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Discraft Machete Disc Review
The Discraft Machete disc review features foundation disc golf's Zach and Hunter discussing their initial impressions of the Machete, a highly overstable disc designed for reliable high-speed flight. In this video, both Zach and Hunter showcase the Machete's performance on backhand and forehand throws, with a focus on its stability and distance potential. As an intermediate player, Zach highlights his positive experience with the disc, noting its flat rim and reliable performance in various wind conditions. Professional Hunter adds his expertise to the review, sharing his observations of the Machete's flight characteristics and stability compared to other discs like the Firebird Raptor. With over 100 throws showcased on camera, this video provides a thorough assessment of the Machete's performance and is sure to be valuable for disc golf enthusiasts looking to learn more about this highly-stable driver.
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hello everybody zach here with foundation disc golf hunter behind the camera this is going to be our first disc review of 2020 we have the machete so we're both going to be throwing backhand forehand i'll be the lower like intermediate player backhand and hunter is going to be their professional backhand and then almost switched for the forehand but he's got a better forehand than intermediate um but all right let's get this going holy tank all right so i'm gonna give my initial review on this backhand first off it is super flat also the rim is on the smaller end it feels really good in my smaller hand i think it's super overstable think firebird raptor something like that it's definitely reliable where you you know if you put this thing flat it's still going to come out um even if you rip on it hopefully that's what we see 100 throws um and if you're throwing this on hyzer then definitely definitely um that exact angle you put it on is where it's going to fly to i'm excited to put more power on it when i throw it for hand to see what it does but this so far is seems really reliable all right so that was my first time ever throwing the machete i had heard some people talk about it but i didn't really know what to expect and let me tell you it is extremely overstable um which this is honestly a disc i didn't think this craft made something that no matter what the wind condition is no matter what's going on you can trust this to come out i threw it flat as hard as i could it went straight for maybe 200 feet before it started coming out and then it kind of slowly faded and dumped to about 300 310 and then i threw anti-flex on the way back and i backed up an extra 50-60 feet um and i think i was able to get it probably close to 350 because it ended a little short of zach but i mean i put it on a lot of annie it felt like and it fought out very quickly um i will say it has a little bit more stable than a firebird flight to me at least but it also seems to be a little...
