Sizing up the basket market...

[whofarted]

what baskets do you like best?  worst?  why?  which ones last?  which dont?  etc... 

[Dan Michler]

chainstar baby!   cuz its called chainstar.  my first born will be named chainstar regardless of male/female.

[whofarted]

mach V



innova discatcher



discraft chainstar

[K-Biscuit]

the hole on the innova pic looks really cool.

[Jon Brakel]

I thought the Chainstar and the DGA Mach V were the same basket.

[mirth]

sure looks that way

[Bruce Brakel]

I thought the Chainstar and the DGA Mach V were the same basket.

Discraft and DGA cross-license a lot of products.  The Chainstar and the Mach V are the same basket except for that one year when the Mach V substituted S-links for the bottom gathering ring and did the metal in blue enamel.  S-links made the chains too squishy and the baskets were promptly dubbed the "Blue Throughs." 

I voted for the Chainstar.  The Discatchers with inner chains are just as good, but they were not on the list. 

Dr. Fred's directional baskets will always have a special place in my heart, but those are far too extreme for how conservative disc golfers are about the game. 

[whofarted]

I voted for the Chainstar.  The Discatchers with inner chains are just as good, but they were not on the list. 

Dr. Fred's directional baskets will always have a special place in my heart, but those are far too extreme for how conservative disc golfers are about the game

a budyy of mine had bought a basket from innova and it had no inner chains which i thought was kinda weird.  what do they call the discatchers with the inner chains?  is that the discatcher pros?  and what is up with the dr. fred's directional?  sounds intresting, any pics?

[Bruce Brakel]

I searched for Dr. Fred's website.  It looks like it is no longer running. 

The baskets at Edgebrook are Dr. Fred's but those are not directional. 

[stpitner]

I voted for the Chainstar.  The Discatchers with inner chains are just as good, but they were not on the list. 

Dr. Fred's directional baskets will always have a special place in my heart, but those are far too extreme for how conservative disc golfers are about the game

a budyy of mine had bought a basket from innova and it had no inner chains which i thought was kinda weird.  what do they call the discatchers with the inner chains?  is that the discatcher pros?  and what is up with the dr. fred's directional?  sounds intresting, any pics?

http://www.innovadiscs.com/discatcher/index.html

Those are the innova baskets.  The DISCatcher pro is usually the one that you'd see on a course with the 24 chains.  I have the Discatcher sport that I bought used on eBay.  It has 18 chains (no chains on the inside), and it's a great practice basket.  It doesn't catch all of the discs that you would normally see caught on 24, but that helps you make better putts that don't rely on the chains pulling the disc in as much

[airspuds]

http://cgi.ebay.com/INNOVA-DISC-GOLF-CATCHER-Basket-CUSTOM-PRO-The-Best_W0QQitemZ300155180947QQihZ020QQcategoryZ88433QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting


what are your opinions ?

any thoughts on how much it would be to convert to portable (with the wheel assembly)

[pickax]

The one listed is portable.
FYI The Discraft chainstar has a wheel base option. The Innova discatcher does not.
The pole on the chainstar is 1 15/16" OD. Innova states theirs is 1 7/8" OD. You might be able to put the chainstar base on the Innova basket. The base is $56 MSRP from Discraft. For that price, I'd just buy a dolly from Home Depot.

[airspuds]

http://www.4141discgolf.com/underconstruction.html

i thought i saw a tone hole in this video

[ChrisPUTTS]

Does anybody have any experience with the DGA M-14 portable basket?  It is a little more expensive than a mach lite or  another "umbrella style" practice basket.  But it seems more reasonable than spending hundreds of dollars on a mach III or V....

[mirth]

Used to have an M14. biggest complaint I ever had about it was the little button things used to attach the chains, basket, and base to the pole. sold it when I got my skill shot.

[skipache]

Chainstars are the best ever , no questions, abd by the way mach III 's suck i would never buy that basket, its really easy to cut through on the right or left side

[ChrisPUTTS]

Think i have actually decided to go with a DGA mach lite...

[airspuds]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300157482521&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNARL:US:12

prcie dropped and so did shipping

if i get a job i might pick this up

[CEValkyrie]

Think i have actually decided to go with a DGA mach lite...

The skillshot & mach lite are pretty much similar accept the bases. Tom M has a mach lite & the base if very irratating to me. If you plan on moving it around a lot i'd go with the skillshot.