Im looking to buy some good glow discs. What would you recomend? I've heard the Gateway Superglows are really good but i cant find them anywhere. Also does anybody know where I could buy like a bundle of innova chapion discs? Possibly the whole champion line?
Thanks, dan
the club has a large selection of gateway glow wizards, elements, and sabres in stock. :)
innova and discraft regular glow plastic all suck. You need to charge it up before each throw. I've heard that discraft photon glow is on par with gateway superglow.
I have an old DGA GlowFly (Blunt mold in glow plastic) that will glow all night off one good charge.
I have a Discraft Glow Z Tracker that glows really really well for as long as i play. The only catch is that you have to be playing somewhere thats nice and dark. If there is street light or its only dusk, then it'll be very hard to find. Out at Fairfield its easier to find that most discs during the day even.
The Gateway disc that Mirth gave Maddisen for helping at Widdershins is a great glow disc! I'll have to test it in a course situation and report back.
QuoteI have a Discraft Glow Z Tracker that glows really really well for as long as i play. The only catch is that you have to be playing somewhere thats nice and dark. If there is street light or its only dusk, then it'll be very hard to find. Out at Fairfield its easier to find that most discs during the day even.
Dont they close fairfield at dark? One of my friends was telling me the cops showed up once and told them to leave because it was past sunset.
I had a glow starfire and it didnt hold a charge very well at all. I have always just used the bobber lights, taped to the bottom of the disc. I just take a champ Teebird and a KC Aviar at night usually. The bobber lights work well with anything white or translucent.
In my opinion, the best glow disc is your favorite disc with a glow stick attached with clear shipping tape. It's much brighter, lasts longer, and it really doesn't affect the disc's flight characteristics.
Don't do glow plastic unless it's completely dark or you like searching for discs. I haven't seen the Gateway stuff but the Discraft Photon Glow is pretty good. One charge of my Wasp usually lasts at least 3 holes.
Try using clear duct tape with the glow stick. You use less tape and you can transfer the stick and tape from disc to disc without losing it's "stickiness." You'll only need to use 2 or three sticks.
Are talking about the Lindy Nite Flite Lites (http://www.discgolfstore.com/product.php?productid=349&cat=248&page=3)?
Yep, those are the ones. You can get them in the fishing section of any place like Wal-Mart. They slip into bobbers so they glow in the water at night. Not sure I understand the purpose but they work well for discs. Fish are attracted to them maybe?
Never new Wal-mart sold them. Thanks! :D
fish like them, but more importantly you can tell when you get a hit on your line!
very important when fishing at night....
QuoteDon't do glow plastic unless it's completely dark or you like searching for discs. I haven't seen the Gateway stuff but the Discraft Photon Glow is pretty good. One charge of my Wasp usually lasts at least 3 holes.
Try using clear duct tape with the glow stick. You use less tape and you can transfer the stick and tape from disc to disc without losing it's "stickiness." You'll only need to use 2 or three sticks.
I bought some clear duct tape last night. That stuff is sweet. Holds strong but peels off easy & sticks back on. Good thing about the tape is it does not leave anything on the disc after you take it off.
QuoteNever new Wal-mart sold them. Thanks! :D
You get ripped off ordering those online. IF you are going to buy them make sure to do it at a local store. Red ones seem to be the brightest (and cheapest). Here in Kenosha they sell for $2.50.
If you tape the light just to the tip where you pull/push the LED part you can turn it on and off all night; you don't have to keep the light on all night and save yourself some life of the light.
I've personally had issues, especially as the lights age, where the light may flicker or turn off in flight... To combat this I'll take a small piece of tape and stretch it over the LED, compressing it down.
QuoteQuoteNever new Wal-mart sold them. Thanks! :D
You get ripped off ordering those online. IF you are going to buy them make sure to do it at a local store. Red ones seem to be the brightest (and cheapest). Here in Kenosha they sell for $2.50.
If you tape the light just to the tip where you pull/push the LED part you can turn it on and off all night; you don't have to keep the light on all night and save yourself some life of the light.
I have never seen a color other than red... But technically red LED's produce less light that any other color currently available. They are the cheapest and easiest to obtain, though. White and Blue are the brightest but I doubt they are usually used in a product like this.
I've seen green, but they're very hard to find. Dr Dye has told me in the past he's got his from Walmart, but typically you had to purchase it with a bobber.
All bass pro carries are the red ones.
Wal-mart sells the regular flourescent type sticks...the ones you snap and shake. They are about and inch and a half long. They lasted over 8 hours. They are no larger than the small red LED ones. They are located in the fishing section. I couldn't find the red lights, so I went with these. They worked very well. :D
gottagothrow has the nite flite lites for 2.95 each. u can get em in red yellow or green. i have used the red one and on a white opaque disc i was able to see it from about 75-100 feet away. they last like 24hrs and u can turn em on and off. i really wish i hadn't lost mine. the regular glow sticks are easier to see with other opaque discs than these LED ones so i find using them both to work out nicely.
I went to Wal-Mart to pick up some of the small Nite Brite's. They only had red. Look in the fishing section near the bobbers.
Take this with you if you cannot find them.
$2.47
Nite Float #009687700602
I just picked up the last 3 at the Round Lake Wal-Mart. They will be reordering.
I also did a search to find other colors.
http://www.1stopfishingshop.com/NiteBriteBatteryLights.html (http://www.1stopfishingshop.com/NiteBriteBatteryLights.html)
When you do use Glow discs, what is the best way to charge them.
Which Portable Black light would you recommend and where can I get it.
I used to use an 8 D-Cell blacklight lantern, looks like a Coleman white gas type lantern.
Pretty much any portable blacklight will be good, provided it uses real fluorescent blacklight tubes. Incandescent blacklights are shit.
This was discussed in another thread so I figured i'd post here.
If you are not using the Thill bobber lights you are at a bid disadvantage. Red is by far the best.
I have not found them to affect the flight of a disc at all. I use all clear Champion drivers and like to attach them to the bottom of the disc in the center. I use clear duct tape. I use a longer piece and pinch it very tight around the end of the bobber. Regular duct tape would work for me as well since I do not cover the light up. I only use tape the width of the bottom of the bobber light. The clear tape peels and makes transfer of lights much easier. I have not had a light fall off yet. On my Rocs & Aviar I tape them on the top and find no affect since they are flying at low speeds.
I just got 50 bobber lights today. If anyone is interested in buying some from me, shoot me a PM. I'll give you a better price than you can find in any store.
ARE THEY TWIST STYLE OR PUSH AND PULL?
I don't like the twists... ran into them the first time on saturday. seemed harder to keep those turned on.
Quote from: mirth on October 30, 2006, 06:40:20 PM
I don't like the twists... ran into them the first time on saturday. seemed harder to keep those turned on.
Not to play devil's advocate, but (you know there had to be one), I had -zero- problems with the red LED's that were twisted to turn on. I didn't do what brett did with leaving the light itself exposed though, I taped over it. It never turned off until I twisted it to off. It also survived about 5 minutes in the creek on hole B after it fell off the disc. I'm sure the push/pull ones will survive no problem as well, but it was nice seeing the LED turn right back on after taking it out of the water!
well, they are bobber lights..... suppose they're designed to get wet! ;)
yeah i know, but you also place it inside the bobber, so you figure maybe it stays dry in there mostly... plus since I don't really go fishing, you don't trust it until you test it you know? good point though :)
They are the push and pull.
http://www.rod-n-bobbs.com/index.php?page=prodView&pid=31
http://www.castawaylakes.com/NiteBriteBattery.html
The Wal Mart in BG, Round Lake, Waukegan, & Gurnee have no more. They said Antioch has 6 & Fox Lake has a couple.
Wal Mart
Nite Float #0096877006023
$2.57
Bass Pro Shops has a ton of them. if you don't want to mess around.
Nite Brite Battery #096877006023
$3.69
The Red LED rocks. I liked your idea Breat of putting the Green one on your hat. I kept having trouble figuring out where my brother went. Another great idea was the flashing red light that was on a bag... I think that was Mukey? One of the guys in the other group kept putting his discs and hard cider in/near my bag thinking that it was his partner's.
For those that like the glow discs themselves, it looks like Innova has the glow Sidewinder now available, great disc :) It has helped my lefty throw park hole 2 at Bevier multiple times with a nice giant S-curve.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on November 02, 2006, 01:39:02 PM
http://www.castawaylakes.com/NiteBriteBattery.html
The Wal Mart in BG, Round Lake, Waukegan, & Gurnee have no more. They said Antioch has 6 & Fox Lake has a couple.
Wal Mart
Nite Float #0096877006023
$2.57
Bass Pro Shops has a ton of them. if you don't want to mess around.
Nite Brite Battery #096877006023
$3.69
I got mine from Gottagogottathrow.com.
Quote from: stpitner on November 02, 2006, 01:46:26 PM
Another great idea was the flashing red light that was on a bag... I think that was Mukey? One of the guys in the other group kept putting his discs and hard cider in/near my bag thinking that it was his partner's.
Yeah, that was me, but I can't take the credit. The 2 flashers I had for my partner & I were from playing Gary Lewis' glow tournaments and he always gives those out before the night round to everyone so that people can tell if someone is in a throwing area.
I've never played glow but am considering showing up at Streamwood one of these nights or perhaps getting to Fairfield if Brett runs his renegade Thursday night games in the winer. I have a few questions-- Do you use multiple lights on all the discs you plan to throw? Or, do you take the light on and off discs as you use them? Do you play a smaller bag and throw just a handful of discs? Do you put the lights on all the discs before you play or do you put them on as you use them? I have one of those Petzl headlight things that I mainly use for barbequeing in the dark. I can see how done the meat is. Do these have any value for walking around the course and making sure you don't kill yourself walking into something? Do you have to light up all the baskets before you play?
I never thought a so-called glow disc would be worth much unless you brought a powerful light source with you to juice it up as you went. They run out of power too quickly. I have an original whammo moonlighter golf disc from the late 1970's. It still holds a glow but a backyard glow not a golf course glow.
Quote from: Mukey on November 02, 2006, 02:00:34 PM
Quote from: stpitner on November 02, 2006, 01:46:26 PM
Another great idea was the flashing red light that was on a bag... I think that was Mukey? One of the guys in the other group kept putting his discs and hard cider in/near my bag thinking that it was his partner's.
Yeah, that was me, but I can't take the credit. The 2 flashers I had for my partner & I were from playing Gary Lewis' glow tournaments and he always gives those out before the night round to everyone so that people can tell if someone is in a throwing area.
Then props to Gary Lewis because that's a really good idea. The would have really come in handy when my group went to play hole 8 because we weren't sure if it was clear or not. I think it was Dan that responded to our yell, "yeah, it's been clear for an hour" lol. We couldn't tell because we saw all these flashing lights from behind the basket, but it was actually people at the tee for B. Thankfully the backup on hole B was only during the first round (for my group at least)
I'll have to try to find some of those flashers. They shouldn't cost too much. Even a glow ring to put around your bag would work well to help others see that the group ahead of them has not holed out yet.
Quote from: Chainmeister on November 02, 2006, 02:05:37 PM
I've never played glow but am considering showing up at Streamwood one of these nights or perhaps getting to Fairfield if Brett runs his renegade Thursday night games in the winer. I have a few questions-- Do you use multiple lights on all the discs you plan to throw? Or, do you take the light on and off discs as you use them? Do you play a smaller bag and throw just a handful of discs? Do you put the lights on all the discs before you play or do you put them on as you use them? I have one of those Petzl headlight things that I mainly use for barbequeing in the dark. I can see how done the meat is. Do these have any value for walking around the course and making sure you don't kill yourself walking into something? Do you have to light up all the baskets before you play?
I never thought a so-called glow disc would be worth much unless you brought a powerful light source with you to juice it up as you went. They run out of power too quickly. I have an original whammo moonlighter golf disc from the late 1970's. It still holds a glow but a backyard glow not a golf course glow.
Somebody at the Widdershins tournament had some sort of strobe light or something that he flashed on the disc and immediately made it glow. I presume it glowed long enough to make it through at least one hole.
As far as lights, I would honestly recommend just going with these and buying a bunch of the LED lights that Brett mentioned. Cover them with Clear duct tape, and you should be set. Everyone put their glow materials on their discs ahead of time. I noticed that by the 4th hour or so of the touranment the mini glow sticks were really hurting in juice. One thing that I liked between my team and the other team we were with was that they would put 2 glow sticks on theirs, and in many cases the colors were different. It helped us figure out which disc belongs to each person without having to shine a light on it.
Number of discs - I put an LED on my primary driver and an LED on my secondary driver. Then I had a glow on my putter (I figured that if the glow was weak I don't need my putter for long range anyway), my primary mid-range (only because I didn't have enough LED's), and a mini glow on my MINI. Don't forget the mini. I think for the next time I will probably buy some rope glow sticks (bracelet size) and try to outline the shape of the mini with the glow stick. I think it would be a lot more effective.
Don't sell yourself short on the discs though. When I got out there I realized that I wanted to throw a different disc on a particular hole, but I didn't want to take the time to change the tape to that disc. Then I get up there and throw a really bad shot because I should have thrown something different. Either get enough lights or just force yourself to take your time. I would recommend that you never take off the LED or whatever light on the disc you use the most for driving so that the tape stays firmly on the disc and you don't have to worry about it popping off when you whack a tree (and believe me, you'll hit 'em) Champion and Elite-Z discs are great to use and tape on top or bottom as the light will shine through to either side. I did have a star disc flip over on me and I could still see it because I had the LED taped on it. I doubt that would be the case for a glowstick.
Flashlights - definitely have one for your walk from basket to the next tee. Try to limit your usage though because if you let your eyes get used to the dark you can see a LOT more. A lot of the glow "purists" will say to never shine the light towards the basket to find routes, you'll just have to find it on your own. I bought a really nice LED flashlight that was pretty expensive, but it is small (5-6") and gives a very bright white light. That worked out great for getting from one place to the next.
If you properly attach your lights you'll quickly realize that you won't even need the flashlight to find your disc. Just look for the light :)
Scott
Quote from: Chainmeister on November 02, 2006, 02:05:37 PM
I never thought a so-called glow disc would be worth much unless you brought a powerful light source with you to juice it up as you went. They run out of power too quickly. I have an original whammo moonlighter golf disc from the late 1970's. It still holds a glow but a backyard glow not a golf course glow.
The best thing to light up glow plastic discs is the mini-blacklight. The blacklight will charge them up quickly & brighlty, but you still won't be able to see it after about 1/2 of the flight. I didn't even bring mine Saturday as I was using the LED lights. I even put one on the underside of an ESP Wasp and could still see the light through it. Red is definetly the best.
Wouldn't mind doing some glow aroung the Downers Grove area sometime. If anyone is interested lets get together & get something going. (not at the Downers Grove 9, just to clarify)
I pulled out 5 of my least used discs from my bag & put Thills on the rest. Think I had 12 discs total lit up.
M00k had the glow bracelet inside a double stash mini & I thought it looked sweet.
Quote from: mirth on November 02, 2006, 02:50:00 PM
M00k had the glow bracelet inside a double stash mini & I thought it looked sweet.
Actually it was a single semi-see-through green Innova mini that worked really well with the green glow bracelet.
I have been playing glow for years and sad to say that I stay clear of anyone that is using a blacklight or any other light to glow a disc... If you are not using a glowstick, you are going to be wasting everyones time on your card looking for your friggin discs.. If you got the sticks you can see your disc hundreds of feet away. I have tried lots of stick and have settled on the green ones you break, you can get them for about 10.50 for a box of 50.. I use the clear duct tape and can move the stick between mutiple discs.. so I end up using about 4 sticks a night on about 7 discs. Since I really only get out at night this time of year, I have even left the tape on some of the disc and reused it for a few weeks.
BTW I buy sticks from http://www.extremeglow.com/ I buy about 20 boxes at a time for the fellas around here.. I have 3 extra if someone runs into me that needs one or 3.
I do have about 25 LED's left (mostly red) if anyone is looking for some.
Another tip I got for you is to use the aluminum tape that is used in duct work (not actual DUCK tape) but the shiny stuff. It acts as a reflective surface and makes even dull light that much brighter
I started using the EL bobber lights and really like them I prefer the twist on and off ones though. Wal MArt carries only the Red EL lights and they are considered a High Theft Item so many times they stop carrying them all together. Which sucks because I can get a discount on them if I buy them at Wal Mart. Gander Mountain sells the Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Bobber lights. I think I may pick up some green and blue to have on different discs. Red on Drivers, Blue on mids, Green on a putter ;D
I was looking to see if the lights I use could be bought cheaper online. I use Rod-n-Bobbs Lucky Jack. When I was looking at their website I noticed something quite interesting. It appears they not only cater to the "fisherman" but also the "disc golfer." Take a look at their battery lights. Notice the names of the first few:
Disc Golf Battery Light (http://www.rod-n-bobbs.com/index.php?page=prodList&by=type&by_id=BatteryLights)
Someone must have tipped them off on how it would market to the night golfer.
Quote from: kvo on November 21, 2006, 10:21:40 AM
I started using the EL bobber lights and really like them I prefer the twist on and off ones though. Wal MArt carries only the Red EL lights and they are considered a High Theft Item so many times they stop carrying them all together. Which sucks because I can get a discount on them if I buy them at Wal Mart. Gander Mountain sells the Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Bobber lights. I think I may pick up some green and blue to have on different discs. Red on Drivers, Blue on mids, Green on a putter ;D
I have used red and yellow... I do not recommend the yellow's. They are a lot harder to see than the reds. The reds are AWESOME. I have an easier time turning on and off the red twist lights than the yellow ones (they were push/pull). I know that Brett had some green ones that he said were also not quite as good as the red ones. I'd like to try out the blue ones as well.
And if you just feel like seeing something cool, but multiple colors on the same discs and chuck it. It is VERY cool watching that thing take off!
Hope i didn't make a mistake by ordering innova glow discs... I have read that they glow poorly compared to other options, but i already ordered and recieved by the time i read about it....
What's the best way to light up the baskets? I have heard glowsticks, or flashlights as ideas.... I also read about a "Firefly," a glowing halo that rests on top of the basket. Just wondering what you have used, and what you prefer....
read this whole thread and you will see what you should be using instead of glow discs. Glow discs suck.
i light up baskets with Rattlers :) NOT!!