auzcar
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I had the first field work session on dry ground today and decided to test some discs for real. I threw on a football field with nets around it which didn't really allow me to test the distance drivers but the fairways work well enough even though a lot of the throws ended up in the net. The wind was up a bit but it calmed down a few times, allowing me to get at least a number of throws in calmer conditions. Thoughts, many many thoughts...:
Putters:
Threw my trusty Eclipse Envy for the first time this year (won't throw it in the snow due to the color) and god do I love it. The Popcorn can possibly be a good compliment to it, seems to fly decently close to the Proxy, maybe a touch more understable, which is what I want. I threw both the Steady and the Hardy and the flight was pretty similar. I'm gonna put the Steady in the bag for now and see how it goes.
Putter line up as of now:
Steady Popcorn
Eclipse Envy
Z Zone
Z Zone OS
Mids:
Origin (or Detour)
Hex
Reactor
Pyro
Fairways:
This was the main focus of the session since this part of the bag has been a mess a lot of the time and I need to start selling off the enourmous amount of molds that I own.
CN Crave (or FD)
MF Teebird3 (or Votum)
Ethos Construct
Ethos Coalesce
Sockibomb Felon
CN Flare
Putters:
Threw my trusty Eclipse Envy for the first time this year (won't throw it in the snow due to the color) and god do I love it. The Popcorn can possibly be a good compliment to it, seems to fly decently close to the Proxy, maybe a touch more understable, which is what I want. I threw both the Steady and the Hardy and the flight was pretty similar. I'm gonna put the Steady in the bag for now and see how it goes.
Putter line up as of now:
Steady Popcorn
Eclipse Envy
Z Zone
Z Zone OS
Mids:
- Detour: Trying to kick the Origin out from the bag. The Detour is a bit less understable than the Origin and can definitely handle more power. The wind made it a bit hard to test these discs but honestly, I really like how the Deotur flew. I tend to only use the Origin when I'm in a pickle and need something very understable to turn pretty sharply. The Detour though I can see working on harder shots as well. Hyzer flip to turnover mostly. The Origin is a bit uncontrollable when throwing hard.
- My Fission Hex have definitely beat in quite a bit. Need to throw it in calmer weather to make a decision but this could possibly have reached the spot where this takes over the Origin/Detour slot and it's time to put in a new one.
- I need to stop taking the Reactor out of the bag, it's a wonderful disc that handles wind and power, even tight flex lines.
- The Pyro I'm not sure about. I don't think I need both this and the Reactor in the bag, or maybe I do. It's a little bit more overstable than the Reactor but the difference isn't huge. Not sure if I need it at all, if I should put a Justice in the bag instead, or if it's just what I need. This will come in and out probably.
Origin (or Detour)
Hex
Reactor
Pyro
Fairways:
This was the main focus of the session since this part of the bag has been a mess a lot of the time and I need to start selling off the enourmous amount of molds that I own.
- In the understable slot I tested a few discs, namely the Soda, S-line FD and Passion, all against the beat Crave that's in my bag along with a fresh one. The Soda is too flippy, at least it was today. I'll test it some more later on but probably not gonna make the bag. The Passion I couldn't really get the hang of, sometimes it would go straight and sometimes it would turn and burn. It doesn't sit well in my hand either. Maybe it just can't handle wind as well as the other discs or maybe it doesn't release cleanly enough from my hand. Well well, not gonna make the bag. The Crave I've had in my bag has reached the end of it's cycle, it's too understable at this point. The fresh Crave and the FD both flew really well and mostly did what I wanted and expected. The Crave sits in my hand a lot better than the domey FD and even though the FD seems to want to go a bit further I don't think it will dethrone the Crave, but it's not impossible. I will need to test them side by side some more.
- In the neutral/straight slot I tested the Votum, Lotus and Construct against the MF Teebird3 that was in my bag most of last season. I like them all but the Lotus probably fades a bit too much for what I want to do with this slot. The Construct is a bit too fast but I really like it for my FH and will likely come in and out of the bag as a bridge between the FW and DD. The Votum (Ethos) was one of the two happy surprises of the day. I didn't expect to like it much and thought it would be too overstable for what I want, but it flew really really well. From a hyzer it flipped up and flew dead straight before a very very small and mellow fade. Pretty much exactly as my slightly beat in MF Teebird3, maybe a little bit less stable. I'm not sure yet if I'll keep bagging the Teebird3 or if I'll change to the Votum, but both can fill this slot really well.
- I couple years back I had a Champ Thunderbird that I really loved, and when I lost it I tried to replace it. Four Champ Thunderbirds later that all flew much much more OS (Firebird like) I gave up on the Thunderbird. Since then the closest thing I've found to this flight has been the Fusion Felon, but it just wasn't the same. Enter the Coalesce! I didn't expect to love this, maybe since I've had so many let downs in the search of the replacement of my Thunderbird, but this was love at first throw. I can smack this thing flat and as hard as I want and it will go straight and then fade gently. If I realease it on a bit of anhyzer it will softly work it's way back to a small fade on the line I threw it. If I release it higher with more anhyzer it will pan out gently. I'm not really a hyzer flip guy, and for the way that I like to throw the disc (hard and flat, or a bit of flex) this is the perfect stability for a controllable and workable straight to fade disc. I really hope this isn't the case of just a new disc working really well the first session and that I'm blinded by the new shiny thing. Straight in the bag for sure.
- When it comes to the more OS stuff I really liked the Omen but it won't dethrone my Flare. Maybe if I loose my Flare that I love I might put the Omen in, it does the same thing. What I need to find is a disc to fill the gap between the Coalesce and the Flare. Candidates for this is the Sockibomb Felon I had in the bag last year, my Champ/Star Firebirds and the Steady Spice.
CN Crave (or FD)
MF Teebird3 (or Votum)
Ethos Construct
Ethos Coalesce
Sockibomb Felon
CN Flare