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Welcome to DiscCharger.ca

Born of necessity and a strong desire to spend more time playing.

What's a Disc Charger?

Lightweight • Compact • Easy-To-Use

What is it?

Not to be confused with the discs you throw, Disc Charger is placed in the player’s bag between two glow discs exposing both to light, causing each to glow in preparation for play.

Why is it necessary?

With today’s busy pace, disc golf enthusiasts often don’t have time to play before sun-down. Especially when days get shorter, people with responsibilities don’t have the option to play in daylight. With disc golf’s sharp rise in popularity is also the growing popularity of glow disc golf. Glow disc golf leagues are popping up everywhere whose members attend “glowies”. Glow discs are essential for play after dark, but the process of exposing the disc to light or “charging” the disc takes time. Not only does it slow down the game but also in colder months, when glowies are more popular, it is challenging to keep hands warm. Disc Charger is the lightweight, compact and easy-to-use solution to meet this rapidly increasing demand.

Is there really that much demand?

If you have ever played a round of glow disc golf you will have seen some players who purchased special flashlights and others who awkwardly used their cell phone flashlights to charge their discs. Others have attempted to build their own devices to charge discs in their bags with clumsy, bulky and awkward contraptions but all others pale when compared to this lightweight, compact and easy-to-use solution.

Why not just put lights in the discs?

One word - Trees. Discs with lights built in are available but not many people want to throw their most expensive discs at trees. Discs with lights aren’t very useful when the lights stop working after encountering a tree or two. Another word - Balance. Lights, power source and other electronic components will alter a discs flight profile. A glow disc doesn’t compromise luminance for performance.

Features

Thoughtfull consideration in every detail

Multiple Chargers

Multiple DiscChargers can be powered by a single battery pack

Double Sided

One DiscCharger can charge two glow discs at the same time

Universal Power Coupling

Allows the user to descide which power supply works best for them. Larger battery packs are ideal with larger arrays, or smaller battery packs with fewer chargers for space saving

Versatile and Compact

The slim profile makes for easy addition to any disc bag or trolley

Improved Experience

Spend less time waiting while holding light, less exposing hands to cold air and more time playing the finest game known to outdoor sports.

Lightweight

At only a few grams per unit, DiscCharger won't add noticable weight to a player's gear

My Story

The stars alligned.

Several factors play into the genesis of this idea. Like many others, being in lock down sent us out looking for something to do outside. In my case, my wife and I were exploring local parks and kept noticing these odd baskets in random locations. Eventually we spotted some players and were intrigued. We bought some discs and got hooked in short order.

Being a new father and holding down a career did not allow for much opportunity to play in daylight hours. During the longer summer days a quick evening round was possible but as summer came to an end, dusk would force us off the course. That’s when I noticed some players who came equipped to play at night.

We watched a group of young people determined to not let something as trivial as daylight stop them from getting a round in. Some of them used glow tape, others had glow discs, and they used flashlights or cellphones to charge their discs and off they went.

This was the solution I didn’t know I needed. A set of glow discs and a UV flashlight now afforded me the opportunity to play at the end of every day. Night play became the routine but as the days grew shorter the air grew cooler. The inconvenience of manually charging a disc before each toss was tolerated on warmer nights, but cooler nights had me thinking there must be a better way.

I searched high and low but there were no solutions to my problem, the best I could find was some homemade toaster oven looking contraption that was too bulky to carry around, I needed something subtle and lightweight. As a tinkerer I set out to make my own.

The prototype started as an LED strip wrapped around a piece of cardboard but that didn’t last long. At this point I got serious, I took a silicone casting of a disc, filled it with epoxy and placed a grid of short LED strips soldered together in the middle. This iteration worked great but it was heavy and still took up more space than necessary. The final version placed the grid of short LED strips in a thin disc of acrylic.

This final iteration checked all the boxes - lightweight, compact and easy to use. Now glow disc golf is all action for me. Even with the responsibility of family and career, a hassle-free round at the local course is what I need to unwind each day.

My hope and wish is that the Disc Charger brings more dics golf into your life too.

Contact

If you are interested in licencing opportunities please don't hesitate to get touch.

Call
+1 613 203 3422
Email
info@disccharger.ca