[Vibram] Vibram Disc Golf Thread

[xJFK]

be weary if you plan on using the microwave trick on one of your vibrams.. i don'y know if its the cold weather but i microwaved it for a minute or so and started smelling something burning and noticed my ridge was bubbling.. you can see the brown spots, a bubble that burst, as well and one the sunk.. after it cooled i noticed it warped upward..

 

[xJFK]

i guess that's what i get for trying out wizards and ions.. my favorite ridge decided to kill itself

 

[OcDiscGolf]

Is putting plastic or rubber in a microwave really considered a "Trick"

 

[Connor Jones]

Yeah, don't EVER microwave plastic or rubber, the fumes it will probably release are not good for you to say the least.

 

[smarkquart]

be weary if you plan on using the microwave trick on one of your vibrams.. i don'y know if its the cold weather but i microwaved it for a minute or so and started smelling something burning and noticed my ridge was bubbling.. you can see the brown spots, a bubble that burst, as well and one the sunk.. after it cooled i noticed it warped upward..

Not saying you did anything wrong, but did you remember to put the disc in the microwave upside down and place water in the disc up to the rim? I have only done this twice but neither time I had problems with them.

 

[xJFK]

yup i did.

 

[smarkquart]

yup i did.

Don't know what to say but sorry that a nice ridge was destroyed. I have seen the microwave trick work a few times with no harm done. Sucks that your ridge was not so lucky.

 

[Dave T]

Long range driver all day please! I agree that a LR driver would complete my Vibram quiver. Thanks for the great discs!

 

[xJFK]

if vibram made a disc similar to either an orc or an OLF i would be very happy

 

[solomon.trenton]

be weary if you plan on using the microwave trick on one of your vibrams.. i don'y know if its the cold weather but i microwaved it for a minute or so and started smelling something burning and noticed my ridge was bubbling.. you can see the brown spots, a bubble that burst, as well and one the sunk.. after it cooled i noticed it warped upward..

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you did it wrong boss. no more than 30 seconds with the disc facing upwards

Is putting plastic or rubber in a microwave really considered a "Trick"

it works well too

Not saying you did anything wrong, but did you remember to put the disc in the microwave upside down and place water in the disc up to the rim? I have only done this twice but neither time I had problems with them.

you are doing it wrong

 

[xJFK]

steve did one for 2 minutes at the austin demo last year..

 

[smarkquart]

The way I was shown at Steve's demonstration at GGGT a while back and have done it twice myself is to place the disc plate down so the rim forms a bowl. In there you place water in it and microwave it for 2-3 minutes. Then you let the water to sit for 20 minutes before you dump it out. The one time it seemingly worked for my Firm Ascent. The other time was on my Ridge, but it did not seem to do anything, although I was only trying to see if I could get the sunken in top to pop back out.

 

[Carolina Crushers]

I voted for 1st long range driver....hopefully valkerie-like

 

[Dana]

Trak is pretty Valk-like, right?

My vote is Understable mid (Comet like)

 

[frasnow]

I want a rubber Comet! I voted for a mid.

 

[StevenDodge]

Thanks for all the input, we are impressing the folks here at Vibram with our passion and willingness to give our thoughts. I suspect I will continue to utilize you all to help guide my thoughts on future development. (plus all the cool stuff we've got planned)

Regarding the microwave trick, I no longer use water in the disc and I think that xJFK may have had a disc with a "pre-existing condition". I've asked him to send it to me so we can have the chemists look at it and figure out what may have caused its untimely death. Also, the microwave will fix warps, but it will not fix sunken tops.

 

[frasnow]

Sunset on the Beach

Steve,
Please ask the team to make more discs like this.

 

[frasnow]

Steve,
Please ask the team to make more discs like this.

Fixing missing image.

 

[StevenDodge]

Those are very cool! I will let them know how cool these are. Thanks for sharing.

 

[StevenDodge]

X-Link Soft starts shipping to retailers this week!