Disc golf: MVP plastic glows like none other (images inside)

As my disc golf addiction’s intensified, my love of glow frisbees has increased …

There are three reasons for this:

• Reason No. 1 – Glow plastic feels better – it’s often grippier.
• Reason No. 2 – Glow plastic allows for play under the cover of darkness.
• Reason No. 3 – Glow plastic gives me an excuse to buy more gear – I love it.

Of course, there are some downsides, too …

In spite of my best efforts, frisbees STILL aren’t free. In fact, adding major insult to injury, regardless of manufacturer, glow stuff costs more than its regular-plastic counterpart.

To combat this, I’m pretty picky about the molds I “go glow” with …

You should be, too.

My latest glow acquisition is a relatively new, but all-time favorite mold of mine – the Discraft Scorch. For me, within the Discraft lineup, Z-Line plastic is about as good as it gets. Naturally, when I found a Z-Glo Scorch, I wasted no time in nabbing it for my personal collection.

• It feels great.
• It flies awesome.
• It looks incredible, too.

But man …

It glows like garbage.

So as to prevent you from making the same mistake I made, I’ve conducted a little experiment. Below, you’ll find a regular, run-of-the-mill picture of my Z-Glo Scorch. After said picture was taken, I placed it directly under a desk lamp for 10 minutes – seven inches from the bulb. After that, I took to a windowless room and snapped a quick image in complete darkness …

Compare and contrast:

Pathetic, huh?

And keep in mind …

That’s with 10 MINUTES of bright-light exposure.

Compare that with how my Eclipse Glow Envy did when given a similar test. I say “similar,” as the only change I made was leaving it under a light source for one minute – NOT 10 minutes.

Grab your Ray-Bans:

MVP does glow gear better than most – this includes Axiom, obviously. In my experience, other high-quality, industry-leading glow plastics include Kastaplast and Lone Star Disc. Innova usually does a fairly good job, as well. But as I see it, MVP stands high above the rest.

And yes, I get that glow capability differs from run to run …

Not ALL of Discraft’s night-time discs suck.

But if you’re in the market for building out your glow bag and want to avoid buyer’s remorse like the plague, you can’t go wrong with MVP’s glow polymers. While you go about doing things the right way, I’ll be here getting the taste of this Z-Glo crap out of my mouth …

So bad.

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