Over the years there have been various companies that tried to compete with Discraft. Daredevil discs is one of them. They are "UPA approved" but I have no idea how successful they have been. I think that for most Ultimate players, if the price is almost the same and the disc is almost the same, they will still stick to Discraft. I know I do.

But what if the price drops significantly?

This might be a good option for poorer countries, players, or organizers who don't want to risk a large investment.

Now there is a alternative.

YiKunSports (www.yikunsports.com) has a new Ultimate disc made in China. I had the opportunity to test their new version last week (hot from the press) and I must say I was impressed. I didn't notice a difference with the Discraft disc. It was stable, same hardness/softness, and all-in-all a good disc.

Not extremely cheap, but still $2-3 per disc cheaper than Discraft (pricelist). Something to consider...