I think the problem here is that there is a very fine line to walk between generating buzz and over promising. Chris and his friends are obviously passionate about what they are doing (as anyone starting a new company should be). But I think they might be crossing the line a bit from just generating excitement in the community (which they need) and generating hype which they can't possibly fulfill (a la what Prodigy did).
I completely understand that Chris doesn't want to talk flight charts yet. He's still producing prototypes and experimenting with the molding process for crying out loud! The first disc isn't even finalized so creating flight charts is a complete waste of time. He also wants to save some of the details to talk about when the disc comes out, which is completely understandable. However, instead of just saying this, he says something about the disc not fitting on a traditional flight chart which is just silly. Of course it will have a flight pattern which can be mapped on a chart (and I'm sure Inbounds will do so). Hopefully, given their attempt at consistency, the discs you buy will actually match that pattern better than those from other manufacturers match theirs.
I have seem consistency issues with Innova, Discraft, Lat64, Prodigy, Vibram, and every other manufacturer I have ever bought discs from. Sorry, fanboys, ALL of them produce some percentage of their discs which do not fly the same as the charts/stats. Unfortunately, that percentage seems pretty high for some manufacturers. I can certainly get behind a manufacturer trying for better consistency and nicer feeling plastics. Like Mike C said, brand loyalty to a disc company is a funny thing; personally, I'm always willing to try new things.
I tried Prodigy DESPITE all the hype, early manufacturing issues, etc and some of their discs made it into my bag, mainly because their plastic feels nice and they fly well. They don't "add 50 feet to my game" but they fly well. The whole claim about adding 50 feet to your drives just needs to die. For someone who has tried a lot of what's out there, I have serious doubts that anything that meets PDGA specs will be able to add 50 feet to my drives. Adding distance is 70% having good technique and 30% finding the discs that match your level of speed/snap/release angles/etc. Everyone is different, so the disc that works well for one player won't necessarily do so for another player. Given that there are several hundred discs in the market exploring most of the spectrum of the allowable PDGA specs, the likelihood of a "magic bullet" disc that would add 50 feet of distance, even for a small percentage of golfers over anything else they could get from other manufacturers is really small.
That said, I'm always happy to try new discs, whether it's Innova's new mid rangers or SD's new distance driver (or hopefully someday Prodigy's fairway drivers). I love the excitement of buying something new with the hope that it will be amazing and fill a spot in the bag better than what is already there. I'm a sucker for new plastic and I spend way too much money on it every year; however I do so knowing full well that most of them will not stay in my bag in the long run. That's just reality.
