Most of our customers here at Billiards Direct have heard of soft-tip darts, but what is a soft tip dart board?
Is there a difference between a “soft tip dartboard” and a “traditional dartboard?”
What is a Soft Tip Dart Board
Soft tip dart boards are electronic dart boards that are designed to be used with soft-tip darts.
Soft tip dart boards contain sensitive electronic that can be damaged by steel-tip darts.
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If you are shooting at an soft tip dart board, you need to use soft-tip darts.
Features of Soft Tip Dart Boards
Electronic dartboards offer many features that traditional dartboards do not.
These include preset games, automatically score keeping, lights, sounds, and even training programs to help you improve.
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There are also online dartboards which are electronic dartboards that connect to the internet allowing you play darts online, and download new games and training programs.
Soft Tip Dartboards + Convertible Darts
Steel-tip darts will damage an soft tip dartboard, but there are darts that covert from steel-tip to soft-tip.
These convertible darts allow you to use one set of darts on both traditional and soft tip dart boards.
Soft Tip to Dartboards are Safer
Soft-tip darts are safer than steel-tip darts because there is far less damage associated with misthrows.
This means that playing on an soft tip dart board is inherently safer than playing on a traditional dartboard.
Choosing YOUR Soft Tip Dartboard
So what is a soft tip dart board?
A soft tip dart board is designed to be used with soft-tip darts.
Though technically ANY dartboard is a soft tip dart board since you can use soft-tip darts with both traditional and electronic dartboards.
If you have any additional questions or are looking to add a dartboard (traditional or electronic) to your home gameroom, visit our billiards supply store in San Diego, or shop online at BilliardsDirect.com.
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