Glow is the best part of the year. First, because it's dark. Second, because no one can remember where all the trees, limbs, bushes and other stuff might be lurking. Third, it's cold, well sometimes. Nothing like scraping frost off your disc when the the temperature drops below freezing in the middle of a round. Lastly, you throw with power to get to a basket 300ft away and well it's so dark you miss judged the distance and threw 50 past the thing. It was 250...... One more thing, You shot looks awesome and them, WHAM, you disc takes a painful turn for the worst into a wooded abyss. Darn funny really.
I have a glow bag, I start throwing those disc only at the and of August so when glow starts I am ready and practiced. Otherwise put glow tape or LEDS on you current bagged discs. The LEDS are nice because your disc is bound to submarine under some leaves to be lost until Spring without them. Flashing lights are easy to find under Oak leaves. Plus they look cool as they fly.
Couple of rules down here as we play. No shining your flash light at anything other than your disc. Point it through the trees at a basket and it will cost you a stroke. If we pick up a disc and can't our your partners we have to re-throw taking a penalty stroke. Most of the time it's from the tee box, drives are the biggest challenge. We are allowed to walk the line to the basket as long as you flash light is off. You can get a better idea of the distance and try to work out a line. Judging distance it a challenge if it's pitch black out on the night you play.
It you use glow disc, get a good 395mn LED flashlight. There is a 100 LEDS light on Amazon for around 10 bucks, I carry two 51 LED flash lights since I lose or break them often and I need a back-up. The 51 LED ones don't handle being dropped all that well. I got a buddy that's running the 100 LED flash light and it works really well. It's crazy bright. Best disc charger I have seen so far. Also check the thing works before you leave the house, no one every remember to bring batteries.
You can buy sticky glow vinyl and any craft store or glow tape. Put some on the top and bottom in case the disc lands upside down. Be sure to get the 395nm flash light listed above. Be sure to clean and dry you disc well before you attach the glow stuff to it. Nothing funnier than see glow tape go one way and the disc go somewhere else. Same with taped LEDS. You walk up to what you think is your disc only to find a flashing LED and some clear packing tape. If you use clear packing tape, buy the good stuff. Quality matters. I sometime run LEDS on glow disc it the Oak leaves thick.
We started glow 4 weeks ago and it will run through March. Kentwood is a weekly club event. Next month TCP starts and we play a different course in the area each week running through March. We get between 30-50 players to show up at each event.
Some event operators will have stuff to sell but it's best to be prepared with you own stuff. The basket are normally lit with glow sticks or LED lighting.
