Lids vs Bricks vs Putters for approach

[azplaya25]

I've approached with regular old putters(Aviars, Wizards, etc), bricks(Rhyno, Harp)...but I've never used a lid. Just curious what everyone's approach disc of choice is...lots of people love some polecats and other slow gliding disc, others like zero glide bricks, and some people just throw their putters at everything.

 

[ejvogie]

I putt with a Rhyno

I carry 2 others for approaches though. Also a Zone and a Wedge. The Wedge may be working itself out of the bag though, my SE Rhyno is US enough to cover that slot.


So I voted Brick, but could really have gone either way.

 

[VictorB]

overstability = consistency in all conditions

I also love throwing forehand approaches

Brick

 

[ray1970]

Not sure I'd call the Harp a brick, but I prefer something like it so I guess I like to chuck bricks at the basket.

 

[oldmandiscer]

I use all 3 depending on the course and conditions. It's nice to be versatile.

 

[seedlings]

Flickin' Bricks! I'm a harp flicker, but experimenting on the Gator, and just picked up a Drone (yet to throw on course).

 

[Spectacledbear]

Bricks are boring.

 

[bsammons]

Brick flicker here.

And boring = birdie

 

[Spectacledbear]

That's why art of flight --> score in disc golf.

 

[Answers to Lucky]

Bricks are boring.

It's good for approaches to be boring. I'll use the most bricklike disc that can reach.

 

[BrotherDave]

Strictly approaching? Lids hand down. You can run the basket from everywhere basically and almost never have a long come backer. The real trump card of the lid is that they're so much easier to land flat or match the slope of the ground and have blunt, skip averse rims so they make approaching risky/fast greens a lot less dramatic. The trad putter or brick have much higher roll away potential, especially the brick.

The advantage of the trad putter is mostly familiarity aka mold minimalism. If you have much range on your jump-putts then you can negate a lot of the advantages of a lid, especially if it's windy.

The advantage of the brick is "Safeton golf" where you can throw easy hyzers all day, either BH or flick. The slow panning FH with an overstable disc like a Zone, A2, etc (Bergs are killer at this) is also a stupidly useful shot. But if you're stuck with a straight at it look, i.e. no hyzer lines, then the brick is sub-optimal.

I bag all 3 of these options though with a Polecat, Keystone, and A2. The terrain in NC can change a lot depending on whether you go East or West so they all get used.

 

[elmexdela]

idk bruh

you need to refine your taste

big difference even in wiz vs aviar

and ion is in the middle of those 3

 

[DoWork]

My go-to putting putter, finesse shaping disc and straight-on approach disc is a gummy champ birdie. I've been a birdie thrower since I started and really just loved how direct they are- gildeless, brickish flight thats super shapeable and can handle a surprising amount of power too.

People think of them as beginner discs but the better I get the more I just love everything about the way I can control it. Easily my most dependable disc inside 200', no matter the shape or elevation change. A K1 Berg is my overstable compliment, and between the two of them my approach game is pretty tight, but I am definitely a lid guy.

 

[Pymm]

Blowfly is the best approach disc I've ever used. It's hard for me to overstate how much it has helped my approach game. I can count the rollaways on one hand after months of using it. I only really like it inside 100 feet though. Rarely blows past the basket and when it hits, it just folds up on itself and stops. For something outside that distance, it's an Envy or a Zone.

 

[discerdoo]

I can't vote in this poll. I bag a Zone, Envy, K1 Berg and JB Roach. Roach probably gets most approach work, it's straight/US. Zone gets Zone work, I'm FH dominant. Envy is primarily off the tee but I'll throw it for some longer approaches, mid type shots. Played a round this afternoon and didn't throw the Envy once. If I was to drop one it would probably be the Berg but it's a cool, useful disc. Was feeling it this afternoon for some shorter sharp hyzer lines. Give it some air and it will work.

Yeah I have overlap but the way I have my compact Zuca set up, I really need 24 discs for load balance. Screw mold minimization, I like all my putters and generally know how and when to throw them.

Also - Berg is an excellent FH roller disc and I've been putting with Roaches for a couple years.

 

[Jimb]

My preference is to have some variation of an Aviar for my approaches.

 

[Orioles_Lefty]

I voted Putter because on an open-ish upshot I am throwing LHBH Warden. But I also BH and FH a zone. I especially like the Zone for downhill approaches.

 

[ru4por]

I throw a Z Challenger at most pins. ESP Chally for most understable needs. Zone as my hyzer workhorse. I am currently interviewing for a stable (not Zone stable) bag resident. Tomorrow a Luna get an internship.

 

[ru4por]

I throw a Z Challenger at most pins. ESP Chally for most understable needs. Zone as my hyzer workhorse. I am currently interviewing for a stable (not Zone stable) bag resident. Tomorrow a Luna get an internship.

Sorry, I voted but failed to answer the question. I throw mostly lid type discs and I throw them like lids. I voted lids.

 

[wolfhaley]

Zone, Envy and Comet for me for approaches. My Envy is pretty beat so it's straightish. Zone for Zone things. Comet does literally anything I ask of it. I just run longer approaches now with the Comet. I know it's a mid, but it's so versatile that it's slowly taking over a lot of my upshot duties.