Soft tip darts and electronic dart boards

Darts is one of the most played games in the world, mainly because of the low initial and ongoing costs of equipment and the fact that pubs and bars frequently have all the necessary components of the game available for free.

It is also a game where age, sex and fitness offer no barrier and it can be played by one or several people using a number of different games formats, e.g. 301, 501, cricket etc.

The game does however have one potential drawback and that is the steel points of the darts themselves. Injuries in darts are rare to say the least, but these “pointed weapons” may detour some people from wanting them in the home, or allowing younger children to play the game.

There is however a solution to this problem and it takes the form of a variation on the design of the dart tip which is traditionally made from steel.

The alternative is a soft tip dart, where a soft none metallic material is used for the dart’s point reducing the likelihood of damage to players and furniture (from bounce off).

These darts are often referred to as people and furniture friendly.

Soft tip darts have now become a sport within darts and, although they can be used on a conventional fibre board, new electronic dart boards are sold specifically for use with these soft tip darts. These boards do not require the same heavy construction as fibre boards and many incorporate an electronic and automatic scoring counter in the design of the board. This allows the selection of pre-programmed game formats and the automatic counting (or countdown) of the scoring in real time. This makes the games easy to play and attractive to the younger generations who like the clever technology that makes the board work.

Amazingly, these boards and darts are incredibly cheap and you can buy a branded board and a couple of sets of darts for a very insubstantial sum of money.

You can see and read more about soft tip darts and boards here: http://www.dartscorner.co.uk/Darts---Soft-Tip/c414/index.html and also here, http://www.soft-tips.co.uk/.