Practice your best game and score 180 with our huge range of Soft Tip Darts. Keep your eye on the target with our new selection from top brands in the darting world including Winmau and Mission.
What is the difference between steel tip and soft tip darts?
The "tip" describes the point of a dart. Soft tip darts have flexible plastic tips to hold within a plastic board with moulded holes in it. Steel tip darts have a very sharp point made from steel to stick into the fibre of a bristle board.
Soft tip darts are used in plastic or electronic boards. Soft tip boards are often used as a safer darting option compared to steel tip darts due to less chance of causing injury to a person or damage to a wall. Soft-tips are also used for electronic boards which are hugely popular as they score each round automatically. Often electronic boards are more expensive so are normally only found in bars or pubs. Home Leisure Direct now stocks top-of-the-range electronic interactive dart boards and augmented reality darts.
Interactive Darts
Smarts Interactive Darts uses revolutionary Smartboard technology to detect where your darts have landed and instantly displays the result on a digital scoreboard. This makes it super quick and easy to see your score and continue an action-packed game, without the mental maths. It’s not just doing the scoring, it also enables a wide range of easy fun-packed games to be played, meaning even the darts novice has a great time.
Augmented Reality Darts gets everyone lined up to have a throw, creating a truly memorable competitive experience. AR Darts offers several different game options using a projector screen and arcade-style graphics to supercharge the classic game. It takes the Smarts darts system to a whole new level, showing where you need to throw, rewarding the right shot with explosions and confetti.
How do you play soft tip darts?
For soft-tipped or electronic play, the toe line is marked by taking a plumb line from the face of the dartboard straight down to the floor, and then measuring 8′ or 2.43m. For steel-tip darts, the distance is 7′ 9 1/4” (or 2.37m). This distance must be observed by each player throwing a dart during his turn. The rules of darts games remain the same with either steel or soft tip darts.
Award Winning Advice
We understand that with busy schedules, family life and work commitments, not everyone can visit our showrooms, so we will make sure you have all the information you need. If you are concerned about your space, or where is the best place to put up your dartboard then you can either download any of our “Will It Fit?” guides or call the team who will happily help you over the phone. We will never tell you an item will fit just to get a sale. You can trust us to offer you honest advice, all of the time, so that there are no unwanted surprises on delivery day.
Showroom
Visit our Showroom to view our range of darts and dartboards in person, try them out and get some first-hand advice on the right one for you. Our friendly staff are always on-hand to point you in the right direction for your perfect games room products and accessories.
Stressful city centre driving and expensive places to park are not part of the Home Leisure Direct experience. Instead we have three converted stone built barns, one of which was an old milking parlour, in the idyllic countryside where you will be greeted by a member of our friendly, knowledgeable team with free parking right outside the door.
We believe visiting us will be the most fun showroom visit you will ever have. Whether it be a darts set or one of our other fantastic games room products, we look forward to welcoming you soon with a freshly brewed cup of coffee and a truly enjoyable experience. Take our Showroom Tour to see what awaits you.
Delivery:
All of our darts and dartboards come with free delivery to mainland UK. However, for locations outside the UK mainland there may be an additional charge depending upon your exact location. Please call our friendly customer service team on 0800 622 6464 for a quote.
Useful Information:
To help you further with your choice of games room products and to better understand all the features and options available these useful articles and videos will help you.
Games Room Designer - this powerful browser-based app is free for you to use to design your floor plan and where to situate all the items in your games room, in fact in any room of your house. It's a breeze to use, you can save your work, print it out and share it with others by email.
Have Serious Fun choosing your new darts products.
If you're looking for advice on which dartboard would best suit your needs, please call our expert sales team on 0800 622 6464, and we can help you decide which case best meets your needs. Or you can email us [email protected], or why not visit our amazing showrooms - here's How to Find Us.
