Best year for plastic?

[Declarkus]

So, similar to wine, was there a good year for plastic?

I've heard that the rising cost of plastics has brought down disc plastic quality. I've also been told that older Discraft Z plastic is better than current blends. I noticed a difference in quality from a Proline Squall I bought this year that beat in faster than the one I got new in '07.

From your experience, are there certain years of plastic that you consider superior?
Is there any science to it?

 

[keltik]

seriously? this is frisbees not wine. but if you are a Roc-head 2001. or was it '02?

 

[elmexdela]

2007 was a stand out year

 

[Ted Bratton]

Plastic ages and changes so that is a big factor. I see a lot of older discs that are "oily" where I can see fingerprints all over the disc. The plasticizers are being released and the disc is becoming much more brittle. Saying X older plastic "feels better" than Y newer plastic is a complete over generalization. Plastic changes run to run and a lot of the plastic used today is definitely some of the best quality ever. I felt an unthrown gold line driver the other day that felt so perfect to me, I was amazed. You will always run into older discs which plastic's aesthetics, level of flexibility, and/or grip appeals to you. Personally I dig more opaque discs. That being said people are extremely opinionated about plastic and you will always hear these opinion. I can't disagree when I hear that "11x champ plastic" generally has an appealing level of stiffness and high grip. Personally if I still threw a lot of molds that were ran in that plastic I wouldn't ever pay a 200%+ gouged price for one because it isn't worth 2-3 discs to me, but obviously I would buy as many cheap ones as I ran into because those discs tended to feel fantastic.

 

[eric40817]

I bought a DX Teebird in 2011. Im letting that sucker age for a few more years before taking it out.

 

[TalbotTrojan]

Well, I think 2015 is looking like a good year. I mean with Frost from latitude coming out later this year, the expansion of the frost line to more molds next year is going to be awesome!

 

[Declarkus]

I can't disagree when I hear that "11x champ plastic" generally has an appealing level of stiffness and high grip.

So what year was that? I think I bought my 11x FB new at Academy in 2005 maybe?
It just feels like typical Champ to me, but I know there's a demand for them. I thought maybe it had to do with the older plastics being better.

 

[thrembo]

I prefer 2004ish Discraft Z plastic myself.

 

[juju]

2003-2004, early run Z plastic, late CE, KC Pro, SE, chalky D, the goods.

 

[Dan Ensor]

Let's see ... I have a lot of '10 plastic I'd like to sell. So '10. Definitely the best year.

 

[eday1022]

2007-2008 Star blend was really nice, also had the champy stars heavy that year.

 

[biscoe]

2003-2004, early run Z plastic, late CE, KC Pro, SE, chalky D, the goods.

not bad. definitely love the proline from that era. my fave for putters is a very specific batch from 97. late 90's dx was definitely better than the dx for the next 10 years or so- it has gotten better again recently.

 

[Badger45]

2011 is when Icon came out...so I'm going with 2011. I like to pair my Icon plastic with a nice Nalgene plastic full of water (not BPA).

 

[Mushin No Shin]

G*Teebird 3 made 2014 a pretty good year for plastic!

 

[DanJon]

2015 is going to be a great year.

 

[elmexdela]

the gstarrr is pretty money

 

[zgmc]

1862. The year the first man made plastic was invented.

 

[eegor]

I prefer Vibram rubber. I also like the early ProStyle rubber/plastic that Lightning made/makes.

Although I don't own any of them, the Gstar plastic feels amazing. I have considered buying some of them, but I don't have time to throw the 200 throwers I currently have that I don't want to get rid of.

 

[JedV]

2015 is going to be a great year.

I'll drink to that!

 

[Plastic Thunder]

There is all kinds of good stuff, Innova 2000-2006, Discraft 2005-2010, prodigy now, DD now, Vibram now, Westside now, MVP the first year to now. IMO. I have about 1500 disc going back to the 80's and all the companies have had good stuff and will again.