Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Best Portable, Foldable Disc Golf Practice Basket

We performed another round of disc golf tests to help determine the best portable/foldable disc golf basket.



There are currently three canvas style disc golf baskets available at InfiniteDiscs.com.



Because of its light weight and high portability, we also included the DGA Mach 14 in this round of tests.

By far the highest rated of these three portable targets is the DGA Mach Lite. While the Traveler and the Skillshot are slighly lighter weight and more portable, by far the DGA Mach Lite has a more realistic catching experience.  If you're looking for a portable basket that is highly portable and provides a somewhat realistic course quality experience, this is clearly the way to go.

For this putting test we had 5 different disc golfers putt 30 times at each basket from three different distances: 18 Feet, 25 Feet and 33 Feet.

Results of the Basket Tests


Percentage of Putts Made:

%Putts MadeSpit Outs% of Spit Outs
Mach Lite71.67%30.83%
Mach 1463.89%61.67%
Innova Traveler75.56%102.78%
Innova Skill Shot60.00%205.56%

Rankings

Basket Value:


  1. Innova Traveler
  2. DGA Mach 14
  3. DGA Mach Lite
  4. Innova Skill Shot


Despite the fact that the Innova Traveler doesn't catch very realistically, the $109 price tag, the light weight and portability yielded the Traveler the best value.

Portability


  1. Innova Skillshot
  2. DGA Mach Lite
  3. Innova Traveler
  4. DGA Mach 14
Of the different portable baskets, the Skillshot is the smallest and therefore the most portable. 

Catch Ability

  1. DGA Mach Lite
  2. DGA Mach 14
  3. Innova Traveler
  4. Innova Skill Shot

From our test results as well as our reviewer ratings, the Mach Lite is the best catching ultra-portable disc golf basket.

Quality


  1. Mach Lite
  2. Mach 14
  3. Innova Traveler
  4. Innova Skill Shot


Our reviewers felt that the DGA Mach Lite was the most quality of the four tested targets.

Use as a Practice Basket


  1. Mach Lite
  2. Mach 14
  3. Innova Traveler
  4. Innova Skill Shot


Despite the fact that it's made of Canvas, the double chains helped the Mach Lite to be rated as the best practice basket due to its superior catch ability and more realistic putting experience.


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