(Part 3) Top products from r/Darts

If you can't drill holes in a wall a paper wound board may be your only real option, but those cheap boards will deteriorate very fast. A week of regular play and you will need a new one. You might actually be better off buying a cheap electronic board, those can be pretty light, and they may stay up with a few 3m strips. Then you don't have to worry about the board falling apart, and if you play with soft tips, you won't worry about missing and putting a hole in the wall that you weren't allowed to put a hole in.

If you are allowed to drill a hole, the most cost effective way to play steel tip darts is to get a board like this that will last 100 times longer (that isn't even an exaggeration) than a paper wound board but only cost about twice as much.

Is it this board that you're talking about?

They use this board at the pub next to my work. I play on it during my breaks and after work. It's a good board, held up pretty well, and its easily going into a year of use at the pub.

I'd recommend it over the Viper board. IMHO, you can't go wrong with Winmau or Unicorn dartboards. They're all great quality boards for the range and pricing.

edit: at only $10 more than the Viper board, Its a steal. Get this one if you're looking at a board in this price range.

It really depends on what you are looking for. I've used plenty over the years. For at least 15 years my go to was the White Horse Case. Lately I've been trying to downsize though and have progressed from that to the Casemaster Elite Jr. to the Casemaster Salvo, and then on to the wallet style cases with the Bulls Trifold Wallet Deluxe Dart Case which is the right concept that I wanted, but way too floppy and the dart retention sucks (the darts will just fall out of it if you're not careful). Right now I'm using the Target Montana Wallet which is all the way at the other extreme - retention is great but it is way too stiff and fat for what I want. I'm thinking of trying the Target Carrera Wrap Wallet next if anyone has any experience with it and can give me a heads up on it.

edit: I actually really like all of the above, by the way, just haven't found the one that is perfect for me yet.

I'll second the good cricket app.

The author of this book did an ama on this sub a little while back How to Master the Game of Cricket https://www.amazon.com/dp/1983046752/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_FuMnDb9EE48TH

Even for someone who's been playing forever there's some good stuff and it's probably a great starting place / rough draft as far how to program the bot to play with a solid strategy.

I figured it was for aiming, it is nice. The most I've done for helping with aiming is taking a hair tie and needle pinning it to the board in an attempt to get all three darts in.

Now that I think of it, I have a bunch of these that would be perfect for aiming stickers.

Good luck on your 180, I've only ever had 2. Today I switched my grip ever so slightly and was hitting 140's more than I usually do.

I just got this one the other day to take my soft tip darts to the bar and back instead of in my pocket. It's a very basic case, stiff plastic backing bent in half with a zipper basically. The dart storage side is very nice, they stay in very well but the pockets on the right are pretty tight, you can get flights and maybe some stems in there but it won't hold a lot.

This one holds 6 darts as well and is still compact, I found it was hard to actually find a small sized one that held more than 1 set, I don't want to haul a briefcase in with me by any means.

Overall not bad for a cheapy $10 case for me, I'm in the US though so this may not be exactly what you need. I know they have a ton of options on DC when I was browsing around yesterday.

https://www.amazon.com/Casemaster-Deluxe-Nylon-Storage-Travel/dp/B0002AOS0Q/

I installed these cork tiles behind my board, in a 3x3 grid. The main reason was to mask and prevent further holes in the basement drywall (I suck). Noise reduction was an unexpected bonus. It's a Unicorn Eclipse Pro board, with the mounting bracket installed on top of the cork. I've been pretty happy with the setup thus far, although the included adhesive strips were inadequate. Accurate shots are mostly inaudible on the main floor of the house.

Thanks for the advice. Found these online, looks like a pretty solid deal.

I've had the same idea before but it ends but being more convoluted to be honest. I bought the darts scorer linked below which does exactly that, and it's not very good. You really are better just entering the score.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Toys-Games/Winmau-Touchpad-Electronic-Scorer/B0018D9D4W

After seeing the other post with storage boxes I checked Amazon and I believe I found the same container. It's the Plano Tackle Box and I ordered one for myself already. Looks like a good deal to me.

Go BIG or go home. j/k

Is there an outlet and you could use a desk lamp as a spot light? You can get those for under 10 bucks. It make actually be worth just leaving there if you frequent the bar enough.

That is just a case of you losing that nifty oil/sweat layer on your finger tips.

In the wintertime I used O’Keeffe’s Working Hands Hand Cream it’s really really good stuff and they even make a pocket sized one so if it’s really bad, reapply once you’ve finished a leg.

Found one of them on Amazon US after some translating.

$126

Yeah the Dynasty one, which is basically the same item, is $771=P

Winmau Diamonds all the way.

Cheap but you've still got the bevelled edges which really make a difference.

£25 on Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winmau-Diamond-Bristle-Dartboard/dp/B0018D69TE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382019916&sr=8-1&keywords=winmau+diamond

I have a unicorn Striker board, which is more than enough for my (casual) darting-needs

https://www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Striker-Bristle-Tournament-Board/dp/B000G2Z4VM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465722030&sr=8-1&keywords=unicorn+striker

As for darts, it depends on how heavy you like your darts, but I have one set of 21g darts and one set of 23g darts, each for about 20$, with extra flights included

These look to be the same darts as the One80 22g Heat/Recharge (T2-22g or Style E) darts on Amazon. linkvisions 22g 90% Tungsten Professional Steel Tip Darts Set Checkout Card https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YHF5XHX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5LeZDb0NK8HNK

The wire brush suggested by WWD should work. I had the same problem with the paint in the small grooves and brushing them looked tedious to me. So I used a wire brush attachment on a drill and saved some time/elbow grease.

I think you're trying to find this: https://www.amazon.com/Trademark-Global-Game-Dartboard-Darts/dp/B000OQDLJC/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1505922571&sr=8-10&keywords=dartboard

Dart World Sharp Shooter Tungsten

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001HZYB4I/ref=mp_s_a_1_25?ie=UTF8&qid=1484050849&sr=8-25&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=dart+world+darts