Blizzard Plastic... the girly edition

[mowens404]

Originally Posted by emmarose

on a different note, has anyone else noticed inconsistencies in their blizzard plastic? for instance, the 133 katanas that we all first got were beyond understable but i know of at least three people who recently purchased 130ish katanas that appear to be overstable... this doesn't surprise me that the technology is inconsistent but it sure is disappointing.

Erin and Brea have been talking lately about how overstable their new katanas are v. their original were understable.

[Scott]

Originally Posted by emmarose

on a different note, has anyone else noticed inconsistencies in their blizzard plastic? for instance, the 133 katanas that we all first got were beyond understable but i know of at least three people who recently purchased 130ish katanas that appear to be overstable... this doesn't surprise me that the technology is inconsistent but it sure is disappointing.

I bought a couple of Apes in the 130s and they were perhaps the flippiest discs I've ever seen right off the shelf. Totally useless. Tried one from another run and it was still flippier than I expected, but not nearly as bad as the first two.

According to Dave Dunipace (on the Ask Dave thread of the PDGA discussion forum) the Blizzard technology is really tricky and they're going through a lot of experimentation to get it right. Sounds like consistency is just a pipe dream for now....

[Chuck Kennedy]

Of course, I'm not sure why we should expect what used to be considered rejects, but with a fancy marketing spin, to be more consistent than regular run discs?

[TYVEK]

Originally Posted by emmarose

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on a different note, has anyone else noticed inconsistencies in their blizzard plastic? for instance, the 133 katanas that we all first got were beyond understable but i know of at least three people who recently purchased 130ish katanas that appear to be overstable... this doesn't surprise me that the technology is inconsistent but it sure is disappointing.

dont worry its not just blizzard plastic, Innova is famous for the inconsistencies of all of their plastics!!!

[emmarose]

Originally Posted by Chuck Kennedy

Of course, I'm not sure why we should expect what used to be considered rejects, but with a fancy marketing spin, to be more consistent than regular run discs?

ah ha!!! early on in this blizzard love fest i ran across someone with an x-out that looked exactly like my blizzards... we all laughed and joked that innova sure was clever to market their messups as these fancy new life changing high tech bubble infused magical amazing drivers...



... i'm okay with the inconsistencies... hopefully they can fine tune the process 'cause i'm pretty stoked with the extra distance they've given me. they have not, however, replaced my other plastic... simply supplemented...







tyvek... haven't thrown a ton of discraft... but in my small experience i have run across similar inconsistencies... for instance, i always preferred the light blue or pink eclipses to the orange or red because the darker colors were too domey... but, let's not get too far into that ancient squabble that will never end. i believer discraft can coexist peacefully with innova... they have in my bag for about 15 years now...

[Magilla]

With the "Blizzard" plastic....It's a matter of WHERE the bubbles are that affect the stability. If you compare equal weighted discs, the one with more bubbles in the flight plate will be more over stable. This disc will have more of the weight on the outer rim of the disc.

Originally Posted by emmarose

ah ha!!! early on in this blizzard love fest i ran across someone with an x-out that looked exactly like my blizzards... we all laughed and joked that innova sure was clever to market their messups as these fancy new life changing high tech bubble infused magical amazing drivers...



... i'm okay with the inconsistencies... hopefully they can fine tune the process 'cause i'm pretty stoked with the extra distance they've given me. they have not, however, replaced my other plastic... simply supplemented...







tyvek... haven't thrown a ton of discraft... but in my small experience i have run across similar inconsistencies... for instance, i always preferred the light blue or pink eclipses to the orange or red because the darker colors were too domey... but, let's not get too far into that ancient squabble that will never end. i believer discraft can coexist peacefully with innova... they have in my bag for about 15 years now...

[emmarose]

Originally Posted by Magilla

With the "Blizzard" plastic....It's a matter of WHERE the bubbles are that affect the stability. If you compare equal weighted discs, the one with more bubbles in the flight plate will be more over stable. This disc will have more of the weight on the outer rim of the disc.

i heard this from several sources when i first got me some blizzard... so for you folk with the overstable 133 blizzard katanas: where are your bubbles?

my understable katana they are all in the rim.

[LegoRules]

Originally Posted by emmarose

i heard this from several sources when i first got me some blizzard... so for you folk with the overstable 133 blizzard katanas: where are your bubbles?

my understable katana they are all in the rim.

The rim, but they are in the rim of my under stable kanatas too.

[emmarose]

Originally Posted by LegoRules

The rim, but they are in the rim of my under stable kanatas too.

very interesting. seems that the technology simply isn't quite there yet. hopefully they'll be able to dial it in, but i'll say again, i am just not surprised that bubble infused plastic is proving to be a touch squirrelly. doesn't mean i'm not gonna still throw it, just means i have to know that i cannot totally rely always and forever on it... until they figger their shit out over at innova and good luck for sure with that.

[Scott]

Lots of discussion regarding Blizzard plastic with direct answers from the guy who makes it. http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=29785&page=426

[emmarose]

Originally Posted by Scott

Lots of discussion regarding Blizzard plastic with direct answers from the guy who makes it. http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=29785&page=426

'preciate the link, but i'm a one forum kind of gal... i'll just depend on you to keep us updated here in the girly edition thread.

[ScottyJ]

Originally Posted by emmarose

are you old? 'cause my dad's old and we throw basically the same stuff these days...






i love crusties!!!

Yep I guess I am old. LOL I am 54 years young and in better shape now that I am disc golfing.

[ScottyJ]

uder stable over stable. The disc are light. My heavy blizzard is 137 and throws great. Are you all trying to over power it. If you are throwing it at full speed as you would your 171gram disc you are throwing it to hard. Try using 70 to 80% power and see what happens. I have a 136 BOSS and a 137 WRAITH both are fantastic and have found a place in my bag.

[emmarose]

Originally Posted by ScottyJ

uder stable over stable. The disc are light. My heavy blizzard is 137 and throws great. Are you all trying to over power it. If you are throwing it at full speed as you would your 171gram disc you are throwing it to hard. Try using 70 to 80% power and see what happens. I have a 136 BOSS and a 137 WRAITH both are fantastic and have found a place in my bag.

the only one of these discs that has proven understable for me is the 133 katana... but i just don't flip plastic very easily... even vulcans and archons at the lighter weights hyzer out for me. it's what initially got me excited for the technology... flippy plastic, even for emma!!!

[matt]

have any of you ladies thrown a blizzard krait
i have one, i bought to play with and give to my wife
it often seems to slip out of my hand early, compared to my other lighter CH plastic