I am thinking about buying this call, but there are 2 one with crystal I believe and one with frictionite. What is the difference and which would you recommend?

i dont like the freak. get a cody call. they sound so sweet and are worth a few extra bucks.

My son has the one with frictionite and it is simple to use and gets great sounds. Haven't tried the glass one.

Go with the glass

I bought the freak last year and liked it. Didn't try the glass one so I can't help you there but for bow hunting this call is the balls! When I'm hunting with my "turkey rollers" (870 & 1187) I use my Cody calls, glass and slate. They sure do sound sweet when working in a love struck longbeard.

I have never used the glass one but I and a bunch of guys I hunt with all own the frictionite one. I have found it very easy to use and I love the ability to strap it onto my leg or gun or whatever.

I haven't tried the Freak, but I did get the Panhandler by HS Strut this year. There is a thread on here that brought it to my attention and I found it a Walmart for under $10. The advantage of the Panhandler, is you can use any slate type call with it. It will adjust to fit the call and I haven't had any problems with it changing the tone of my calls. It is just like the Freak, except you can interchange the calls.