including tournament fees I spent at least 20k if not 30k. I will never approach that in my 2-year addiction. I keep telling my ball friends, there's a better way.

 

[txmxer]

My entire set of golf clubs and bag costs about $400- $500. bought used on Ebay. I still break par occasionally. People who pay $1200 for a new set of irons, well i just laugh at them. i figure I have spent about $1200 on disc equipment in 2.5 years.

Sounds very unlikely.

Used $400-500? Which is it? It's a single purchase.

You break PAR on occasion? So you are a scratch/near scratch golfer? Play at a local pro level with garage sale clubs?

No golfer I've ever met doesn't go down the road of buying clubs, getting them fit and proper shafts for club speed. Certainly nobody that breaks PAR on occasion.

And if you've spent $1200 on disc equipment in 2-1/2 yrs but only $500 on ball golf, it's inconsistent. You don't go cheap on an expensive sport and expensive on a cheap sport.