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

[Hampstead]

I try not to think of the current value of my bag and discs. It's mostly PFN, patent #, AJ Destroyers, Sextons, 1st Run Buzzz and some old DiscMania. 20 discs and $25 is probably the cheapest. Good news is I never paid more than $20 at the time.

 

[R-Ogre]

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.

That's kinda my point though, we have "stock" runs which are still a signature disc in one plastic, and maybe if you were lucky earlier in the year another, other than that it's limited releases and tour discs and whatever. Maybe it's the same for all the DC molds idk, that's just the one I've bought most recently.

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

My 12-year-old, who has a 905-rated round in an A-tier under his belt back before he turned 12, was actually very good with a very cool double-stamp Cryztal Luna we bought for $20 while spectating at DGLO this year. He could get like 275' with it and accurately.

He got overconfident with it at VIRA a week ago at league, had it kick right off a tree and into the donut-shaped bog to the right of #16. It's blind from the tee so we only heard it hit, no idea where exactly. We returned with rakes after the round but only brought up swamp monster stuff from the eutrophic, rotten-egg bottom. It's super nasty in that body of "water." Our name and number are on it, but I have my doubts anybody except a snapping turtle will ever find it.

I did dredge up an empty All Day IPA can, but that was it.

Since then he has bagged an $11 misprint Opto Mercy that I dyed a couple of years ago and is almost as good with it. I highly doubt it's a stroke worse than the Luna. I will admit I miss watching him throw the Luna but there's no freaking way we're paying $50 for a replacement when something over a fourth as much is almost nearly as good. $20 is the most we've ever dropped for a Disc and that's that. I'm from the '80s, for crying out loud. For 7 years I carried a Stingray, a Roc and an Aviar.

Then I discovered In-Flight in East Lansing, and, um, you know...

 

[autocrosscrx]

Being able to play all these wonderful courses with no entry fee makes it a lot easier to justify dumping $200-300 a year into getting discs. And to throw about half that amount into ponds and whatnot.

 

[Rastnav]

I have spent way too much on discs. Or not. It's not like I don't have the available cash. Most of these discs will never see my regular bag, but I don't care. It's also really nice to have a full practice bag for field work. Occasionally that results in a disc beating out one of my bagged ones, which is cool. And I like a cool stamp, so sue me.

You can score in any sport with less expensive equipment. Go watch Golf Sidekick break 90 with a left-handed 5 wood, a used 8 iron, a sand wedge and a putter. That said, lots and lots of hobbies and activities will have people paying money for aesthetics over function. DG is no different. Arguably, the cheaper the activity, the more likely people will pay more than it's "worth" for pure aesthetics.

If you look at the pros in DG, some of them bag fewer discs in just a few molds, others carry 30 in their tournament bag, and have 100s in the van. The key thing is always knowing how to throw your own discs, not someone else's.

 

[TiltedFlipCurves]

Yeah I bought too many discs too and they aren't making me any better. Comets and $4 Frisbees for me from now on.

Will it take me 8 minimum on an 800 foot par 5? Yes.

Will having discs I don't have to throw like sledgehammers be worth it? Eh, maybe

 

[txmxer]

Nothing wrong with buying/collecting/playing cool discs that make you happy.

I have a bunch drivers I use for practice that will probably never be used on the course.

I've bought different weights and different plastics to see how they work for me.

I don't care about stamps or how a disc looks. That's just me.

Viva la difference.

 

[BillFleming]

I have 120 discs. There are 9 in my bag.
Majority were free: tournament player's pack discs (including tournaments that include discs that you have to play with), tournament volunteer discs, discs from friends ("you should try this disc, you like it? You can have it")
Some were from used disc sales.
A few were raffle prizes.
And the remaining ones were ones I bought full price to try out.

In total, it looks like I've spent a lot on discs....and the reality is that I have But not as much as my wife thinks I have.

This is a big difference between disc golf and ball golf...as others have pointed out. In ball golf, you can get 'fitted' for clubs and even the type of ball that is best for your game. In disc golf, there's no such thing as getting 'fitted'. It is all trial and error to find the discs that are best for your game - brand x's 5/3/0/1 disc seems to be the best for your game...but which plastic is the best? And maybe brand y's 5/3/0/1 is actually better. So many disc options, it is impossible to really find what is the best for an individual.....we mostly find what "seems" to be the best, but there could be one we haven't tried that is actually more suited to our game.

But after all I've spent so far on disc golf....I have not yet gotten to what I've spent on ball golf. Which is one reason, I rarely play ball golf since disc golf found me.

 

[raceface59]

This week last year was the week I bought my very first discs and started playing. I carry more molds than I should or could simply because I haven't taken the time to learn forehand until this month. I'm finally figuring it out, which means that my Firebird and Tbird can now also be used for right hand holes instead of just RHBH ones that go to the left. This will hopefully mean that I can eventually bring less molds with me. Forehand definitely opens a lot of options.

 

[autocrosscrx]

This week last year was the week I bought my very first discs and started playing. I carry more molds than I should or could simply because I haven't taken the time to learn forehand until this month. I'm finally figuring it out, which means that my Firebird and Tbird can now also be used for right hand holes instead of just RHBH ones that go to the left. This will hopefully mean that I can eventually bring less molds with me. Forehand definitely opens a lot of options.

I basically doubled the number of disc I carry when I started incorporating more and more forehand shots.:doh:

People say there is no such thing as a forehand disc or a backhand disc, but there really isn't a ton of overlap between what I like forehand and backhand.

 

[wproct]

I usually play with a basic shoulder bag and about 10-12 discs in it. Nothing fancy. I'd guess $200 at most. I probably only throw half those discs for most rounds.

This comment describes myself perfectly. I probably own over 70 discs that I purchased the first 2 years that I played disc golf. It is now fun to pull one of those discs out that I couldn't throw at the time that I bought it, but today am able to throw and enjoy it. I will still occasionally buy a signature disc of a pro player that I like to support. Unfortunately, I can't throw a forehand shot. It hurts when I try. Disc golf can still be one of the most economical sports to participate in if a person resists the temptation to buy every new disc that is released.

 

[BillFleming]

People say there is no such thing as a forehand disc or a backhand disc.

I've heard that also and respond ... well, that's good for you, but it doesn't work that way for me.

I like a flatter top for forehands and a domey disc for backhands.

Good example: Innova Pig.
There's the R-Pro Pig which is domey and I can throw it backhand fairly well, but forehand...forget it - it's hyzering.
Then there is the Wysocki Pig. That thing is flat and I can forehand it with ease.

So for me there is a difference....I'm kind of jealous of the people who can throw a domey disc forehand just as well as they throw it backhand. If I could do that, it would make my bag so much simpler.

 

[txmxer]

Spin rate tends to differ between FH and BH, so the flights won't typically just mirror each other.

There is also the variation in OAT and speed.

 

[autocrosscrx]

Yeah, for me, it is more of a flight thing than a feel thing. I'm still pretty torquey forehand, so certain discs in my bag finish left both backhand and forehand.

 

[Hampstead]

If a disc exists it can be thrown FH. You just have to have an understanding of how the discs needs to be thrown. Torque monkeys who need really overstable discs to throw FH would benefit from working on smoother finesse throws. I have yet to find a disc I can't flick. There are plenty I wouldn't throw if I needed to trust the flight, but if it exists it can be flicked.

 

[oldmandiscer]

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.

Believe it or not there are a lot of players who use 10 year old clubs and can shoot mid 60's. I've played with them. Spending a ton on clubs isn't going to make up for LOFT and those with it will destroy those with a garage sale set. Just get close on on shaft and lie angles and they're good.

 

[elmexdela]

i paid about $80 total for all the current discs in my bag and ive been rocking a similar bag for quite a few years now

the actual bag was about $20

 

[bigmatt17073]

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

I've found those groups to be great. I buy something for $15-25 each and someone's willing to pay $50-150 each in some cases. Being based in Michigan helps with being able to visit the Discraft RV during Am Nats and DGLO, but even playing Ledgestone Open. This year I bought four Uli stamped zones for $20 something each and sold the 4 of them for $200 easily.

I can say I am and am not a collector. I have been lucky on occasion to buy some of the right discs at the right time. Most were purchased because I liked that mold and they became valuable later on. I don't seek out valuable discs just for my collection. Most were purchased at new disc prices, and I think the most I've spent is $50 on one disc. But, to be fair I probably do have 1000 discs + sitting at home.

Flash back to a few years after I started playing DG, 2001. I think it was late summer or early fall that year that Innova announced they were not going to make Champion Edition plastic ever again. My bag at the time was a few older discs or all CE. I had a few back ups here and there, but I knew replacing a disc or my whole bag was going to get very very expensive. So, I made the decision to go all Discraft so most everything got traded away or sold.

Even with the Discraft switch it ends up happening again that I've had or still have valuable discs in my bag at times: Cam Todd Challengers, First Run Z Buzzz's, 10 year Buzzz's, sticker Magnets, Ron Russell Z Comets, Tour series discs, Test Flight/Proto/First Run, or OOP molds. So if you find yourself liking a particular disc, or buying that signature or tour series disc, or buying a limited run of something, or even regular runs now a days with how in demand disc golf has gotten you might find your bag is pretty valuable.

 

[txmxer]

Believe it or not there are a lot of players who use 10 year old clubs and can shoot mid 60's. I've played with them. Spending a ton on clubs isn't going to make up for LOFT and those with it will destroy those with a garage sale set. Just get close on on shaft and lie angles and they're good.

Not the point. You get started in golf, you look for clubs to make a difference.

Same exact thing in disc golf.

You are FOS.

 

[oldmandiscer]

Not the point. You get started in golf, you look for clubs to make a difference.

Same exact thing in disc golf.

You are FOS.

Why are you trying to be an expert on something you are not an expert on?