Dog Discuit Illuminated Dog Disc

by Nite Ize

Product Features

• Simple button on/off switch with cap to protect from dog's teeth
• Best illumination: preserves night vision
• Soft and comfortable feel
• Water resistant
• Long life (25 hour) replaceable battery

Product Description

Do you love playing Frisbee with your dog? Does your dog like to chase lights? If so, then the Dog Discuit is the perfect disc for you both! The Dog Discuit is the first illuminated disc designed for dogs. It's made from a soft and flexible rubbery plastic and has a light pod in the middle with fibre optics extending to the edges for incredible illumination. The center light pod has an on/off switch and is fully enclosed and has not protrusions, making it very difficult to chew on.

Features:

High-durability Illuminated Dog Disc

9.25 Inches in Diameter

130 Gram Weight

Batteries Included

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00110L7P0
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Perfect - Until It DIES!, October 22, 2010

By 

Sage "Industrial Shaman" (San Diego) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nite Ize FFDD-08-10 Dog Discuit Light Up Flying Disc, Red (Tools & Home Improvement)

I have 6 of these Nite Ize Dog Discuits. The lights in all six are now dead or gone. Admittedly, my two labs are tough on them and I purchased them expecting to have to replace them periodically. I should also mention I use them almost every day. One was dead out of the box -- the others died within a couple of weeks. Why do I keep buying them? My dogs LOVE to play with them and my neighbors enjoy the light show. It's all very dramatic when an arcing disc suddenly is pulled from the sky and then "runs" back to me. My labs are as black as night and it's pretty cool. That they are black precludes me from working them too hard during warm days - they heat up like solar panels so night-time play is essential in their opinion.

Here's the problem - described very well in the first two reviews: the design of the light and battery chamber sucks. The instructions say to remove the center cap after use for cleaning. My discs are covered with gobs of slob after a session as labs are built to slime and the battery/light would corrode if I didn't clean them after every use. The problem is that once the center cap is removed it NEVER seats properly again. (And yes, I know there's a trick to getting it to "click".) This causes it to come apart at the most inopportune times. It seems to me that had they come up with a "threading" system instead of a "snap" they'd have a perfect product.

But what really chaps my ass is that my calls and voice mails to Nite Ize have gone unanswered. Here's what I wanted: to simply buy some replacement light units and caps to try to rebuild the units I have. I'm ready to send them as much money as is necessary to do this. I would use clear silicon to seal and attach the caps. If I got even 3 months of use out of these rebuilds I'd be happy.

I will say that the design of the disc itself is near perfect - it's weighted well so you can fling it a decent distance, and is relatively easy on the dog mouth. This is important - I've had champion Frisbee dogs with all manner of messed up teeth from catching regular Frisbees (Sorry pups - we learned the hard way) The material is softish and given their (again relative) lightness they don't torque teeth when caught. If only they could get the lighting compartment right they'd have a spectacular dog disc. It is a fine daytime disc though I wish it were a color the dogs could see a little better. The opaque clear color gets "lost" against the clouds during day play.

So here's the best you're going to do with these Dog Discuits:

- Never remove the center cap.
- Rinse it carefully to keep water from getting into the battery/light compartment.
- Towel it dry.
- Use compressed air to blow the water out.
- Dry it in the sun the next morning if possible - bottom-side up.

With luck it'll last 2-3 months before it flakes out. So yeah - these are basically disposable at this point.

Nite Ize - step up and fix this, kay? I'll gladly rewrite this if you do.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun but not durable enough, February 6, 2010

By 

B.R. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nite Ize FFDD-08-28 Dog Discuit Light Up Flying Disc, Green (Tools & Home Improvement)

This is a really fun product for both people and pets, but my dog steps on it, which causes the battery part to fall out of the middle. I almost lost that little piece in the dark and the snow the other night. I will probably try to silicone it in there and keep using it. For now we use the night ize led glowing ball instead, also a great product and more durable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars fun for awhile, November 9, 2008

By 

Mariah R. Tilman (Nevada) - See all my reviews
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My dog loved this toy while it lasted, but it didn't take long for the lighting mechanism to fall out and then it was just another semi-soft frisbee that she got bored with. My dog really likes the foam and clothe frisbees, because they are easy to pick up.

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