[Other] Kastaplast

[Brockness Monster]

Rekos actually switched my preference from non-beaded to beaded putters and mids. The Reko flight is just so pure and controllable. I was skeptical of the Reko X for a little bit, but after testing it against an Envy I realized that it is just as fantastic as the Reko, just a touch or two more OS. Sadly, I didn't jive well with the Jarn or Kaxe. The Jarn was too dumpy at the end of flight, when I was looking for something with a lateral fade. Kaxes were too straight, not enough fade for what I needed. I might revisit the Kaxes at some point in the future.

 

[thatdirtykid]

Last time out to the field I brought a somewhat beat glow Rask I found in a creek. K1 plastic, very similar to Innova glow champion. Unknown weight. Not much dome. Fairly flat disc.

My experience with the Rask is pretty limited. I threw a brand new one a little bit several years ago. It was very overstable and glideless. Reminiscent of something like an Ape or Nuke OS.

This glow Rask is way different. It behaves like a somewhat beat Destroyer or Boss. Not an overly wide rim, but it's shallow. The Rask has some zip, and gets downrange pretty fast. Released hard and flat it turns a little before coming back pretty hard at the end.

I'd rate the glow Rask at 13, 4, -1.5, 3. Long disc. I was able to creep this thing over 450' a couple times.

I know the Rask isn't supposed to be flippy. I think this one just has the stability beat out of it. Very pleasant disc to throw, and it impressed me from a distance standpoint. This particular Rask is noticeably faster and longer than any Grym I've ever thrown. Grym never impressed me. It seems to be between 11 and 12 speed, and flips at the wrong time.

On a side note, this Rask glows way brighter than any other brand's glow discs. It's almost startlingly bright.

Rask has slowly got less and less OS over the years. They always were more speed OS than true OS, some winds that wouldnt flip an Xcal or Max would flip a rask some.

That sad a Rask is possibly the longest disc I have thrown into a strong headwind. They do seem to cut the air well. Newer ones are sadly not OS enough for that use anymore and I am back to throwing spirits for my fast OS wind fighter.

 

[the1discChallenge]

In my putter journey I tried and didn't like the Reko. I really wanted to, but as a throwing putter I found it to be less stable than I needed. The Reko X was more stable, maybe almost too much for general throwing putter duties.

Kind of made me sad, because K1 is amazing plastic.

I read some reviews claiming the X is quite a bit more stable than anticipated like you mentioned, so I tried the normal Reko for throwing. It'll force me to throw with good form. When I get a clean release, it'll hold angles very well. But it also works for my game and I can definitely see how it might not be as OS as you might like.

 

[HyooMac]

I switched my Reko when the hard blend came out (I had been using normal K3's). The hard are plenty grippy, maybe a bit more stable, and very controllable. I never took to the K1. It felt a bit deeper (my K3's are almost puddle tops) and it wasnt grippy enough.

Try all blends! The Reko is amazing.

(Everything inside 180' is a Berg or a Reko for me)

 

[gooberau]

(Everything inside 180' is a Berg or a Reko for me)

It's like looking in a mirror :thmbup:

 

[Brockness Monster]

It's like looking in a mirror :thmbup:

same same. Kasta-ception

 

[Jolt]

Most of the REKO K1soft/K2 i have tried has been on the OS side. . .and the X in K3 is way straighter than the K1.

A K3 REKO, a K1 soft REKO and a K1 REKO X combo can handle all of my throwing putter duties ( or sometimes i go REKO K1, REKO X K3 and REKO X K1)

 

[thatdirtykid]

Glow Reko have a good stability to them in general, espeically the 2017s. I was pretty surprised by my advent glow reko being fairly close to how I remember the 2017s being, more stable than I wanted for my only throwing putter (aside from my K2 glow) in the glow bag TBH

 

[the1discChallenge]

Got out for another round today and threw the K1 Reko a bunch. I'm finding this disc wants to be put on a slight hyzer and push straight for 70% of its flight. It's teaching me to give some height on my putters. I haven't had a chance to get to a field and power up on it, but I'm surprised how much it doesn't flip. It just holds angles really well. A good bit of HSS.

 

[thatdirtykid]

I liken the k1 reko to a good broken in S line P2. They do shockingly well as a driving putter, I used to absolutely crush them. Definitely threw them further than I now (older and injured) throw envys. Awesome to hear you are having success with them

 

[Serious-OLD]

I have a K1 Soft spot in my heart for the Reko because it introduced me to K1 Soft plastic, which is the greatest approach plastic ever created in my useless opinion.

I have a sample size of 1, but my K1 Soft Reko (from '21) is about as stable as the Pures that it temporarily replaced. Maybe I got an oddball, but it was definitely drifting right (RHBH) at 70%.

Right now the only Kasta mold I'm bagging is Kaxe/KaxeZs, but I'm always looking for more reasons to put K1 Soft approach discs in the bag.

Kaxe/KaxeZ took over for Moonshine Truths. Compared to a Truth, Kaxe is faster, similar slight understable drift with power, similar soft fade finish, and easier distance means I can focus more on control. Kaxe/KaxeZ are pretty indistinguishable in flight and feel. The bead is too small to notice on the Kaxe, and the Z seems to be just as stable. Not a headwind disc. MD4/Solstice for that.

TSA Praxis took the Reko/Pure spot and does 75% of the Truth's job too. I cant believe how far out I can get these on hyzerflips. Its like a mini Truth with a completely neutral finish. I just wish I could get them in K1 soft.

 

[Faded]

I have a sample size of 1, but my K1 Soft Reko (from '21) is about as stable as the Pures that it temporarily replaced. Maybe I got an oddball, but it was definitely drifting right (RHBH) at 70%.

It's definetly more understable. My fundraiser soft flies the same as my beat to death 3 year old K3.

 

[Moose33]

Got one of the Moomin glow Gulds at a tournament yesterday. I don't want to get prematurely excited but it's one of the closer discs in profile to the Warhorse I've seen. Really hoping it can be that replacement as my warhorse stack dwindles.

 

[the1discChallenge]

I thought I saw somewhere that the Guld was more like an overstable Destroyer (kind of Xcal ish). Isn't the Warhorse pretty substantially OS?

 

[Nale72]

I thought I saw somewhere that the Guld was more like an overstable Destroyer (kind of Xcal ish). Isn't the Warhorse pretty substantially OS?

Some of them are very overstable (many transparent pink), while some are pretty straight (many poison green). I myself have a first run that is pretty true to the numbers, two poison green where one is like a normal Lots and one is like a flippy Lots and one pink that at first was almost Rask OS, like a fresh overstable Rive. And I've heard others having mostly the same experiences with these colors. These are all from the first releases though and I don't really know if that's the same with the ones manufactured more recently.

But in general, I believe the Guld is supposed to fly like a Rive. They feel very similar and are made in the same factory by L64...

 

[Moose33]

I thought I saw somewhere that the Guld was more like an overstable Destroyer (kind of Xcal ish). Isn't the Warhorse pretty substantially OS?

it's beefy, but if I throw it hard it gets some turn and glides really well for a more OS disc.

Just going by feel the Guld is close but if not I'm not going to be upset. It's always fun to try new things and it's glow so I can probably use it in my glow bag as a wind fighting backhand disc.

 

[Murwen]

A new Kastaplast mold was approved by the PDGA today: https://www.pdga.com/technical-standards/equipment-certification/discs/stig

The rim is 1 mm wider than the Kaxe's so I guess it's a speed 7. The name 'Stig' is a swedish men's name, it's also a regular word with a meaning similar to "trail" or "path".

 

[EllEstar]

A new Kastaplast mold was approved by the PDGA today: https://www.pdga.com/technical-standards/equipment-certification/discs/stig

The rim is 1 mm wider than the Kaxe's so I guess it's a speed 7. The name 'Stig' is a swedish men's name, it's also a regular word with a meaning similar to "trail" or "path".

But the diameter and inside rim diameter are the same, so the rim width should be very close, could just be measurement errors edging one way or another.

The rim config is also quite high, maybe an understable kaxe z type disc?

 

[Murwen]

Another mold approved today, the Krut: https://www.pdga.com/technical-standards/equipment-certification/discs/krut

The word krut would best be translated to english as 'gunpowder'.

 

[Moose33]

A new Kastaplast mold was approved by the PDGA today: https://www.pdga.com/technical-standards/equipment-certification/discs/stig

The rim is 1 mm wider than the Kaxe's so I guess it's a speed 7. The name 'Stig' is a swedish men's name, it's also a regular word with a meaning similar to "trail" or "path".

Good name lol. Jeremy Clarkson voice "some say it's not made of plastic, but Swedish fish. And it's PDGA legal, except in Norway."