I've been thinking about getting another practice basket, specifically for putting on. I found this basket on Ebay and got one for Christmas. http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=581&pictureid=33294
The flag says either 1st Disc or Disc 1st on it. I'm not sure how to read the logo properly. The instructions say Faith Power Group on them. Here's their website. http://www.faithpowergroup.com/_d4.htm?c=1006 Unfortunately, I still couldn't determine which name is correct.
Anyway, it has 12 inner and 12 outer chains. The basket seems to be a little heavier in general than my Insteps. It was very easy to assemble with the base, three pole pieces, a chain support assembly, a cage, and two sets of chains. The pole pieces just screw together.
The only shortcoming of the assembly instructions was that they only mentioned one set of chains, and not two. So I had to figure out how to attach them. Each set of chains is made up of 12 lengths of chain, already attached to a metal ring. The outer set of chains, as shown in the instructions, just gets hung over the hooks around the outer edge of the chain support.
The 2nd set, though, doesn't have any hooks on the support. The end chains actually already have small carabiners on them. They won't fit over the "X" where the metal on the support is welded together. So I just hung them to the outside of the inner bracing. The chains are free to slide out towards the outer edge of the support, but the weight of the chains tends to keep them in place pretty well anyway.
I've only thrown about 25 putts at it so far from around 15' in my parent's living room. I putt RHBH, and didn't putt particularly hard since I was inside. It seems to catch appropriately placed right center and center putts really well. It did seem like it might lose more left center putts than a typical "course" basket. But those aren't good putts anyway.
As I use it more I'll post an update. If you made it this far reading this post, you deserve some pictures. So here you go.
The flag says either 1st Disc or Disc 1st on it. I'm not sure how to read the logo properly. The instructions say Faith Power Group on them. Here's their website. http://www.faithpowergroup.com/_d4.htm?c=1006 Unfortunately, I still couldn't determine which name is correct.
Anyway, it has 12 inner and 12 outer chains. The basket seems to be a little heavier in general than my Insteps. It was very easy to assemble with the base, three pole pieces, a chain support assembly, a cage, and two sets of chains. The pole pieces just screw together.
The only shortcoming of the assembly instructions was that they only mentioned one set of chains, and not two. So I had to figure out how to attach them. Each set of chains is made up of 12 lengths of chain, already attached to a metal ring. The outer set of chains, as shown in the instructions, just gets hung over the hooks around the outer edge of the chain support.
The 2nd set, though, doesn't have any hooks on the support. The end chains actually already have small carabiners on them. They won't fit over the "X" where the metal on the support is welded together. So I just hung them to the outside of the inner bracing. The chains are free to slide out towards the outer edge of the support, but the weight of the chains tends to keep them in place pretty well anyway.
I've only thrown about 25 putts at it so far from around 15' in my parent's living room. I putt RHBH, and didn't putt particularly hard since I was inside. It seems to catch appropriately placed right center and center putts really well. It did seem like it might lose more left center putts than a typical "course" basket. But those aren't good putts anyway.
As I use it more I'll post an update. If you made it this far reading this post, you deserve some pictures. So here you go.
