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Disc Review: MVP Servo

When you need a straight fairway shot with a reliable fade, the MVP Servo is your disc. Part of MVP’s 16.5mm fairway lineup, a group of discs with a 6.5 speed rating, the Servo is a disc you can count on for straight and true power shots. You can force it to turnover, but given enough height it will fight out, making it great for flex shots. On the forehand it does basically the same as the backhand, giving a straight to fade flight, with potential for a flex shot if you force it.

The Servo has a touch more stability and fade than the Crave, which is often helpful for shots where you need to finish left (RHBH), or you need to fight out of the turnover. Like all the 16.5mm discs, it feels great in the hand as the wing is not that big, but big enough for a nice grip.

The flight ratings 6.5/5/-1/2 are accurate. Out of the hand the Servo flies straight with a bit of high speed turn, and then settles into a long straight line, until it fades out at the end. It is important to commit to the shot with the Servo, as it is not a finesse disc and if you go soft on power, it will fade out early. It can handle the power and you need to trust it to do its job.

I would like to see more players throwing the Servo as it is the type of disc you can build your bag around, and there are many times when you need more fade than the Crave will give. If you like the Crave, then you should give the Servo a try. It will feel familiar but offer some new possibilities in your game.

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Axiom Alias Review

The Alias is a straight workhouse mid with flight ratings 4/4-1/1. It is not super-long, but it is accurate and has enough stability to be reliable. It is a point-and-shoot disc in that it goes wherever you throw it. It flies like a cross between an Innova Roc and a Discraft Buzzz, with the Roc’s amazing hover-glide and Buzzz’s straight-and-dump at the end.

I use my Alias for a few different shots:

  • 100-200ft upshots: There are times when I could use a putter to lay up, but I find it easier to throw the Alias on a low hyzer line, or straight line with predictable fade at the end. The slightly below average glide makes it very controllable.
  • Straight shots: The Alias excels at going straight. Sometimes I throw it with a hyzer-flip and it goes straight and true. If you throw it hard enough it will turn some, but if you give it enough height it will fight the turn and stay fairly straight. It’s a slow, beautiful shot to watch.
  • Anhyzer shots: The Alias can be forced into a turnover shot and will hold the line if given enough power. It’s point-and-shoot ability shines on this shot.

Like all Axiom discs it comes in a great variety of beautiful colours. I have red on red combo in proton plastic, and a blue on light blue in Neutron. I really like the look of both of these and find their stabilities to similar, with the neutron being perhaps a bit less stable.

The Alias fits in my midrange line up in increasing stability as follows: Tangent/Alias/Matrix/Deflector.  It has more stability than a Tangent, and a more predictable fade also. 

I tried out an Axis for a bit to compete with the Alias, but it didn’t last long. The Axis is a good disc, but a couple things kept it from replacing the Alias:

  • The Axis felt too close to being a faster Tangent. 
  • The Alias was more controllable due to more stability, less speed and less glide.

I recommend the Alias as a solid, reliable, point-and-shoot midrange. You can find one here on Faithful Flight.