I was looking for a couple of new discs to add to my bag, mostly some midrange discs. I was at one place that sells discs and they have Innova, Disccraft and Lightning discs.

I never hear to much about Lightning Discs. What's the verdict? Currently my bag is all Innova but thats just because that's been the easiest to get.


I wouldn't mind trying some other discs any recomendations? Do they have anything in a Champion type plastic?

i think the "prostyle" line is supposed to be their best plastic. i personally think it is total junk, almost as bad as the first run pro teebirds. you could beat them in by dropping them on the ground

You will be pretty hard pressed finding many board users to say anything positive about any of thier plastic.

Some of the 'old school' players use it...

They do make good baskets.

There was a pretty entertaning thread titled something like "beer in the lightning ad, and other things that **** me off" cant remember exactly what it was called, but if you dredge it up, you could probably find some info...

I am pretty sure they are located out of the Dallas Ft. Worth area, which means Pizza God will chime in shortly with his input...

I bought some lightning stuff recently, I like the large bag..great for the money. I have a #2 Driver and a Rubber Putter, each are starting to get quite a bit of use...the #2 isn't that long, but one of the straightest discs I've thrown, the Rubber Putter took a little bit to get used to from using nothing but a wizard, but I had to retire that (I've had it for about 3 years)

my brother likes his rubber putters. i like to laugh at them.lol :D

A max weight rubber putter (blowfly) makes a great throw and catch disc. Something you could put in the hands of a beginner and teach them the basics of throwing a disc before actually giving them a driver and taking them out on the course.

A #3 Flyer is like a Roc with more glide. If you throw your Roc 350, you'll probably throw a #3 Flyer 375. A #1 Roller at low weights is a nice Valk-ish, Viking-ish driver and also rolls excellently as a bonus. The Upshot (or US-1 in Prostyle) is a great putting and approach disc. It's one of the best discs to hand to an experienced ultimate player just getting into golf as it flies just like an Ultra-Star, but is small enough to actually go in the target. The #1 Driver isn't the fastest or the farthest flying on the market, but it's deadly straight and will probably give you the best distance out of anything in the Lightning Line. And of course, there's those dudes who swear by their Rubber Putters. It's an old school classic.

The low-lights: The #2 Roller. I couldn't stand this thing. It throws kinda like an Eclipse. It's the biggest disc outside of a Condor I think, and it's okay at midrange thumber rollers, but that's even a stretch. I've heard some people online refer to the #2 Putter as the worst disc of all time, and I'm on board with that. It's definitely the worst disc I own. The flight path is unpredictable on the approach and it's unremarkable at best within 30'.

Finally, a couple of general principles to follow with Lightning discs:
* Prostyle is rarely worth it as it wears almost as fast as regular.
* Lightning glow plastic is just as good as Innova and glows only slightly shorter than Discraft Photon, and is the same price, so why not?
* Just cuz they make drivers at 186 grams doesn't mean you need to throw them. :p

So go forth and play the Lightning! Some of the discs are definitely worth your time, and if nothing else, the owner is a pretty cool business owner. And anybody who's gotten kicked out of a PDGA even for being too drunk has got my vote. :cool:

And anybody who's gotten kicked out of a PDGA even for being too drunk has got my vote.


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A max weight rubber putter (blowfly) makes a great throw and catch disc. Something you could put in the hands of a beginner and teach them the basics of throwing a disc before actually giving them a driver and taking them out on the course.


A blowfly is a DGA disc, it has nothing to do with a rubber putter.

I should have cleared that up more. I put the blowfly in there because it has a similar feel to the rubber putter and I have used both for the reason I explained in the first post.

Jim Oates won a world championship throwing nothing but Lightning.

Jason Tyra uses a rubber putter and he's a 1000+ rated player.

I've got a few aces with the Slice #2 turnover disc.

The discs have their merits, they just beat up quickly.

Is it true that Lightning discs have some kind of lifetime gaurentee? I thought I've heard or read this somewhere. If you break one you can get it replaced for free.

As _nix_ indicated, most board users will not have anything good to say about Lightning Discs. Do a search for 'lightning' and you'll probably find a few threads to this effect.

Back in the days when all plastic was DX (before 1997) Lightning was a viable alternative because all discs beat up quickly. But as soon as the high-tech stuff came out, it's been a different story. Lightning's Prostyle plastic is uber-flimsy and a half hearted attempt at replicating Champion or Z plastic.

I almost picked up one of those rubber putters this past weekend. I likes the feel of it. I am also a blowfly fan, as I have the blowfly and the gumb putt in my bag. Might try out that immatation roc disc with more glide. That sounds like something I need in the arsenal. I am starting to want to try different plastic. Lately I have been looking for a Tsunami and since, I have been looking at all discs.

lightning= absolutely not!!

in all seriousness, the rubber putter is a very good understable putter. second only to the aero in my mind.

I have to agree, although I have not thrown it yet. It looked very easy to minipulate and just felt good in the hand.

I prefer the Rubber Putter by far over the other putters I know, the Rattler and the Soft Magnet. And I threw a #2 Slice, that was given to me, until I couldn't find it so I left it in the leaves.

I have to agree. Lightning beats up way too quickly. You have to like the #2 Driver if you're a beginner and your home course has water hazards, because many of their discs float. It sounds great (and sometimes works great) until you realize that floating doesn't necessarily mean you'll get it back without jumping in the water.

The rubber putter makes the funniest noise when it hits the basket...kind of like if you take a giant piece of posterboard and wave it back and forth.

bcary93, that's a great sig line