Rattler, Putt'r, Polecat, Birdie..... a.k.a "the lid thread"

[Spike1]

I'm not really sure why, but I really like lids! ...both for putts and approaches. Maybe it's because they usually fly straight at slow speed, or because you can throw hard and high and just watch them float slowly for a long while. It's a thing of beauty to see these fly!

Please tell me your views about the lids you've thown! Which have been good for you and which haven't? Do you use them mostly for putting or approaches?

 

[Trey1331]

Premie Polecat = one of the best catch discs out there

 

[Luke1]

I still like playing the short, grassy courses with just an ultrastar.


My favorite golf lid, though, is a Rattler.

 

[uNicedmeMan1]

love me some whitlers just not for golf

 

[dgdave]

GOPHER

 

[Frank Delicious]

Playing a round with just a whitler is an interesting experience.

 

[garublador1]

Lids are definitely fun to throw but IMO, they don't perform well enough in the wind to justify carrying one.

 

[uNicedmeMan1]

Playing a round with just a whitler is an interesting experience.

but quite frustrating when nothing stays in the f'ing basket

 

[Danforth]

I had a Piranah once, it was advertized as a "putt into the wind disc" :? :? :?

I hate lids. They feel funny in the hand, and they don't necessarily stop and drop they way people claim they do!

 

[Spike1]

I can't help to think that lids in general are slightly underrated for discgolf, but I guess it depends on which kind of courses you use to play at. They are no good for windy days at open fields, but apart from that… close to the basket, in the woods or when you're stuck in a bush with limited space for your arm movement, I think lids are quite useful and can make difficult throws easier. At the moment I use X Putt'r a lot, for putts and approaches, but it has become quite deformed and very understable. Thinking of trying something else.

 

[Spike1]

I had a Piranah once, it was advertized as a "putt into the wind disc" :? :? :?

It's a shame that the Piranha is out of production. Last summer I saw a top pro player doing some really impressive and controlled anny-drives with his black Piranha. It made me want one as well

 

[Vegan Ray]

Round here, pros Tom Kim, Bryan Gawler, & John Biscoe still rock the Piranha. Gawler hounds me to sell him my supersoft one every time I see him.

 

[uNicedmeMan1]

Round here, pros Tom Kim, Bryan Gawler, & John Biscoe still rock the Piranha. Gawler hounds me to sell him my supersoft one every time I see him.

Newer pro, Shawn Johnson also uses piranha's me thinks.

Dub (Tom Kim) also takes care of alot of upshots with zephyrs.

 

[Spike1]

The pro I mentioned was Markus Kallstrom

 

[Big Weekend]

I love big discs and carry a Fastback for approaches, although the Sonic is my favorite "golf" disc.

 

[Spike1]

I love big discs and carry a Fastback for approaches, although the Sonic is my favorite "golf" disc.

Now we're talking REAL lids Isn't Sonic a fastback too?

 

[Vegan Ray]

The mother of all lid events just happened here last weekend, the 34th Annual Virginia States Frisbee Tournament. Tons (161, to be exact) of ancient-skool Frisbee players, including world champs, distance record holders, and players with 2-digit PDGA #s converged on Pratt Park in Fredericksburg, VA. The course was peppered with Ultrastars, Fastbacks, Apples, 40s, 100s, 71s, and a lot of other weird, non-beveled-edged discs that I had never seen before. (One was a Wham-o with the diameter & heft of an ultimate lid, but the shape of a Fastback.)

Golf plastic was used, as well, but those Frisbee legends could really make those lids fly with a majestic beauty that no beveled-edged disc can ever match.

 

[riverboy1]

Hell, I love lids. I like rattlers, zephyrs, gophers, pirhanas, polecats, you name it. I haven't carried any in a while, but it is always nice to have some for warmup catch. Polecats used to be my go to out of trouble disc. When I was stuck in the brush with no movement available, a quick flick with the polecat would rescue me.

 

[Marmoset]

Y'all know I'm in the club.
The 150 Polecat is my primary putter.
I love the lid style discs because they are so finesse-able, glidey, and retrocool.

I like Super Classing with my Ultrastars, too. I need to try that Wham-O heavyweight 200 gram Ultrastar lookin' thingy; that thing looks boss.

 

[Big Weekend]

I love big discs and carry a Fastback for approaches, although the Sonic is my favorite "golf" disc.

Now we're talking REAL lids Isn't Sonic a fastback too?

I've always considered my Fastback(Superhero) a lid, but the Sonic is a smaller diameter I believe, and a hell of alot heavier.