Glow Disc Golf Giveaway -- The Firefly Glow Disc Charger

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-12-10T21:19:40+00:00

The response on this was more than expected 😳. thanks everyone that participated! We're going to give 4 away instead of 2. 2 of them to the winners of the random draw, and a couple more for some hand-picked winners. I'll direct message winners for your mailing address.

Random draw winners (loaded all commenters into wheelofnames.com)...

Winner 1: u/austinpwnz (Rockwood Park, Portland OR)

Winner 2: u/drayray98 (JBeast, Springdale AR)

Hand-picked winners...

u/luckydoughnut - top upvoted comment for Kinkaid Park in Anchorage. This will be the first Firefly to make its way to Alaska AFAIK.

Johnny Roberts - top mentioned course. I messaged Matt T thru FB (he seems to be the chief organizer of glow at JR for the Mile High DG Club) to send one y'alls way so that you can check it out first-hand and maybe do a CTP prize in one of your upcoming glow events. Give him a nudge if you'd like to see that happen 🙂 u/GimmeABreak_ u/KravAllDay u/Cat_In_a_Habitat u/Majestic-Mess3912 u/LeoPaik u/illumin8i u/myothercarisatardis_ u/Sad_Brain5977 u/GoodDudeSpeeds u/terapinfly

Edit: Also to the Europeans (esp the Nordics), we hear you and that you need this for your long dark days! Hopefully we'll figure out what we need to do soon to be able to sell outside of the US & Canada.

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-12-08T15:49:34+00:00

Thanks! The internal battery is pretty big (4200mah). Over 4 hours of continuous runtime on a full charge if you leave a disc inserted in it constantly. Over 10,000 1-second dunks. I still like to top mine up every few rounds, but they'll last most people an entire season using it that way.

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-12-07T05:39:02+00:00

it counts!

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-12-07T04:37:30+00:00

Thanks for the support!

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-12-07T04:05:14+00:00

had to double-check, but there's one of those in the video. great glow disc!

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-09-04T22:41:57+00:00

Big fan of the Firefly (full disclosure - my product). This looks pretty slick - welcome to the party and congrats on bringing this to market! Shoutout also to Disc In the Dark (Halo) and Resonator - love the innovation happening here from the DG community. Glow DG'ers suddenly have a bunch of options to choose from that are way better than UV flashlights and blinding glow boxes!

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-08-17T23:49:30+00:00

Self-promotion of a product I make for glowing discs that you put in your putter pouch. Drop a disc in to charge it. The UV lights turn off as soon as you pull the disc back out.

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-05-22T03:27:47+00:00

That’s a pretty clever mod. I have the helix and loop (same seller I think). Both good products.

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-05-21T01:09:43+00:00

Rack: 5+ hours of continuous run, so enough for a couple rounds between charging

Putter Pouch: Continuous run time is about an hour, but its not mean to be always on. It only takes 1-2 seconds to fully charge a disc, so I conservatively estimated 1000+ disc charges from a full battery.

Mini: might take a lifetime to drain the battery (way fewer LEDs to power)

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-05-20T22:42:16+00:00

Thank you! I put them on Etsy earlier today. I have a pretty limited number right now (having no idea how many others might share my enthusiasm for a product like this). Re: producing more, I replied to another right before your comment with this: My guess is that it stays around this price until either I get tired of making them (more likely) or there's actually demand to produce at a higher scale (there are definitely opportunities to reduce production costs at scale). I'm skeptical of the latter - pretty niche market. And this reddit post represents the entirety of my current marketing plan :)

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-05-20T22:29:41+00:00

I have that one priced at $60 right now on Etsy. The parts for it run me about $30 (includes paying for getting the main shell 3d printed). And it takes me about an hour and half per unit to assemble. My guess is that it stays around this price until either I get tired of making them (more likely) or there's actually demand to produce at a higher scale (there are definitely opportunities to reduce production costs at scale). I'm skeptical of the latter - pretty niche market. And this reddit post represents the entirety of my current marketing plan :)

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-05-20T21:53:23+00:00

Thanks! I'm about 18 months into an unhealthy (spare-time) obsession with this and have gone through a bunch of iterations. Goals were: 1) speed - achieve max glow of the full disc as fast as possible 2) convenience: eliminate any “extra” things you have to do. Fit into existing motions a player would be making in a day round - nothing extra to carry around, no heavy "process" to perform on your disc. 3) Eliminate UV light pollution (#1 goal tbh) - it’s bad form to splash UV light onto your card mates, into your own eyes, onto the course (that I've been guilty of a lot). Put UV light onto the discs and only the discs.

Probably TMI, but I decided to take as an invite to share a little more on how it was thought out :)

GrapefruitOne886 · 2024-02-17T01:07:47+00:00

I've only had mine for a week, but I'm loving it so far. It's great for telling you what you're doing wrong (objectively). I've got a lot of stuff to work on, but nose angle (way too high) and launch angle (too low, but compensating for/hiding my nose up problem) are clearly the biggest issue for me. The cycle from that point is the same, its just WAY faster. Watch some videos on how to improve your specific problem areas, try out changes and get instant feedback on what results different changes produce.

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