We got about 14" of very light, fluffy snow this weekend, I decided I didn't want to lose anything I'm currently bagging since there's a tournament next weekend so I pulled out some discs I haven't totally clicked with and taped ribbons onto them for yesterdays league round.
Fairways
C-line CD2
C-line TD
Star Teebird
Z Mantis (Big z? it's not translucent)
Mids
ESP Comet
Star Mako3
Zflx Buzzz
Z glo wasp
Putt/Approach
Z Zone
I-blend Alpaca
Firefly (for putting)
I had thrown the CD2 a little this past spring and remember being disappointed in how beefy it was after reading so much about how straight of a disc it was. Throwing it yesterday I was surprised at how much straighter it was than I remember, I wasn't throwing particularly well, but this disc seems like it could deserve a tryout against my undertaker.
C-line TD, more stable than I was expecting, for all the hype about being a longer FD, maybe I just don't have the form for it, or the cold weather was playing tricks on me, but it seems to be more like a slightly more OS night strike 2, or even a color glow FD2. I didn't throw this much.
Star Teebird, bought this to use in my FD slot so I don't have to lose an FD. I think this disc has potential once it gets beat in and gains some glide, but for now it's just another stable fairway, nothing too special.
Z-ish, Mantis, This was probably my favorite of the day, with the colder weather, extra layers, compromised footing etc all conspiring to make throws softer/shorter, I was occasionally able to get some nice distance from this disc and carve some decent lines. It needs more hyzer release than my Essence to carve the same lines, but seems like it has some potential and may be worth re-visiting in warmer temp for panning turnovers.
ESP Comet, I want to get some more time in with this disc, I think it could be a replacement for my SOL. I like the sol but have never been crazy about how short it feels in the hand. I also felt like the comet was just a bit more predictable, like out of my hand I knew what the comet would be doing through its flight, whereas the sol feels more like lets wait and see if it does what I expect or not.
Star mako3, this is new, the champ mako3 I normally bag is pretty well used, so they seem to fly pretty identically. nothing to report here.
Zflx buzzz, This is the buzzz that could almost convince me to like Buzzz's. I still don't know if I 100% click with them, but the zflx in cold weather is such a nice feel, and it does what you ask. If I hadn't just gone all in on MD3's shortly before all this snow fall I'd probably try to track down another 1-2 of these to work into the bag.
Z wasp, pretty much what you'd expect from a wasp, I tried using this on a couple shots where I'd normally use the method. It's a bit touchy to commit to the right amount of hyzer to really mimic that super overstable shot, but for winter golf it worked well enough, and gave some more practice working on angles.
Z zone, didn't have anything to replace this and since I usually just use it for 100-150' approaches I figured the risk of losing it was low.
I-blend Alpaca, This was the disc I was most excited to try out, I'd rather throw an $11 infinite disc than a hard to find firefly or cryztal fierce in this slot, unfortunately my round never provided me a single shot to try this out. I was either too far out with my reduced distance and was clubbing up to a midrange on my approaches or I was close enough to the pin that I was trying to putt with my firefly. I'm sure this disc will see plenty of use later on once things start to thaw out.
Overall no ground breaking revolutions, I think I'm finally past the honeymoon phase of DG where I expect each new disc will somehow shave 10 strokes off my round. I did find a couple of discs that are close enough facsimiles to stuff I normally bag that I may have a couple ribbon discs in my tournament bag in case we are allowed to use them this weekend.
