[Drivers] Your GoTo Speed 9/10 Driver

[LastPageDG]

So I'm trying to fill a crucial spot in my bag: A reliable speed 9 or 10 driver for straight flight with a reliable fade. Not talking Firebirds here obviously. Right now I'm going back and forth between a Lucid Escape and a Champ Thunderbird which I'm working on breaking in. I'm liking the Escape but wanted to get some other opinions as well.

 

[grotto]

Right now, mine is the C-line CD2, very reliable and forehands well too. It replaced my Pro Starfire "L".

Bagged an Escape for a while, but it was a bit too unpredictable for a control driver for me. Great glide, but it sucked in any kind of wind.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Axiom Wrath is what I carry for this slot. Very straight early with a reliable fade late in the flight.

 

[bobmcnelly]

I was a long time Eagle thrower and just switch to the Thief. They call it a speed 8 but goes just as far as my hatchets.

 

[OlyWA Kenobi]

For me... PD, Starfire (more fade finish, and slightly more stable than my PD), Orc, and Valkyrie. Speed 9/10 is my preferred distance driver. I tried the Thunderbird, but I just felt much more comfortable with the PD/Starfire combo.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Proton volt since the day it was released and still flies stable. I used this mold as my distance driver for a whole season without anything faster. Wrath has a seasoned faster volt flavor to it so didnt make the bag. At speed 10 i now throw a tesla which handles wind and has a little more fade at 350'+

I used to throw the latitude striker and messed with a PD for a minute which both worked very well for what you describe.

 

[Quinum]

I only recently started stepping up to speed 9 discs after a "discing down" period. I recently tossed a Millennium Q Orion LF in the bag to test it out. I don't have a ton of experience with it, but so far I am very impressed. It isn't a disc that you hear a ton about, but it is flying very straight for me with a reliable fade every time. Time will tell if this becomes a go-to for me, but I think it is definitely worth a look if you are exploring speed 9 options.

 

[tbird888]

PD for me. Useful across its whole lifespan, and it can cover all shots from stable to almost meathook overstable in different plastics.

 

[Stardoggy]

Star Orcs are fantastic. New runs start out beefy, then beat into a spot where you can really put power on them w/o fear of flipping them over (too far).

The Champ Thunderbird in my bag is starting to season into a nice spot, as well.

 

[Peter S]

My older S-line PD Freak is right there now. Was a bit more stable new but now just dead straight with slight fade. I added a C-line now to do the o/s duty.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Orcs truly are a sleeper innova mold on here. I even forget about them but great mold and easy as hell to find used at a PIAS or online.

 

[grotto]

Orcs truly are a sleeper innova mold on here. I even forget about them but great mold and easy as hell to find used at a PIAS or online.

The Orc is my main driver, especially in those weird swirling winds where I have no idea what else to toss. Maybe not the biggest bomber out there, but for me it's very reliable.

Bought an star "X-out" last year at PIAS to try them out and loved it, went back again and stocked up on a few more.

 

[Stardoggy]

I always chuckle when I hear/see all the supposed Orc throwers here and on FB. I NEVER see another one on the course, and when somebody asks what I threw and I tell them, I usually get a funny look.

I think it's the speed 10 thing....speed 10 ain't sexy.

 

[eric40817]

Depending on what setup Im rolling with

9 - Saint, Hatchet, Valkyrie
10 - PD, Orc, Beast, TD, Interia

 

[Pbmercil]

Orcs truly are a sleeper innova mold on here. I even forget about them but great mold and easy as hell to find used at a PIAS or online.

Orc is criminally underrated. New players have no idea that the Orc was the biggest and baddest of the highs peed drivers once upon a time (sheesh, it wasn't even all that long ago!) and is still a great disc. I think its just too close to the true max D drivers that it gets overlooked. Also, PD gets all the love in this speed class.

On the OP; I don't even bother with this slot anymore. I hadn't used anything in that range since the wraith came out until last fall. I hopped on the thunderbird bandwagon for a while, and RARELY threw them. MAYBE once a round, max. That gap is just so small for me that it serves very little purpose. I took the thunderbirds back out of the bag a little while back and have yet to missed them. On the rare occasion I need that shot between a destroyer and a teebird I can just throw a very overstable highspeed driver on hyzer, or throw a destroyer on a very low line to shorten its range. I'm actually finding that my consistency has gone up on those shots now that I'm throwing a big OS hyzer with a speed 12ish disc instead of a flat thunderbird shot

 

[eric40817]

I hate myself for not improving my game, or getting in to the sport sooner. If I had, the gummy pearly PFN Orcs (5 of them) that I had would be MONEY now. I picked those up though, a few months after being introduced to disc golf and they were too much for my crappy skill level. Now that I'm comfortable with 9-10, some 11 speed drivers, I wish I had hung on to those.

 

[MichaelWebster]

Another Orc thrower here. I have been carrying them since they were the go-to Innova distance driver. It is so dependable for me that I have had them in my bag since I started playing disc golf.

 

[Jax11]

Star SL for me.

 

[blackcatsmith]

Yeah, I bag a Lucid Escape, but a G Star PD does the job just as well.

 

[ThreePuttSD]

Lat 64 Opto Line Saint. Long and straigth with a consistent fade at the end. Works everytime!