The electronic dart board just gets better and better. The original boards came out in the 1990’s and caused a lot of controversy at the time that still goes on today. The purists hate them saying it isn’t “proper darts”, but no one can deny their popularity. The big advantages are that the electronic game is safer and a lot more convenient than the traditional game. The darts have plastic tips so they are less dangerous and are much less likely to put holes in your wall and I think most of us appreciate the automatic scoring, especially for the Cricket game
There are now two types of electronic dart board around, the standard board with hundreds of holes in it and the new so called “BristleTech” board, which has fibres like the classic bristle boards and you can use both steel tip and soft tip darts on, with the advantages of the electronics as well. This is truly the best of both worlds and is surely the way of the future.
The latest from Halex is the Armada Bristletech dartboard that has a laser that marks out the throw line for you! So not only does it enable you to play with both types of darts it marks out the throw line for you with a laser, how cool is that! So both types of darts players can make use of this board. Who knows, the electronic boards may be used in the big tournaments like the Las Vegas Classic before long.
There are standard wall mounted boards and the arcade style that doesn’t need to be set up, as they are free standing and the board is already mounted for you at the correct height. (Great! no drilling) The latest electronic dart boards are relatively cheap, at a starting price of around $50 to $300 for the all singing, all dancing arcade types.
Be aware the wall version of the electronic dart board is larger than their bristle type cousins , so if you get a cabinet for it, make sure you get a bigger one to put it in. Please ensure that if you get a dart board cabinet for your electronic board that it will fit the cabinet, there are cabinets made to fit the larger boards.
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Written by Steve Porter a keen darter, click the link to find out more about the
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