Disc Comparison Review: Latitude 64 Jade versus Diamond 

The Diamond and Jade are what brought me to the Trilogy family as a beginner. They are like magic for beginners and low arm speed throwers.

Your toned down arm speed shot with the Diamond got a flight which looks a lot like the flights I get as a lower arm speed thrower. It has been a very helpful disc as I started out. Diamond and Westside Underworld have been so fun to learn on. I'd love to try a Jade now.

That was a very excellent review and really good camera work, setting in that the discs really showed well in their flights.

They are two of my preferred light discs. Also I, with the Jade (opto) I throw well and straight (lately with a greater deviation on the right, to compansate with a little more hyzer release), with the Diamond (recycled) I throw exclusively only on the right or when I succeed I throw great (for my very limited tecnique) flex shots, but it's difficult to master its flight. So very similar to what you say. Thamk you for this comparison!

By the numbers I expected my Jade to have some movement to the right (RHBH) like my Diamond but I am glad to see you had the same results with the Jade.

Enjoyed your video.

I can't wait for some opto ice orbit comparisons!

The Diamond help me birdie a hole I never had before. The line is made for a RHBH anny flex that comes back just a little at the end, but Im a lefty and dont have the forehand distance @ 340ft. So I had bought the 10th anniversary Orbit Diamond and thought to try it. Extreme hyzer to have it early bend right and then stand up and fly straight and finish kind of on turn, away from creek on the right. Basically parked it. Once I had it and saw the flight I birdie it often with a Fury or Tumbleweed. Diamond is so much fun to throw!

I already have a Diamond, which pretty much turns right at least as much as in the video. Flips to a roller very easily. I just got a Jade in today. I can't wait to try it. My max drive distance is 280-maybe 300 feet. I am hoping for some good flex lines out of the Jade.

I've got it made in the shade when I throw my Jade. 350' down wind

I love the Opto Jade because it's flippy with just enough stability.

I use and like both Diamond and Jade. I got a video suggestion, comparing say Opto Jade to Opto Air Jade. Or any other regular opto to an air opto. I enjoy your videos, thanks for the good work.

Excuse me, but these two are my preferred discs, I'd conclude saying that the Diamond could have a turn of - 4 and the Jade could be a - 1,5 🙂

I bought the diamond over the jade because of store recommendation. I’ve only thrown it a little bit, but I don’t like that it turns so hard to the right. Then again, I don’t have much control over my shot. They told me to buy it because I sold myself as a beginner, even though I’ve been playing for a year and a half now. Should I have gotten the Jade? Based on this video, it seems to be more of how my current discs react.

The two most thrown disc in my bag. I need to throw my lower speed disc more but these too keep me from throwing most any other disc in my bag.

I've always been fairly unimpressed with the Jade. The numbers are way off and it's almost overstable for the folks it's designed for, so I don't quite get why it exists. I love the Diamond, though. If you ever get the chance to pick up a 170g+ Diamond, I'd love to see a better arm throw both. For me, the heavy one drifts a bunch without ever really turning over and is a fairly useful disc overall.

The latitude disc are great for slower arms. I have so many mvp brand disc and the same speed mvp stuff does not throw as nicely.

I like to think of the jade as a slightly more "stable" (if you can call it that) hatchet

I rarely see any right movement on the Gold Jade I've tested, it either flips over and rolls or it just flies pretty stable, up to a certain armspeed the former is hard to do so a very dependable disc for beginners. Have to try it on a forehand... I have started to do some flexforehands to get distance and it seems to over and over again be a bad habit to break ;) My 170g Opto Diamond i lent to a beginner friend, it can hold up quite well to a 300' hyzerflip, effortless distance in the lower speed it needs to be thrown to achieve this. Eg. when I get tired I really should have it in the bag... saving both arms and strokes probably xD

about your parting line height "analysis": no, not quite: the total height of the discs is different. the Diamond is 14mm high, the Jade 18mm high. due to that you can't just directly compare parting lines by placing the discs on a tabletop and reach conclusions. Parting line is always referenced within the top and bottom, not just from the bottom (ie: as a percentage of total height if you prefer), so you'd have to compare those 2 percentages. But you're not measuring, so, you're not able to do that. hence, comparing in that simple fashion, disregarding how much disc is above it, is misleading.