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[MVP] MVP VOLT - The Comprehensive Thread
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ZAMson
^Has PhD in Disc-Artistry
Zach J. - yesWhat say, Zach.....can you make a 75 mile throw and with pinpoint accuracy?
Zach K. - no
Bultx -- USPS picks up mid-afternoon, processes evening/over night and they should leave town after that processing, whatever they do and whenever they end it. They're good people to work with (our drivers are *especially* fond of DGers with all the favors they do you/us.. maybe it's the undeniably precious shop dog) and all, but I get the feeling UPS processes a little faster and works a little snappier. Our UPS drivers are freakin stellar as well... had the same guy (even the same substitute!) for at least 2.5 years.
I keep forgetting there are two Zach's.
UPS is worse actually. 3 days on avg and higher cost. Their rural delivery leaves much to be desired as well....though my new guy is doing tons better. May be hope on that front.
When I first started ordering discs from y'all, it was a day and a half to my door for the most part. There were odd two or three day deals due to weather or holidays, etc. But since the PO started complaining about money at the first of this year, most things doubled or tripled in time across the board. Its extremely frustrating that I can mail a package to Oregon and have it beat one going to Austin.:wall: Happens way too many times to be a fluke. Oh well...nothing to be done about it but either wait or drive to Austin...which we did last Saturday. You guys at DN have always treated me extremely well. The post office, not so much.
UPS is worse actually. 3 days on avg and higher cost. Their rural delivery leaves much to be desired as well....though my new guy is doing tons better. May be hope on that front.
When I first started ordering discs from y'all, it was a day and a half to my door for the most part. There were odd two or three day deals due to weather or holidays, etc. But since the PO started complaining about money at the first of this year, most things doubled or tripled in time across the board. Its extremely frustrating that I can mail a package to Oregon and have it beat one going to Austin.:wall: Happens way too many times to be a fluke. Oh well...nothing to be done about it but either wait or drive to Austin...which we did last Saturday. You guys at DN have always treated me extremely well. The post office, not so much.
plastic cannon
* Ace Member *
+1. One of the first things I learned when joining this site was that flight ratings are somewhat arbitrary. Discs fly different for different players depending on power etc.
StevenDodge
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I recognize that the above is typed with sarcasm and it even made me chuckle (not quite out loud), but I figured I'd make sure everyone is clear that the Vibram Disc Golf speed numbers are the ideal launch speed of the discs.
Speed, at least in our rating system, is a relative number so that you can compare which Vibram discs will work for your arm speed.
http://www.vibramdiscgolf.com/flight-ratings.html
DeadEye
Double Eagle Member
I love living less than 6 hours away. I ordered my Volts about 2 yesterday, and will get them around 2 tomorrow. I'm immediately going to throw one of them into a brick wall a few times to change it's flight a little, then throw them both and give you guys some sort of feedback for a 300-350 thrower.
curveball4
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Now you're speaking my language!
Nah, just 1 black one and it's been sitting there staring at me for the past 5 hours.
Halcón
Free At Last
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If I didn't already buy 3 of them, I'd probably snag that last 168.
Halcón
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Only 1 now. 168 Black.
ZAMson
^Has PhD in Disc-Artistry
My koolaid is tastyOh sure, everyone defend Zam.
Hopefully my speed 7-10 Volts come in the mail tomorrow. :thmbup:
No matter what power level you have, just try it on full and powered-down lines and see if you, as a single thrower, can recognize similarities to all of those. I'd say it's a control driver with awesome distance line and power-down capabilities.
plastic cannon
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Zam, exactly how tasty is the Volt Kool-Aid? How does it compare to avengers? Those are my go to driver.My koolaid is tasty
No matter what power level you have, just try it on full and powered-down lines and see if you, as a single thrower, can recognize similarities to all of those. I'd say it's a control driver with awesome distance line and power-down capabilities.
Halcón
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My koolaid is tasty
No matter what power level you have, just try it on full and powered-down lines and see if you, as a single thrower, can recognize similarities to all of those. I'd say it's a control driver with awesome distance line and power-down capabilities.
Once I get my Volts, I'm gonna go to the field and test them out against six discs:
Champ Valk, Champ Beast, DX Beast, X Avenger, Ti Stalker and DX Teebird.
I have a feeling the Volt will rule them all.
What plastic are you throwing? The X is the only one that glides anywhere close to a Volt. As far as Z/ESP Avengers go, the Volt flies a lot better across speeds. Those premium Avengers are much more power hungry for them to work properly. You won't be able to punch a Volt flat into a headwind like you can with a stable Avenger, but besides that I'd say it's going to do just about everything else better...unless you are an X Avenger man. In that case the Volt is similar to a new or slightly worn X Avenger in general stability, but I still think the Volt is a little more under control on it's lines than the X Avenger.
Each of us testers got a full spectrum of weights to test. As far as the ones I got, the lighter ones are a bit more stable...They seem to pull out of a turn a bit earlier and resist turning a bit more on a flat throw. It's not a big difference. I could have received any single one of my test discs and I'd have the same opinion of the Volt and rate it the same. And as I've said before, my light pink 175 is my least stable. All 4 of my discs are within .5 of each other in terms of HSS and have pretty identical LSS.
