Band or no Band?

[BogeyNoMore]

It's amazing how something as unnatural as metal basket can hide among the shadows in the woods. Nothing says, "Hey, here I am!" like those yellow Innova chastity belts. If you're a you're a real course bagger, you gotta love'em.

Instead of cursing the clang of the band, consider what your come back putt would have been... cuz that shot was too high.

 

[joegraham]

Hate em, hate em, hate em! They should angle down and guide the high putt in!!

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Hate em, hate em, hate em! They should angle down and guide the high putt in!!

Cure for the band: bang chains

 

[trumbulldore]

I voted don't care. A lot of courses in the SW OH area have Some form of Mach so those are the ones I'm used to. If I come across a course that has baskets with bands, it doesn't make a difference. Although the donk you get from missing is so anti-climatic and humorous that it almost doesn't make me feel bad missing a tap in 18 ft. Putt

 

[MarkDSM]

The band is good or at worse indifferent.

The top number plate is what I hate on.

Has a poll on the evil top number plate been done?

 

[nevets4433]

I voted for the band.

Pros:
Visibility
Prevents top of the cage roll aways
doesn't chew up putters as much

Cons:
DONK!

Amen. Couldn't have said it better

 

[captain jack]

Absolute hatred.
I just don't understand how a company that makes the finest discs on the planet can also produce such a turd. :faceplant:

 

[jeffmonty]

Hate em, hate em, hate em! They should angle down and guide the high putt in!!

You mean like this one??

 

[jeffmonty]

You mean like this one??

LOL, wrong photo. I meant this one.

 

[thatdirtykid]

We have baskets like that on a course or two. I prefer the discatcher, every putt I have seen go in from the angled band (which is a bad putt that doesn't deserve to go in) I see a few skip off the top, which on mountain courses where those baskets live can mean a long come backer.

 

[goosefraba1]

I prefer bands... makes it easier to see the basket from the tee... specially on a wooded course.

 

[UncleSweat]

There's a pretty even distribution of bands/no bands in my area so you just gotta learn to putt on everything.

 

[Jukeshoe]

I thought this thread was about Dylan's backing group. :\

Re: bands/no bands. I couldn't care less. I'll throw frisbees at any target you tell me to, and like it.

 

[joegraham]

Hate em, hate em, hate em! They should be angled down so putts go in!

 

[simpletwist]

The sound I love to hate. At least my putt had a chance. And I love the visibility.

 

[Mixed Bag Madness]

I thought this thread was about Dylan's backing group. :\

Re: bands/no bands. I couldn't care less. I'll throw frisbees at any target you tell me to, and like it.

Right. My brain is thinking "They were called The Band for a reason....how can you argue against Levon?" Nevermind.....

 

[rhatton1]

Not having them makes putting slightly harder (more pressure on putt as you have lost 10 cms ish of "protection" from high blow bys- having them makes the baskets far more visible and gives advertising space at courses to let people know what they are.

Generally in favour of the bands, I think they make the baskets look more professional somehow and less like deer feeders/bins etc.

 

[Mixed Bag Madness]

The band is good or at worse indifferent.

The top number plate is what I hate on.

Has a poll on the evil top number plate been done?

This. When the plastic coating falls off those things eat discs up like a pit bull. That's the only complaint I have about the Pier baskets (spiderweb, arachnid) The edges of the sign have no covering when new. I had a beautiful ace run with a KC Roc hit one of those things......It was ugly to say the least.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

There's a pretty even distribution of bands/no bands in my area so you just gotta learn to putt on everything.

This. Ill never understand the basket "favoritism" and not until this past year or so actually even noticed the slight differences in them. Hell some courses have 18 different baskets alone. Seems like such a lost cause to care about the basket style. If anything it spices up a round a little

I like the bands.. easy to see, high putts do not skip/flare off the top as easily as when they are slanted, less variables impacting the top cage hit points, and always seem to catch well.

 

[oddjob]

do any baskets not have nubs on the tray?