MVP Glow Vectors

[Mike C]

I'm very excited to share my initial impressions of the Glow Vector.



The Vector has become one of my favorite discs in my bag over the past few months and I've come to depend on it a lot. It's by far my favorite approach disc because I find it incredibly easy to range, it fights wind very well and it's good for placement because it doesn't have as big of a skip as my Predator does if I underpower it for an approach.

These new Glow Vectors are even better. The first thing I noticed, aside from how nice they look, is they are very flat compared to some of my first run Vectors. I'll let my pictures do the talking...





I only had about an hour of daylight to compare them with my old Vectors but my first impressions seem to indicate these fly just a hair faster and fade a touch later. I'll have to throw them more this weekend to be sure but I like how they work so far. They also feel much, much better in my hands than my really domey FR's do. All of the Vectors I've thrown have had plenty of stability to fight a strong headwind, but it seems like the flatter ones go further and fade later and the domey ones fly more overstable. Anyone else have any observations on this?

My camera doesn't do very well shooting stuff at night (Or I don't know the correct manual settings) but I tried to get a few glow shots: 1 & 2. I used an 80 lumen LED Fenix light for these pictures. They seem to light up quicker than my Ions do for some reason, and hold their glow about the same. I played around at a local park throwing drives and approaches through the trees and I'm happy with their glow capabilities.

I'm currently putting together a short video with a few shots of these Vectors in action on some very short shots. This weekend I'm kind of busy but I'm hoping to get some more filming in. Got a Monster Tournament this Sunday where I'll get a chance to put these new Vectors to further use. I plan to do video reviews of all the discs in my bag. Vectors will be among the first featured discs. I was kind of rushed today to get the photos and videos in before dark, so if there's anything in particular you want me to shoot this weekend let me know. I'll at least try to get some in-focus dome pictures next time

[discspeed]

I just posted this in the Vector thread, but I guess this is more appropriate!

I tested 2 Eclipse Vectors today. The first one is green and almost completely flat with a scale weight of 179. To my surprise it flew pretty straight with a lot of glide right out of the box. I used it during my doubles round tonight, mostly using it on powered down shots under 300'. At these distances it held it's line with minimal effort and faded much more forward than my other new Vectors. I didn't really use it on any power shots, but I have a feeling it's going to be really straight on a hard throw. The other one I tested (I had about half as many throws with this one) was a UV blue that scaled 178. It has a bit more dome than the green one, but it is still flatter than the other Vectors I own. It flies like one of my other Vectors after a little seasoning--straight with a late yet strong fade when powered, fading early when underpowered.

I'm really excited about the green one. It fills a gap in my bag between my newish Vector and beat Vector, yet glidies more than either despite being flatter. I charged them up a little with my headlights and played a 3 hole loop. As long as my eyes were well adjusted to the dark it was easy to see them. I got some headlight beams in my face on the last hole and it took a minute to get my vision back and find them. Testing these some more is going to be fun as now I will be able to throw about 3/4 of the holes on my local course with my Eclipse Ions/Vectors during glow rounds.

[MDP]

This sounds awesome.

I'm having trouble finding any of the flat C-MD2s and I really prefer throwing overstable mids flat and fast. My domey C-MD2s and S-MD2s still show high speed turn so I'm looking for something more stable to pair them with.

So it sounds like there's enough difference to be able to carry both the flat Eclipse and regular Vectors without a whole lot of overlap?

[Mike C]

So it sounds like there's enough difference to be able to carry both the flat Eclipse and regular Vectors without a whole lot of overlap?

Possibly. That clear one pictured is really overstable and doesn't go as far as any of my others. I've been carrying it and my green one that's been used the past few months but to be honest I never end up throwing the clear one, the slightly worn in one does everything I need my Vectors to do. I'm going to compare those two to the glows some more tomorrow and decide on a setup for the tourney. If you watch on that downhill hole towards the end of my video you can see how the green vector I threw last faded out much sooner than the glows were, so maybe between a glow and an old domey one that's all the variety one would need? I'll probably carry my green and one of the glows.

Either way Vectors are definitely a mid you can throw hard, low and flat. Thrown like that I can make one go dead straight for 350' then fade out hard. Thrown with any amount of hyzer seems to significantly shorten the line and make it fade out a lot sooner, which can be quite useful at times.

I tested 2 Eclipse Vectors today. The first one is green and almost completely flat with a scale weight of 179. To my surprise it flew pretty straight with a lot of glide right out of the box. I used it during my doubles round tonight, mostly using it on powered down shots under 300'. At these distances it held it's line with minimal effort and faded much more forward than my other new Vectors. I didn't really use it on any power shots, but I have a feeling it's going to be really straight on a hard throw. The other one I tested (I had about half as many throws with this one) was a UV blue that scaled 178. It has a bit more dome than the green one, but it is still flatter than the other Vectors I own. It flies like one of my other Vectors after a little seasoning--straight with a late yet strong fade when powered, fading early when underpowered.

Seems pretty similar to my experiences except both of mine seem pretty damn flat. The glide on both of them is quite nice. I didn't notice a big difference between my two glows. My green is 179.4 and the blue is 178.5.

[discspeed]

It looked like my package got piled on during shipping and the green one, which was on top, got kind of squished. It was concave when I got it out, and now it's completely flat. My blue one is like my green Axis with just a slight rise.

[Booter]

What kinda flashlight are u using mike?

[Mike C]

What kinda flashlight are u using mike?

Fenix PD10. Guess I was wrong about the lumens...93 not 80. The 180 lumens setting is pretty sweet, if you're playing night golf you can light up a whole fairway if needed. Shines for hundreds of feet. I carry this light with me 24/7/365. It replaced the Fenix P2D that I carried for 3 years that's now my car light. /gearnerd

[jubuttib]

Those flat eclipses sound suspiciously like the flat orange FR Vector I have.

[kern9787]

Those flat eclipses sound suspiciously like the flat orange FR Vector I have.

x2. It just so happens that I love both of mine.

[Loop]

How is the plate plastic on these, is it as hard as the regular vectors?

I would give my left nut for a "Soft" Vector. With the same plate plastic as the soft clear proton Ions. Those things have great grip, and are extremely workable even in low temperatures.

[discspeed]

The plastic is the same as the other Vectors, though it's a bit softer than my FR Vectors.

[discspeed]

My flat green glow Vector is really impressing me...It holds it's line solidly across wind conditions and fades late and forward. It reminds me of a midrange PD...It's been too windy for my Axis at times lately and the eclipse Vector has been perfect for those situations. Instead of throwing a flat or slight hyzer-flip shot with the Axis I just put the Vector on a slight anny and it cuts right through the wind and pulls out at the very end. How is it that every single time I get new discs from MVP it's almost impossible to keep them out of my bag?

[Loop]

My flat green glow Vector is really impressing me...It holds it's line solidly across wind conditions and fades late and forward. It reminds me of a midrange PD...It's been too windy for my Axis at times lately and the eclipse Vector has been perfect for those situations. Instead of throwing a flat or slight hyzer-flip shot with the Axis I just put the Vector on a slight anny and it cuts right through the wind and pulls out at the very end. How is it that every single time I get new discs from MVP it's almost impossible to keep them out of my bag?

Cause you're a fanboy.


J/K.
Seriously tho, I hated the ION at first, due to my OAT problems. But as I have gotten rid of my shitty technique, it works pretty great. And I'm definitely going to buy a Glow Vector when they come out here. Also it is quite hard not to use MVP's products, they're just so damn sexy!