The Ask MJ & Comet Love Thread

[RocBottom]

I saw this on a Comet vs Mako3 thread. cracked me up! lol

ilikemyteasweet 18 points 1 year ago

Comet has a large bead, Mako 3 doesn't - if that's a factor.

On paper, they're pretty similar. I think the Comet is capable of a wider variety of shots, but that's a personal opinion.

Go watch Michael Johansen throw a Comet - that's the best marketing ever for a disc right there.


FrolfAmundsen 11 points 1 year ago

It's like watching Michaelangelo paint.

 

[notroman]

It's like watching Michaelangelo paint.

My buddy used a similar line a long time ago while watching me throw the Comet.

"The fairway is a canvas, the Comet is the paintbrush, and you're the painter"

 

[Streets]

Comet throwing is definitely a fine art.

 

[BuiltTooLong]

I like my jawbreaker Banger GT, but I wish it was in firmer plastic. After all the free promotion Big Jerk has given your purple Banger...

That was autocorrect kicking in. Big Jerm it should have read

Are you sure it was autocorrect and no a Freudian slip???

 

[mshelton]

I've been wanting to pick up a MJ Z Comet to try but all the available colors seem to be, well "lost" color. I'm not real picky just prefer something bright but all I see available is Olive, Dark Green and Pewter. Couple those colors with my off fairway habits, I don't think that disc will have a good life expectancy in my bag.

Any ideas where a guy could get his hands on a findable colored one?

 

[BryanC]

I've been wanting to pick up a MJ Z Comet to try but all the available colors seem to be, well "lost" color. I'm not real picky just prefer something bright but all I see available is Olive, Dark Green and Pewter. Couple those colors with my off fairway habits, I don't think that disc will have a good life expectancy in my bag.

Any ideas where a guy could get his hands on a findable colored one?

There's a pink one in the canal behind the basket on hole 7 at Oldsmar DGC. It's got my name on it, but if you can find it you can have it :thmbup:

 

[mshelton]

There's a pink one in the canal behind the basket on hole 7 at Oldsmar DGC. It's got my name on it, but if you can find it you can have it :thmbup:

Now that is mighty generous my friend.

 

[trout_smith]

Sun King has a couple in Yellow and Green, but they don't show the specific colors.

https://www.sunkingdiscs.com/discraft-elite-z-comet-michael-johansen-tour-series.html

 

[curmudgeonDwindle]

It's like watching Michaelangelo paint.

While no photographic or video records exist of Michelangelo actually painting, when DO know that most all of his paintings were frescoes, which are made very quickly as well...

 

[jfraney43]

Has anybody compared the Comet to this year's Ace Race disc? I wonder if there's overlap there

 

[MANBURGARLAR]

I keep hearing that it's supposedly flippier than a comet, but I haven't been able to hold one physically and try it for myself. Hopefully someone else can chime in on this. I'm interested to hear aswell.

 

[mj20300]

Has anybody compared the Comet to this year's Ace Race disc? I wonder if there's overlap there

It's a little shorter than the comet. Good thrower though

 

[RocBottom]

MJ,

What are your thoughts on the new ESP plastic. Do you feel that it's more grippy, durable, more stable? I have 2 discs in the new ESP and love them and only notice a slight difference between old and new ESP. Thanks

 

[armiller]

Rando question: have you played Orange Crush in Fairmont, WV? It's a course I'd expect you to enjoy and quite possibly destroy!

 

[mj20300]

MJ,

What are your thoughts on the new ESP plastic. Do you feel that it's more grippy, durable, more stable? I have 2 discs in the new ESP and love them and only notice a slight difference between old and new ESP. Thanks

I really like the change in the esp plastic to what it is now. It really helps in the driver molds for durability. I think some of them will be more stable in this plastic, but it will all depend on the molds. Mostly it was a change so the discs would last longer. Really, really liking how the cranks fly in this plastic and how much grip I can get on them. Most of my bag has swapped over to this plastic. Kinda been a learning curve with them this year

 

[mj20300]

Rando question: have you played Orange Crush in Fairmont, WV? It's a course I'd expect you to enjoy and quite possibly destroy!

Don't know that course. Unfortunately I haven't been to WV to play golf in quite a while

 

[armiller]

Don't know that course. Unfortunately I haven't been to WV to play golf in quite a while

If you're bored this weekend, check out the Seth Burton Memorial. Fun courses and I'd love to see you play them!

 

[olemiss5931]

Can somebody give me a run down on how some of the newer comets fly? I took a 3 year hiatus throughout med school and am getting back in the game. Whats the difference between Big Z vs ESP swirly vs ESP Glo vs Tour Series?

 

[VictorB]

Can somebody give me a run down on how some of the newer comets fly? I took a 3 year hiatus throughout med school and am getting back in the game. Whats the difference between Big Z vs ESP swirly vs ESP Glo vs Tour Series?

The plastic doesn't seem to make much difference in glide or flight. Dome, as always with comets, is the real deciding factor.

The bigZ and Tour series Z have the tallest domes. Which in turn means more glide, and a little less stability and wind resistance. The tour series is the more stable of these two plastics, and is a very straight disc off the shelf. The swirl ESP Glow tour series are the 'flattest' - they still have a nice tall shoulder, but don't have a tall dome in the middle of the flight plate. In my opinion, these comets are a tick faster, and have a tick more high speed stability than the tall domes you often see on Z and Glow Z. Haven't got my hands on a normal swirl ESP yet. As long as they don't come out super flat, you can likely expect them to fly like the tour series.

 

[thecandydan]

Yes, there should be another one done

This was from July -- was there just one run of your ESP Glo Comets? After the initial wave in our local store and online I never saw them again. Great disc, BTW, my son & I both bag it.