All in all, the X4 was flexible and could be used in many ways– my favorite role was as a bomber, going for as much distance as possible. I found myself able to throw great “flex” shots without having to be an expert.ĭialing back the speed of release can still get good results with a relatively straight flight path and manageable fade, which would be nice for longer tunnel shots. The disc finished straight ahead, or slightly to the overstable side upon landing. The flight path was more of an S-curve for me, pulling to the understable side upon release, but always fighting back for the fade to get even more distance. Somebody who does not have a huge throwing arm can pick up the X4 and see excellent results. Aside from feeling great in the hand to throw, it also had the most potential for maximum distance under moderate power. This disc felt like the stand-out in a couple of ways. It could be used by amateur to experienced players for consistency, though it is likely too much disc for most novice players. The X3 is supposed to be the “middle-of-the-road” disc in terms of stability, and it fills that role nicely, but again, so do a lot of other discs on that market. It isn’t that the disc was not good, but it simply didn’t stand out as being very different from a lot of distance drivers on the market, and it didn’t fly as far as its more understable counterparts. The X3 was my least favorite of the X-Series that I’ve thrown so far. I’m not the most powerful thrower, so the X2 faded earlier than I would like on most distance drives, but in cases where I need that sharp, curved flight path, it gets the job done and is about as overstable as I can handle. It isn’t the overstable monster that the X1 is (was?), but it has plenty of fade, making it very suitable for strong throwers, or as a utility disc for sharp turns. I liked the X2 as an overstable driver that can be thrown with as much power as you want. After throwing the X2, X3, X4, and X5, I felt like there were a couple of gems in this series, along with a couple of discs that were a little bit lack-luster.
While the X1 still has not come back into production at the time of this article, everything else but the X6 has been released and is available as of August 2017. On a chart, their flight paths are shown as having more distance potential than the D Series: These discs are described by Prodigy as “low profile, high speed distance drivers…with less rim depth than the D Series.” It became a hard-to-find collectible and the “X” discs were not mentioned again for a while until 2017 when the rest of the “X Series” disc were launched by Prodigy. While the Prodigy X1 was approved by the PDGA in 2014 as a beefy, super-overstable distance driver, it eventually sold out and vanished.
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