The Discraft Big Z Miracle Buzzz takes the Buzzz mold, disc golf's most common stable midrange, and prints it with a parody stamp of the classic Miracle Whip jar. Big Z is the plastic under the joke, a firm and durable blend that plays like a pearlier take on Elite Z.

Flight Numbers: 5 / 4 / -1 / 1

Big Z runs close to Discraft's Z plastic but comes out of the mold a shade more overstable, closer to a stiff 6 / 3 / 0 / 2 fresh from the bag. It settles into the stock numbers as it beats in over a season or two of rounds. Grip is fine in dry conditions and drops off some in the cold or wet, the usual trade off for a translucent premium plastic, and the flight plate resists scuffing through years of tree hits.

Thrown flat it holds a straight line and finishes with a short, controlled fade, and on a hyzer it stays on hyzer without any surprise turnover. A big arm gets a long, stable anhyzer out of it, and a light release still gets a full, predictable flight, which is why it works so well for a beginner learning to read a clean release angle.

Want more grip in cold weather? The Discraft ESP Buzzz is grippier out of the box. Want the same flight in a plastic that beats in even slower? The Discraft Z Buzzz holds its stability longer than any other Buzzz plastic. Browse the whole Buzzz lineup.

Speed 5, glide 4, turn -1, fade 1. Diameter 21.7 cm, rim width 1.2 cm, max weight 180 g.