Sweet! New FLX Plastic from Discraft!

[stpitner]

This stuff looks so cool..

http://www.discraft.com/news_0701_flx.html

It would be interesting to see what happens when these things whack a tree.  maybe it will give even more truth to the meaning of taco-ing a disc!

I can't order these... Bruce can!  I'll happily take a Surge or two or three.

[tacimala]

I've got a Surge and a Buzzz en route.

[acedeucelefty]

Picked up a stack of these at the tournament where they were released this weekend.  I haven't thrown them yet, but the picture on Discraft's website doesn't lie!  When warm, these things are very floppy, but not obnoxiously floppy.  When they are cold they are still flexible, providing a great grip. 

A couple of comments from Jim Kenner when talking to him during one of our rounds were that the Surge seems to be a bit more overstable than normal esp surges and an added benefit from the flexible plastic is their ability to absorb the force of the disc hitting the ground/tree/other object.  They will still skip like usual but when thrown as a thumber or spike hyzer they will just stop, and hopefully when they hit a tree the kicks will be straight down instead of 50' right or left.

[Bruce Brakel]

This stuff looks so cool..

http://www.discraft.com/news_0701_flx.html

It would be interesting to see what happens when these things whack a tree.  maybe it will give even more truth to the meaning of taco-ing a disc!

I can't order these... Bruce can!  I'll happily take a Surge or two or three.

I'll get them if there is some interest.  Looks like they have great memory. 

[Chainmeister]

Picked up a stack of these at the tournament where they were released this weekend.  I haven't thrown them yet, but the picture on Discraft's website doesn't lie!  When warm, these things are very floppy, but not obnoxiously floppy.  When they are cold they are still flexible, providing a great grip. 

A couple of comments from Jim Kenner when talking to him during one of our rounds were that the Surge seems to be a bit more overstable than normal esp surges and an added benefit from the flexible plastic is their ability to absorb the force of the disc hitting the ground/tree/other object.  They will still skip like usual but when thrown as a thumber or spike hyzer they will just stop, and hopefully when they hit a tree the kicks will be straight down instead of 50' right or left.

Sounds interesting now but I wonder if they would be too gummy in the middle of the summer.

[white_rhino]

On Second though Bruce I still want to pick a couple up so let me know if you get em

[Dan Michler]

how long until Innova comes out with the exact same thing

for once Discraft is first with the new thing

[stpitner]

I say good for Discraft.  It helps promote healthy competition.

[ParkerJ152]

I'd take a couple off your hands.

Jason

[mirth]

so what, these are a slightly less floppy version of the plastic ching uses for what they call supreme?

[plasticfiya]

i hope there not as floppy as the ching juju's when its warm mine is like throwing a undercooked pancake. they look sweet tho ill probly pick up acouple

[tacimala]

OK got my hands on one of each of these now. Definitely not as floppy as those ching juju's. Not even close. They really aren't much different than an ESP (as they are still the ESP standard) but they just flex more. You can twist them around like the picture on the site and they go right back to the original, so as Bruce said it looks like they have good memory.

Holding onto them though I do wonder about their distance in comparison and their flippyness in comparison. I will be picking up an ESP Buzzz tonight (already have an ESP Surge) and testing out all 4 tomorrow to compare.

[white_rhino]

Disc-n-Dat has them but they would be 21 bucks with shipping so if someone knows where I can get a surge cheaper than that I would appreciate it.

Thanks

[Bruce Brakel]

When I have them they'll be $13 or 13 Brass, free shipping if you buy two or more.  But I always give the tournament players first crack at the new stuff. 

[white_rhino]

so odds r you will sell out... anybody else got an in

[tacimala]

I didn't end up using mine that much yesterday actually. They throw very similar to the ESP versions with the Surge being a bit more overstable in my opinion. I did notice that the ricochets were much less severe, so I will be using these discs for wooded courses.

There is someone selling these on the PDGA site under the Equipment section. You can find the thread about FLX and send him a message and he may have some left.

[Bruce Brakel]

I'm coming to town this weekend or next.  I'll bring some with me. 

$10 each for Discontinuum members. 

[white_rhino]

Please let me know where and when you will be in town and I will buy at least 2

Thank You

[Bruce Brakel]

It is still looking very likely I'll be in town on Super Bowl Sunday, and I'll play Bevier league that morning.  I have the last 53 FLX discs they're going to have for a couple of weeks.  The Buzzzes are mostly 172 but mixed weights.  The Surges are mostly 160 to 164 which is kind of light, but since the FLX is more overstable, that might be a nice weight for some of us.  I'll post tomorrow after I pick them up. 

I'll set some aside if you still want them.  If the Buzzzes are slightly overstable for ESP, I'll probably want all 40 of those for myself! 

[acedeucelefty]

If the Buzzzes are slightly overstable for ESP, I'll probably want all 40 of those for myself! 

I haven't thrown ESP buzzzes, but the flx was definitely more understable than z-buzzzes and more like an out of the box d-buzzz for me.  The flx surges were more stable than esp for me as well.