Got one today as an early Xmas gift from the wife, its like April here so I ran out and played a two disc round with it.
(Photo is washed out due to exposure, but its a first run in the typical Kastaplast light blue/green)
Initial impressions:
-First off, K3 plastic is the best. Its a premium plastic that has the best baseline feel out there, imo. Its grippy, stiff, and super durable. The closest competitor to it for me would probably be RDG Fossil Fuel.
-Earlier this year I went through a lot of different putters, a LOT, trying to find a clone of my early 90s small bead
puddle topped Aviar in the old, tasty DX... and this is pretty much it.
-The Reko has a small bead that is unobtrusive and reminds me a lot of the old SB Aviar, or probably closest to an current Omega.
-I don't really like beads but, like the Kastaplast Kaxe, the bead is really not noticeable.
-Has a nice shallow puddle top (couldn't get a good pic) that I'd say is about half as deep as a Yeti or Berg. I like that a ton.
Flight was pretty close to the 3/3/0/1, but I'd probably call it more like 3/3/0.5/1.5 myself.
-Was pretty easy to get out beyond 250 without much effort and I twice hit metal from the tee on pins that were in the 240s.
-Furthest toss for me today was in the 275-80 range, but I am a little tight today and wasn't pushing it.
-It holds a hyzer really well and still pulls out good distance while doing so.
-It also held anhyzer shots equally well, didn't seem to get as much, though...but I admittedly only threw a few.
-On hyzer shots it seemed to stick pretty well where it hit, kind of like a Scale, but when thrown low and hard I was getting some decent skip ups to the pin.
-The little bit of turn I was feeling is actually something I wanted, cause I like to hyzer flip a lot, so I was able to do so a little bit with this disc and get a pretty dead straight shot with a gentle forward penetrating fade at the end.
-It also has the feel of having heavy mass in the wing, kind of like I feel a lot with Wizards, which at least gave it the impression of being really gyroscopic and getting a little more speed in the air than I maybe expected.
-Glide was good, but not as Wizard, like though.
-Overall, just in driving flight characteristics alone, I'd maybe compared this most to a Discmania P2.
Putting:
-Not much to say here... its an Small Bead Aviar clone, so pretty straight on in the circle.
-K3 sticks well to the chains, is nice and durable, and I didn't have any bounce out issues so far.
-On the slower, higher tossed, dropping putts it did show more fade that I expected, which could be useful.
Verdict:
I shot really well with this today. I've been wanting a good driving putter, and thats what this will become... and probably my go to mod as well. I have really fallen for the Berg as my putter, so it won't kick that out so far, but its great to have the driving putter I wanted in K3 while also being able to get a lot more distance than the Berg is capable of in the air.
Its no reinvention of the wheel, but the quality is great, Kastaplast has been pretty consistent too, so I think there are those out there that might really dig the Reko. Especially if you like Omegas, small bead Aviars, or Yetis.
Here it is compared to my 90s SB Aviar:
Compared to a Wizard:
Compared to a Proxy:
And compared to Kastaplast's other putter, the Berg:
