I got my first shipment Saturday (Ridge, Ibex, Ascent, Lace), here are my initial impressions:
- Yes, they're all a light pink with little colored dots all over.
- They smell...odd. Like if you took a super hoppy IPA beer and made a cleaning solution out of it.
- They feel mostly like medium, but with a kind of waxy quaility. It seems to make them more grippy than medium, but also more likely to scuff up (see below).
- They glow ridiculously bright and hold a charge well. I don't have a ton of experience with glow discs. I've only played with MVP Eclipse and, comparing them side-by-side, it seems to me the Vibrams glow brighter and longer. I charged up my Ridge and soft Eclipse Anode then checked on them 30+ minutes later. I don't think I'd have much of a problem finding the Anode with that level of charge and definitely not the Ridge.
- They fly like their medium counterparts. I felt the Ascent might be more beefy than my medium, but it's been a while since I threw a new Ascent. Regardless, I'm very happy with their flight, being able to basically just go from glow to non-glow discs and not miss a beat.
- I do wonder about the durability compared to medium. I've only been able to throw them in the field, but I did toss them around a little with approaches onto my driveway and it seemed to me they scuffed up much easier than my mediums.
I should be getting my second shipment today (VP, Obex, Trak), so I hope to be able to take the whole lot of them out for a round tomorrow, then a glow round on Wednesday. My only concern is the durability. If they hold up well to some tree hits and bounces off jagged rocks, I'll consider myself a very happy customer.
