Soft tips darts
Soft Darts for Schools, Clubs and Leisure
Soft Darts Buying Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Darts
There are basically 2 types of darts: steel-tip darts and soft-tip darts. Unlike steel darts, soft darts don’t have a steel point but a plastic tip. This makes soft darts ideal for leisure use at school or in the clubhouse, as the risk of injury is significantly lower.
In this guide you’ll find answers to the most common customer questions – so you can really enjoy playing with soft-tip darts:
- When do I use soft darts?
- What are the individual parts of a soft dart called and can I buy them separately?
- What weight and length should soft darts have?
- Brass or tungsten: Which soft dart is right for me?
1. When do I use soft darts?
You need soft darts – darts with a plastic tip – for playing on electronic dartboards. Steel-tip darts would damage the electronics of an e-dartboard.
2. What are the individual parts of a soft dart called and can I buy them separately?
Every dart consists of a tip, the barrel (grip section), the shaft and the flight. A clear advantage of soft darts: the tip can be unscrewed and replaced. Tournament darts often come with long-life tips that are more durable.
3. What weight and length should soft darts have?
With a maximum length of 16.8 cm, soft darts usually weigh 16 or 18 g. Our tip: beginners should opt for a slightly heavier dart, as it is less sensitive to throwing errors. Young people can throw with the same weight as adults. For smaller children, the darts should be lighter so they can reach the board easily.
Good to know: At official tournaments, soft darts may not weigh more than 18 g. A manufacturing tolerance of 5% is allowed. The length without flight must not exceed 16.8 cm for tournament-approved soft darts.
4. Brass or tungsten: Which soft dart is right for me?
If you play soft darts with ambition, it’s worth trying out different darts. For beginners and casual players, brass barrels are absolutely sufficient. Regular players, club players and advanced players with tournament ambitions will usually switch to tungsten barrels in the long term. Tungsten (wolfram) is heavier than brass, so tungsten barrels are slimmer at the same weight. If your darts land close together on the board, the slimmer barrels reduce the risk that a dart will be knocked out of the board by a close hit and become invalid.
Whether you’re looking for tournament darts for pros or leisure darts for schools and clubs: you’ll find soft darts, tips and flights in the Sport-Thieme online shop on this page.