Ok we all can go and search up all the info on nite golf info but hey...it's Fall 07 lets get it all in one thread.

First off lets post links to glow discs and where to get them at the moment.

and other ways to light up the nite...glow sticks and led lites

How to secure the said sources to your discs........glue or tape?


any way to start off disgolfvalues.com and sunking are great places to find glow discs.

I use Thill nite brite lure lites on Champion discs for nite play ( lindylittlejoe.com ) cause I can get em for $2.50 a piece and they are brighter than glow discs....bad nite vision on my part.

To secure them, I'm testing out Gorlilla Tape to see if it effects flight.


Post your findings here please.

Gorilla tape is what we have been using for a couple summers now and its works great!

We appreciate the kind words.

Here is a complete update about glow golf gear. With Innova's glow discs not that bright to begin with and Discraft discontinuing their Photon line and DGA stopping production on the brightest glow disc, the GlowFly, it appears that the future of glow golf will be either modifying golf discs with either sticks or pods or light up golf discs.

The best new "light stick" is the Disc Golf Beacon (http://sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1635) and the best pod will be the AeroPod from Black Jax Sports which should be available shortly.

With that being said, we will be offering (2) new light up discs from Black Jax Sports including an overstable driver and a putter! Stay tuned for more details...

the push/pull LEDs taped right on top with decent duct-tape... turn em on, throw, turn em off...
Ive found the twist-ons best left on all round (co$ts more. not preferred)- use clear ductie to ensure they stay "on" and on the disc- same goes for small glowsticks, 1.5"ers being the best size for those IMO, these are plenty bright & much cheaper for your darker parks...

red for the LEDs, green for glowsticks, all your same plastic
packing tape okay til its sub-freezing wintertime temps
LEDs shine nicely up thru snow, get a freshie dusting? wait til dark to play so they're easier to find...

we're getting soft here and have begun to illuminate the basket when we get close- it was so dang dark last week- gonna use a bigger glowstick to hang in the chains if needed next newmoon cycle...

the push/pull LEDs taped right on top with decent duct-tape... turn em on, throw, turn em off...
Ive found the twist-ons best left on all round (co$ts more. not preferred)- use clear ductie to ensure they stay "on" and on the disc- same goes for small glowsticks, 1.5"ers being the best size for those IMO, these are plenty bright & much cheaper for your darker parks...

red for the LEDs, green for glowsticks, all your same plastic
packing tape okay til its sub-freezing wintertime temps
LEDs shine nicely up thru snow, get a freshie dusting? wait til dark to play so they're easier to find...

we're getting soft here and have begun to illuminate the basket when we get close- it was so dang dark last week- gonna use a bigger glowstick to hang in the chains if needed next newmoon cycle...



Well stated, Joe! I will add that the "twist~on LED's" are a PAIN and not worth purchasing...cuz you essentially need to turn them on BEFORE taping them on. <font color="red"> RED LED's</font> that pull/click on and push/click off are MONEY.

we're getting soft here and have begun to illuminate the basket when we get close- it was so dang dark last week- gonna use a bigger glowstick to hang in the chains if needed next newmoon cycle...



That is considered cheating around here. No basket illumination whatsoever.

I agree the red push/pull led lights are the best. Electrical tape works best, especially in -20 degree weather.

A red Disc Golf Beacon is all you need and come with a water proof piece of tape, the one piece is really all you need if done right. I recently played the sleeper in Dripping Springs and it rained right before we started but I never had a light come off in two rounds of wet weather golf. And yes I did stress test the tape with a few tree hits. :D

I think it would be interesting if a disc manufacturer had a mold that either had a recess where the LED could snap in or a pair of ridges spaced so the LED could snap in.

i just bought a containter of 100 glow sticks. the leds probably work better, but i lose them all the time. pretty big waste of money for me. so i guess something cheaper that i'll use only once is the better way to go. you can get 100 for around $10-$15 on ebay... and other places. and i just use clear scotch packing tape to put them on. always stays on really well and doesn't leave stuff on the disc when you pull it off.

I think it would be interesting if a disc manufacturer had a mold that either had a recess where the LED could snap in or a pair of ridges spaced so the LED could snap in.



That is a Great Idea :cool:

I've been running a glow event monthly at Hornets Nest for most of this year. We've run the gamut of glow disc technologies, from glow discs, to Thill, to BlackJax, to FlashFlight punch top lights, to glow sticks. I tell you, I have always been sold on the Thill lights, but for 1 use disposability, the glow sticks are surprisingly bright. Just don't play near flood lighted fields, it's nearly impossible to see discs that land in the shadowed tree tangle and contrast of floodlight shadows through the trees.

We've been using these for years. They are called the Owl made by Fly By Nite. and they fly very much like a Roc. Inside the rim there is an indentation to put a glow strand all the way around the disc. It's a tight fit so sometimes we have to use tools to get them out, but they don't ever come out when throwing.

I found some at Marshall Street (http://www.marshallstreetdiscgolf.com/search.asp?pg=1&amp;stype=all&amp;nobox=true&amp;stext=owl%20g low).

Looks like that works. Maybe an LED could be embedded in a disc with a space where a new battery gets snapped in when needed. The market may not be big enough for it but it seems like tape is such a low tech and clunky solution even though it works.

Looks like that works. Maybe an LED could be embedded in a disc with a space where a new battery gets snapped in when needed. The market may not be big enough for it but it seems like tape is such a low tech and clunky solution even though it works.



Flashflight (http://www.flashflight.com)

Although the full size Flashflight is 10g too heavy for Ultimate play, it is basically an Ultrastar.

And that's an interesting picture on the Hole-In-One page.

That's fine for rec courses. Now if our golf disc manufacturers produce golf discs like this, we have a winner. Looks like the type of thing Quest might jump on and become the night flight specialist.

Was your post supposed to have, "Hint hint..." at the end...? :D

Since you got it from what I wrote, I'm thinking others might have seen it too, including Pearson, in case he checks here. :D

Extreme Glow (http://www.extremeglow.com/Merchant4/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Product_Code=1W&amp;Category_ Code=112)
1.5" Mini Glow Sticks $10 for 50. Order larger quantities and the price decreases per box. As others have said, gree is the color to go with.

I use the clear duct tape and the same LED red lights. I find it funny that the Disc Golf Beacon is the same as the bobber light only with a different package (http://www.rod-n-bobbs.com/index.php?page=prodList&amp;by=type&amp;by_id=BatteryLight s) . We have them at a local outdoor store for $2.50/each. I don't recommend using any other color than red.

The maker's of the flashflight also make a light that you add to a golf disc.
Hole-in-one (http://www.flashflight.com/holeinone/index.shtml)

The Hole-In-One has been on backorder and unavailable for months; the main reason I didn't mention it earlier. It works OK, but seems to affect flight much more overall than other illumination methods. The Owl and Bat (Nite Flite) wotk pretty good, but again your limited to two molds.

Why red for the LED's? I always preferred the yellow for its brightness.
Also where do you get clear duct tape?


Oh also
http://www.discndatonline.com/item.cfm?itemid=43772

seems Beacon is marketing its lure lites for disc golf now...how cool is that! :D

The better color may depend on your sensitivity. For example, those with red-green color blindness might find the yellow LED better.

It's not clear duct tape but I believe it's packing tape like you get at OfficeMax.

It's not clear duct tape but I believe it's packing tape like you get at OfficeMax.



Yep, packing / packaging tape.

I used clear duct tape for my last 2 glow tournaments. I have also used it for a few rounds as well. I think I found it at Walmart or some big box store like that. It is made by Scotch.
Works great and have never lost a light yet!

What's wrong with regular glow discs? They work great with a blacklight charger.

Try www.blacklight.com (http://www.blacklight.com), they have some good ones. I use a Glow Champion TL, Glow Roc, Glow Magnet, and Glow Stratus. They glow bright with a blacklight, just recharge every few holes before you throw.

-E

Nothing except the limited availability of molds in glow plastic, or needing one set of discs for glow and another set for daytime play.

It's just so much simpler to add a light to any disc in your bag than it is to find the drivers you want in glow plastic.

That's fine for rec courses. Now if our golf disc manufacturers produce golf discs like this, we have a winner. Looks like the type of thing Quest might jump on and become the night flight specialist.



They're already all over it, Chuck.
http://www.marshallstreetdiscgolf.com/proddetail.asp?prod=blackjax_quest

that disc is by blackjax not quest, that mold is called quest.

Nothing except the limited availability of molds in glow plastic, or needing one set of discs for glow and another set for daytime play.

It's just so much simpler to add a light to any disc in your bag than it is to find the drivers you want in glow plastic.



what he said
(same game at night vs. a true glow round I guess a glow purist might say... oh well)
find the clear ductie at lowe's/HDepot in the paint'n tape aisle
like I posted earlier, packing tape works fine until its subzero and the stuff goes brittle...
LEDs are illegal in florida a bait shop guy told me (in 03) when I couldn't find 'em- plenty'o nightfishing without artificial enhancements I guess...

without light pollution or deeper snow the glowsticks work just fine, 1.5"ers seemed best for illumination to weight ratio...
again the green seems brightest, be wary of cheap boxes of mixed colors as some are just too dim...

quick search found these

1.5" Lightstick (Box of 50)
Code:1W
Quantity pricing as low as*. . .$8.00
here (http://extremeglow.com/Merchant4/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;Category_Code=112)

What's wrong with regular glow discs? They work great with a blacklight charger.





Only 1 problem with recharging the glow discs. It totally
messes up your night vision. Noting I hate more when I am playing night golf is that one [email protected]$$ with the flashlight , screwing up my capacity to see at night! :mad:

Glow disc are fine, but I've found that they lose their glow fast. Because you can throw them golf distance, it takes a while for everyone to throw and then go hunt for them. If the course is woody and the leaves are down (like now), it can be darn near impossible to find them. No one actually WATCHES where the disc lands in the day time, why should night be any different? :mad:

The little glow sticks (1.5 inchers) on the top work great. Green is a good color and there is a white/blue stick that is also easy to find.

What's wrong with regular glow discs? They work great with a blacklight charger.





Only 1 problem with recharging the glow discs. It totally
messes up your night vision. Noting I hate more when I am playing night golf is that one [email protected]$$ with the flashlight , screwing up my capacity to see at night! :mad:



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It's not clear duct tape but I believe it's packing tape like you get at OfficeMax.



No, it's not packaging tape. It's clear duct tape that is purchased at Walgreens. I don't know who makes it but it's found by the other electrical/duct tapes.

I have used the following, here are my reviews:

Flashflight Hole-in-one:
Light: Too dang bright! Honestly. When you hold this disc in front of you, you have lost all sense of time and place, it's like trying to look at the line you want to throw while a friend is shining a flashlight in your face. Once they land, they are probably the easiest to find.
Durability: some flicker issues with some of them, others were perfect, others turned off when they hit a tree.
Adhesion: one of the best methods to attach to disc BUT, you are sacrificing a disc to the night golf gods because it'll have a hole in it from now on.
Longevity: these are bright and last a really long time.
Flight: they are somewhat heavy, so you will lose some stability.

Blackjax Light Pod:
Light: great light, stays under disc, so it's not TOO bright. Bright enough to mount under most star discs, even light colored DX.
Durability: Pretty low. I've had a few pop screws and wires hanging out, others start to flicker at half brightness, others simply go out unless you press on them.
Adhesion: Do not trust the sticker they give you. One tree and it's gone. So bulky that taping them gets extremely sloppy and would DEFINITELY affect the flight.
Longevity: These last a really long time. Great for lighting up baskets with 4 lights.
Flight: similar, but more bulky than the Flashflight. Makes discs more understable.

More to come.

It's not clear duct tape but I believe it's packing tape like you get at OfficeMax.



No, it's not packaging tape. It's clear duct tape that is purchased at Walgreens. I don't know who makes it but it's found by the other electrical/duct tapes.


I use the the clear duct tape too; I found it in the tape section at Lowe's. I don't have that many glow rounds under my belt, but it works great. I have never come close to losing a light off of my discs. I mainly throw transparent Z-plastic and I like being able to throw my "regular" discs at night.

I do have one question for those who tape lights to the top of a disc. Do you notice any change in stability because of the light on top? Last year I played a glow round during our doubles series. My partner taped his lights on top and he felt that his discs were much more flippy than usual. Mine (lights underneath) seemed to fly just the same.

nanook

Dave from Innova said they could do a groove like the owl and bat and it wouldn't affect flight much if any....I think we need to press him to do a line of champ with the groove so we can all just throw what we like and we can find it plus no worry of loosing lights or bothering with tape. :D

I do have one question for those who tape lights to the top of a disc. Do you notice any change in stability because of the light on top? ... My partner taped his lights on top and he felt that his discs were much more flippy than usual. Mine (lights underneath) seemed to fly just the same.

nanook



I agree, taping the LED to the bottom/underside least affects the flight...though (even) the drive is harder to track as the light will be obscured/dimmer. And, like you said, transparent discs (Z/Champion) are the only way to go here.
.02 // YMMV

We've been playing for a few years now so it's kind of become a learned process of how to throw with the lights on. Yes, in the beginning the disc did tend to fly a little less stable than without the light.

I know a number of people who also use velcro to put the LED light onto the disc. They put a small square in the middle of the disc and then wrap the other part around the light. Probably only use about 5 discs total and usually only use them for glow. For me, there's too many trees to hit to trust the velcro light staying attached...but they swear they don't have any problems.

I have had issues with using the velcro system. The pads would not stay on as the humidity increased and temperature decreasted. I had to superglue the soft pads to the bottom of the discs. I've since converted to using strips of tape with small LED lights (lindy lights). I just carry two drivers and a superglow wizard (one charge lasts all night) and just tape lights under the champion plastic drivers. I find that once my eyes adjust to the darkness it is pretty easy to see my way around the course without a flashlight. Just bring a towel for moisture. Now i'm getting exciting about night rounds starting soon!

New Light up Disc from Black Jax Sports. The Disc is called the "Axe" and comes in Red, Green, Blue and their new Ravolution Led. We threw this disc and it is very overstable. In stock at Final9.com (http://www.final9sports.com/store/customer/home.php?cat=87)

I do have one question for those who tape lights to the top of a disc. Do you notice any change in stability because of the light on top? ... My partner taped his lights on top and he felt that his discs were much more flippy than usual. Mine (lights underneath) seemed to fly just the same.

nanook



I agree, taping the LED to the bottom/underside least affects the flight...though (even) the drive is harder to track as the light will be obscured/dimmer. And, like you said, transparent discs (Z/Champion) are the only way to go here.
.02 // YMMV



Clear Champions/ Z works sweet with LED lights! no discussion!

I never have problem looking for my discs with LED lights and any kind of duct tape. I even use that method at Milwaukee AM worlds Glow Doubles, when the night is downpouring! I finished a round as a wet sponge which it explains that my revo bag is carry almost half of water!!. Yet I still find my discs without any problem. Tape the LED with a dry and clean disc. no switching LED to your other discs. you should not have problem.

Enjoy

New Light up Disc from Black Jax Sports. The Disc is called the "Axe" and comes in Red, Green, Blue and their new Ravolution Led. We threw this disc and it is very overstable. In stock at Final9.com (http://www.final9sports.com/store/customer/home.php?cat=87)



Uh . .. I played in a glow tournament last night and one of the players in my group had one of these discs. It was ridiculously bright. By the end of the round he was apologizing every time he turned it on. It was the only disc that he brought. We were calling it "the sun", because there was no way you could look in its direction without going blind. We figured if he could poke a couple of the lights out it would be a handy night disc -- but the brightness of the disc made it almost impossible for him to see where he was trying to throw and made you instantly blinded. I know it sounds odd -- but a disc can be too bright.

One other way to play at night if you get a chance before glow discs go out of style is to use either the Gateway superglow discs or the Discraft Photon glow discs that have been charged by the sun. Yesterday was a very clear afternoon and I put a superglow wizard, photon glow wasp/tracker/XL in the sun for about an hour before sun down. Three hours later when we finished the round they were all still easily visible . .. unless of course "the sun" was out!! Tee hee. Just a thought. I'm not sure how well it would work if it was overcast and glow discs of course do not shine as well as the LED lights do in low-light conditions -- but they are fun to watch snake through where the trees were in the day . . .thank goodness there's no trees at night.

http://www.discndatonline.com/item.cfm?itemid=43772

seems Beacon is marketing its lure lites for disc golf now...how cool is that! :D



Everyone used these for our DayGlo doubles this past weekend. I didn't count, but more than 50 people easily. From what I saw everyone had theirs taped on the top of the disc with electrical tape. No one used the tape that came with the light. I heard no complaints. All three colors (red, green, yellow) are easy to see, but yellow was not very popular.

Way too much fun :D

For those that still like glo discs and black lights, I just bought an LED blacklight at Wal Mart. Right about $10. In my local Wal Mart it was with the flashlights right next to the fshing/ sporting goods section. It's designed to clip on to the brim of a hat. Hope this helps.

We have a couple local head shops that sell a light that looks like a flashlight but it has 3 blacklight LEDs inside it...very bright blacklight which makes the discs glow really well. I think they were like $12.

We figured if he could poke a couple of the lights out it would be a handy night disc -- but the brightness of the disc made it almost impossible for him to see where he was trying to throw and made you instantly blinded. I know it sounds odd -- but a disc can be too bright.




Could you just color the lens of a few of the lights with a Sharpie? Or maybe use different color Sharpies to change the light colors?

We figured if he could poke a couple of the lights out it would be a handy night disc -- but the brightness of the disc made it almost impossible for him to see where he was trying to throw and made you instantly blinded. I know it sounds odd -- but a disc can be too bright.




Could you just color the lens of a few of the lights with a Sharpie? Or maybe use different color Sharpies to change the light colors?



We didn't try -- we didn't know the guy that had it very well but I'm guessing as bright as the lights were a sharpie wouldn't have had much of an impact. Would be nice if it came with a dimmer switch.

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http://sunkingdiscs.com/ProductImages/questred_s.jpg Black Jax QUEST (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=1310)
http://sunkingdiscs.com/ProductImages/terrapodblu_s.jpg Black Jax TERRA POD (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=1313)
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Glow golf equipment used during this year's Halloween tournament in Pittsburgh. :D


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Using the pumpkins is a great idea!

We've got a selection of Innova Glow Champion discs coming in next week:

Innova Glow Champion Firebird-X (CFR) (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=1337)
Innova Glow Champion Orc (CFR) (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=283)
Innova Glow Champion Sidewinder (CFR) (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=287)
Innova Glow Champion Teebird (CFR) (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=1177)
Innova Glow Champion Teebird-L (CFR) (http://www.sunkingdiscs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=827)

The Pumpkins are the sweetest thing I have seen for a halloween tourney.....check out these pumpkins (http://www.extremepumpkins.com) for next year. :D