[Putters] Reptilian Disc Golf Tortuga: A Comfy PnA

[Moose33]

I've continued to throw this around, and while it's not quite as glidey as I initially thought (~3/3/-0.5/1.5), I'm really liking it for short drives (sub-230) and lay-ups (C3-150). It has the same distancephobia that Serpents and Scales have where once they decide to slow down they are dropping out of the air Right Now.

Can't say much about them as putter putters but they've been remote-controlled missiles the few times I've tried a long spin putt (makes me verrrrrry curious about the coming Tarpits).

That's been very similar to my experience and I think in Tarpit it could be an amazing putting putter. I really like how well it holds a line and does that late flip.

 

[RahvinKing526]

That late flip is really useful for knee putts downhill. Can let it go flat at leftside chains and just watch it drift over to center

 

[thatdirtykid]

Excited to hear that the Tortuga will stay in the RDG wheel house. Maybe even more excited to hear that a distance driver is possibly in the pipeline. Love my Carnivores but they really are just wide rim control drivers.

If anyone has any orange Protos they want to get rid of, I'm interested (especially if a production run is a while off). Idk why but I found my orange to be better for putting, but the pink is better for throwing.

Funny I am throwing Orange and putting Pinks. Probably cause my first two pairs were pink and I tossed an orange in to differentiate my putting putters from my throwers. (though generally I pack light and just throw and putt one of my newer pinks).

I am loving the tort more for throwing than I initially anticipated. The flip up is very predictable while I have been surprised by the stability in my inner cores sometimes lately. I think I have just been throwing with more touch again and not just smashing putters like before I transitioned from Envy to proxy then inner core for my primary thrower.
Having the Tort be my primary throwing putter has me throwing putters much like when I was younger and cycled wizards. More accurate and still plenty long. Long enough to get well into iguana/beat gila territory while that signature drop gives it great predictability.

 

[kumerow]

Just saw that another company took the "Tortuga" name for a disc yesterday! Tortuga by

 

[thatdirtykid]

Such a bummer. The name search for more reptilian/amphibian names continues. I was just talking up the tortuga to a local vendor at an event this weekend. Hope he didn't go home and google tortuga disc golf and got more confused than he already seemed. . . Maybe I should shoot him a message.

 

[Moose33]

I told JC he should name it the Cooter…after the turtle species.

Let's see what he does lol

 

[Innova63]

Any updates on the "new" name?

 

[uncle pennybags]

Make it the Toottuga and have a Jamie drawn picture of a turtle tooting!

 

[Moose33]

Let's please make the Cooter happen lol

 

[thatdirtykid]

I would pay good money for premium cooter, and could use a soft cooter for when its cold.

 

[Moose33]

Yes! A nice flexible cooter would be perfect for the winter.

 

[uncle pennybags]

Let's please make the Cooter happen lol

This is far superior to my suggestion.

I still want a hand drawn stamp from Jamie!

 

[kumerow]

Just noticed that Tortuga is available again, as that company renamed that original submission to "Biome" instead.

 

[thatdirtykid]

Been Putting my Protos again now that it has warmed back up. They have been great for my reworked putt. They putt much like a wizard, but I get a cleaner release on pitch putts.
The real difference between putting them vs wizards aside from feel is I seem to get less right to left glide at the end of the flight keeping the come backers closer and more made C2 putts.

 

[thatdirtykid]

Couple more months and my proto (formeraly C4, previously tortuga, current name tbd) putters are still my putting putters. They are great pitch putters and don't ask for a lot of spin to hold a line. On spinny putts they are being more forgiving of angles and mostly just want to go fairly straight inside of 50'. If I need some drastic or late turn out of a putting putter (especially here at 5000') I do still bag a beat polecat but its getting less and less use as my comfortable range with my proto putters extends.

I am also finding I favor them for approaches where I really want them to finish straight. Maybe getting old and throwing slower but the lack of gliding fade over my wizards just giving me a little more confidence on some of these shots.

This mold is a gem despite breaking what I had considered my ideal (thinner flight plate, usually beaded) putters have exhibited. Maybe "gyro" is not a feature I want in a putting putter for anything but the most aggressive long spin putts.