Barneveld Phase 5
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:30 pm
As won in the recent Matchplay competition, I went for these darts in 25g. As anyone who actually knows me personally and has seen me throw a dart at pubs in Barnsley or Wigan will know that you could give me a set of brass darts and it wouldn't make much difference! However, I still give it a whirl!
The darts came just as the barrels (as it says on the website), so arming some basic flights and stems, we're good to go!
The first thing I noticed was the grip. There's two distinct differences, a smooth area and a roughened area - I like a grip on my darts, so had to hold them slightly different to how I normally would - further up and on the black section compared to nearer the base of the barrel. This actually gave me more control, and I hit 4 100 scores and a 140 in about 15 minutes along with a pile of 60s, 85s, etc - so not too bad.
I tried holding the barrels by the gold section where the second part of the grip is, but that's too high up for me.
I took them through for my Dad to have a go with, and he hit a 180 second throw with them followed by another 5 minutes later - think he likes them! Granted, he always was so much better than I ever was, even though he only throws at home now as well!
So yes, a good set of darts - definitely one I'll use, as opposed to some I have bought in the past that just sit in a drawer!
Thanks once again to TSOD, and of course Unicorn.
The darts came just as the barrels (as it says on the website), so arming some basic flights and stems, we're good to go!
The first thing I noticed was the grip. There's two distinct differences, a smooth area and a roughened area - I like a grip on my darts, so had to hold them slightly different to how I normally would - further up and on the black section compared to nearer the base of the barrel. This actually gave me more control, and I hit 4 100 scores and a 140 in about 15 minutes along with a pile of 60s, 85s, etc - so not too bad.
I tried holding the barrels by the gold section where the second part of the grip is, but that's too high up for me.
I took them through for my Dad to have a go with, and he hit a 180 second throw with them followed by another 5 minutes later - think he likes them! Granted, he always was so much better than I ever was, even though he only throws at home now as well!
So yes, a good set of darts - definitely one I'll use, as opposed to some I have bought in the past that just sit in a drawer!
Thanks once again to TSOD, and of course Unicorn.