People naturally form bonds or hesitation toward brands for a variety of reasons. It's why marketing is such a big deal in today's digital world. I started with Innova because that is all my local PIAS had, and I didn't really know any different. Then I moved and the local PIAS also had discraft. I was intrigued and tried a buzz and starting throwing a mixed bag. Mostly discraft with some innova sprinkled in. I think next was Gateway with the Wizard. For a while that is where I remained until I discovered MVP. At about the time of discovering MVP I was really getting hacked off with discraft and innova. I'd loose my trusty avenger that had such sweet flight and go buy a new one that was more OS than my predators. I'd decide that my teebird was beat in enough to warrant a new one and get one that was either more OS than normal teebirds or the same stability as my beat teebird.
It was frustrating because almost every time I went to replace or back up a disc it was just completely different. I started buying a few MVP molds here and there and they were flying pretty close to their rated numbers. Over the course of time I lost a few, replaced a few, bought backups and was truly impressed at the consistency. Now we know, of course, certain molds have been re-tooled so that those PP volts fly different from the current runs, or the first craves were butter and the new ones are slightly different. But outside of those explainable differences, the consistency has been better. Not perfect, but for me better.
There was a time where I wanted to revisit discraft but as others have said, this 'super special run' sort of limited release that forces you to buy discs when you see them for risk they will be off the shelf is frustrating to me. I know why they, and other mfgs, take that path I just don't like it very much.
I don't like prodigy for a multitude of reasons. Disc consistency is some of the worse. They have now had exported mfg to china for a lot of molds. They have ripped off the pound design. The flashing is horrendous and that is being generous. I don't like their origin story, it's shady. But all that said, they do have some very sweet molds that I have really enjoyed (A2, D2, F1, F5, M4). Their plastic blends are extremely nice too.
Dynamic/Lat64/westside/discmania I have tried a limited amount of stuff. I try to buy stuff that supports American manufacturers when I can but I have loved a lot of the things that have come from the European manufacturers. The pures have been some of my favorite putting putters.
Now I am somewhat in between things, I still predominantly throw MVP. I like barsby eagles, gateway wizards, and the harp. But if i was forced to I could switch that. I really want to try the Clash Salt soon.
I like the MVP?Axoim/Streamline family most as it's what I am most comfortable with and used to. But I am certainly open to trying other stuff out. Although I have spent enough in the last 2 years so I really am trying to curb the habit of trying new stuff. I have loved everything I have tried from Mint, TSA, and lonestar.
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