| The electronic dart board is definitely a hit, | | | | aluminium shafts which are supposed to grip the |
| especially for home users as they are safer than | | | | flights better; four steel wires are anchored in the |
| the old style darts thanks to the soft tip darts | | | | aluminum base and are covered with heat shrunk |
| used in the game. The soft tips are made from | | | | rubber to form a firm hold on the flight, and like a |
| plastic so as not to damage the dartboard, and | | | | lot of the more expensive darts, you can chose |
| consequently wont damage your walls so much | | | | from a range of weights from 16 to 20 grams |
| either. Also the maximum weight allowed is set at | | | | and of course they have their famous spider |
| 20grams, which is one of the reasons the old | | | | flights; so if you are in to arachnids, these are for |
| style darters are against the new electronic | | | | you. They even have a set with a gold colored |
| game, as they prefer the heavier steel tip darts | | | | finish that look really cool called Gold Widow darts, |
| that can be used on the bristle boards. However | | | | (guess what color the black widow darts are?). |
| being made of plastic has its disadvantages too, | | | | Bottelsen have got some great soft tip darts as |
| as the tips can bend or break when in use so you | | | | well, their devastators are very popular as well as |
| will need plenty of spares for them as well. | | | | the Nemesis set, which have the Bottelsen |
| Fortunately they are very cheap and easily | | | | spinning shafts. |
| replaced as they screw into the barrel so can be | | | | The Piranha is one of the most popular darts in |
| unscrewed and replaced in seconds using a dart | | | | the soft tip world and comes in any weight you |
| tool. | | | | want from 12 up to 20 grams and has the new |
| All the major manufacturers now produce soft tip | | | | feature from Piranha, the Razor Grip which is an |
| darts, with the famous black widow darts set | | | | aggressive grip that helps stop any slippage when |
| from Laserdarts and the devastators from | | | | you throw. They also come with Top Spin |
| Bottelsen, just to name a couple and there are a | | | | spinning shafts that can rotate so if hit by a dart |
| lot of convertible darts sets around which give | | | | whilst in the board it spins the flight out of the |
| you a set of screw in steel tips as well as soft | | | | way so reducing the deflection of the dart coming |
| tips, like the skinnys from Bottelsen, so you can | | | | in. |
| use the same darts for both the soft tip and the | | | | The darts that come with the dart board sets |
| steel tip games, which is neat. The skinnys also | | | | are err&.. how can I put it, not very good, so |
| have the famous hammerhead action steel tip | | | | even the cheaper Soft tip Darts at $20-$30 or so |
| inserts that reduce those infamous bounce outs | | | | would be a great improvement on those, so if |
| on the wires of the bristle boards. Also the shafts | | | | you get one of the all in dartboard sets it is |
| and flights for the soft tip darts are just the | | | | definitely worth investing in a decent set of darts |
| same as for steel tip darts. | | | | as well. |
| The black widow soft tips have the spider grip | | | | |