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Electronic Dart Boards

Is a dart board a bad idea for a present?

I saw a dart board at the walmart for $10. I was gonna get... but then I imagined holes all in my walls. My kids said to me earlier that they never miss the board at their moms house.

Am I best off passing on this item. I saw a soft tip electronic one there too.... but I remember from childhood that the darts usually pop right off of those after impact.

I'd pass on that to avoid the holes. Kids will say what they want you to believe if it gets them what they want. Get them the velcro stick ones instead LOL

Halex 64315 Solstice 2.0 Electronic Dart Board $72.07 Halex 64315 Solstice 2.0 Electronic Dart Board

Electronic Scoring Dart Board $41.79 Electronic dartboard Alpha dartboard with bar style cricket scoring showing in LCD display 13-3/4? standard target 8 player scoring capability Voice commands and sound effects 21 games; 65 variations 6 brass darts with replacement tips Battery operated (3 ?AA? batteries not included) Built-in jack for optional AC adapter (adapter not included) Brand #: Regent Sports 65405 UPC: 029807654056 Keywords: electronic dartboard elect scoring dart board

Auburn Tigers Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Auburn Tigers NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Florida Gators Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Florida Gators NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Georgia Bulldogs Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Georgia Bulldogs NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Kentucky Wildcats Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Kentucky Wildcats NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Michigan Wolverines Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Michigan Wolverines NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Nebraska Cornhuskers Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Nebraska Cornhuskers NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

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Alabama Crimson Tide Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Alabama Crimson Tide NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

North Carolina Tar Heels Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Ohio State Buckeyes Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

Louisiana State (LSU) Tigers Dart Backerboard (Bristle Board Not Included) $135.15 Sports. Games. Fun. This dart backboard is made to sharpen your game. You will not want to miss your target on this spectacular colorful officially licensed Louisiana State (LSU) Tigers NCAA dart backboard. Display your favorite team in style in true pub style fashion. This U.S. made HANDCRAFTED board is screen printed the old fashioned way. It also fits electronic dart boards with soft tips darts. Comes with pre-mounted hardware for mounting a bristle board. Ready to hang with pre-drilled keyhole on back of board. The dartboard (shown) is not included . MADE IN THE USA. Measures 26W x 29H.

GLD Viper Home Dart Center with Electronic Dartboard $259.95 Enjoy a complete, sophisticated electronic dart game in your own game room with the GLD Viper Home Dart Center with Electronic Dartboard. This exceptional electronic dart center includes a handsome mahogany finish standup dartboard cabinet for minimum space incursion, convenient storage and stunning style. The Viper 787 electronic dartboard features a tournament sized target area and 35 different games with 177 different options! And, the exclusive removable target face increases the life of the board. LCD electronic scoring displays 4 players simultaneously with up to 16 players total! Other great features include a voice volume control, single or double bull option, sleep mode, auto player change and more!

Arachnid Bull Shooter Dart Cabinet with Electronic Dartboard $299 The Arachnid arcade style cabinet with Cricket Pro 650 electronic dart board game features a professional style cabinet with a Bull Shooter Dart Challenge design. It includes a storage space in the lower section for all game room accessories. The included Cricket Pro 650 Electronic dartboard provides 24 games plus multiple features designed to add convenience and excitement. Nylon tough segments improve playability and durability and micro thin segment dividers dramatically reduce bounce-outs. Freight delivery. Lower 48 US. Expedited Shipping Not Availabe.

DMI Sports Arachnid Electronic Steel Tip Freestanding Dart Unit $349.95 Enjoy a complete, sophisticated electronic dart game in your own game room with the DMI Sports Arachnid Electronic Steel Tip Freestanding Dart Unit. This exceptional electronic dart center includes a handsome cherry finish and a convenient storage space. Arachnid Laser Score II electronic steel tip dartboard features genuine sisal fragments and 26 different games with 115 options! LCD electronic scoring displays up to 8 players total while a unique voice prompt let's players know when it's their turn to throw.

Arachnid Arcade Dart Cabinet with Electronic Dartboard $399 This Arcade-Style electronic dartboard features 8 player score display (4 Players Simultaneous), 7 cricket games, optional 3 level heckler, dart averaging mechanism, bounce-out amend feature, regulation 15.5 target area, Nylon tough segments improve visibility, micro thin segment dividers reduce bounce outs. Freight delivery. Lower 48 US. Expedited Shipping Not Availabe.

DMI Bandit Sisal Dart Board $69.95 Considered one of the highest quality dart boards on the market today, the DMI Bandit is a true feat in dart board technology. This staple free board features interlocking thin steel bands embedded in the bristles for all divisions leaving almost nothing to deflect the dart. Plus, the patented razor thin spider eliminates bounce outs.

On The Boards $4.93 On The Boards

Sportcraft Electronic Dart Boards

The Dart Board, Its History and Development

The dart board has been around for many years, the first ones were simple barrel ends. They progressed to purpose made wooden dart boards usually made of elm. Unfortunately they were prone to splitting so they were soaked overnight in water which also had the benefit of closing up the dart holes as the wood swelled.A company called Nodor changed all that and were the first company to produce the Bristle dart board, patenting the design in the 1930's. There was a myth that pig bristles were used in the manufacture, but pig bristle was never used, instead the bristles were small pieces of rope bundled together and compressed to form a smooth surface with a natural self healing property that lasts for a very long time.

Nodor got a patent for the design and so were the only manufacturer for 25 years or so for the life of the patent. After the patent expired other manufacturers entered the arena most notably Winmau . And you thought Nodor was a funny name. Apparently the name Winmau was made up from the first three letters of the two names of the wife of the company director "Winifred Maud" hence Winmau.

Winmau and Nodor fought for supremacy in the dart board market for many years until Nodor eventually took over the Winmau brand. During this time Winmau came up with their famous Blade board with ultra thin wire separators and Nodor came up with the first staple free bulls eye dart board.

The bristle boards were used in all the big tournaments that started in the 70's and are still used today in the prestigious tournaments like the Las Vegas classic and the British Lakeside tournament.

Then came Electronics, the electronic dart board came on the scene and changed the game overnight. The odd thing about electronic boards is they are covered in hundreds of small holes for the special soft tip darts to enter. At first glance you think how can the dart get into those holes so exactly? The answer is the holes are at the bottom of a small dimple in the board, which guides the dart tip into the hole. And it works very well with nowhere near the amount of bounce outs you might expect. Also of course those holes have sensors, which tell the electronics where the dart has landed and records the score of the dart automatically. This was a great boon to darters as they no longer had to keep score and the boards could be networked to collect all the scores from the boards on a computer, great for tournaments.

The difference with the electronic dart board are that you have to use soft tip darts, and the tips are made of plastic so as not to damage the board. (Never use normal steel tip darts on an electronic board) Also the maximum weight of dart allowed on most electronic dart boards is 20 grams.

There is now a new technology, Bristletech dart boards, which are electronic dart boards that can take steel tip darts as well as the soft tip variety, so you have the best of both worlds. The Bristletech technology is set to dominate the dart board market in the future.

The archers of old would marvel at how their game has developed and I'm sure there is more to come, especially with the development of Bristle type boards combined with electronics. The electronic game is popular in both Europe and the US and who knows, the big tournaments like the Las Vegas classic may go that way too.

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