I know from past experience of doing reviews myself that they can take a while and uploading pictures etc can also take time.

I was just wondering if a template may be the way to go, like a short review of darts and products?


Something along the lines;



Product:
Cost:
Durability:
Good Points:
Bad Points:
Rating /5:
Value for Money /5:


Something simple so that within a couple of minutes with a copy and paste we can share our opinions of products and darts that we own, also members could ask any other questions about the items that they may have. A stock photo from Google or somewhere could be added if not by the reviewer by a Mod later.



So for instance;

Product: 23g Adrian Lewis Target Silica Darts
Cost: £35 (Puredarts.com)
Durability: Very robust, a great coating that really protects the tungsten dart.
Good Points: Very well made darts from Target, the silica coating is very hard wearing and IMO a lot better than the gold and black titanium coating that Unicorn use. The darts are well balanced with a good 3/5 grip.
Bad Points: Nothing really, as with most Target darts they come in the foam packaging meaning you have to provide your own wallet/ case.
Rating /5: For me, a 5/5 You could possibly take .5 away for lack of case but I have plenty so didn't bother me.
Value for Money: Again 5/5, very well made darts with a fantastic coating.


Could we have some member feedback if you think this template idea could be a worthwhile attempt to get some more reviews on the site?
It just contains the important basic information and took me 1 minute to complete, also the option of Q&A after each review could be added to the short reviews.


Just a thought, what do the other members think, would you use it etc?

Cheers,
Greg

like it

I like it. I'll definitely use it to review my darts later on

I'm good! Great idea.

I think that will work very well on the show us your darts threads, as a quick way of giving your opinion, would still like to see in depth reviews too. But I do like the template idea

I agree Grip, love the in depth reviews but they are time consuming and few and far between, the short reviews could be a quick and easy way of telling each-other about darts and darts equipment that we try out and more members may be happier to spend a few minutes filling a template out rather than a long winded review.

Plus these could be expanded to more in depth reviews via Q&A associated with the short reviews.

Regards,
Greg

You tell him saucepot!!!

hahahhaha Mac

Just a suggestion, all opinions welcome

good suggestion. it's good starting point and if the reviewer is feeling extra motivated, he could expand the review. i appreciate reviews because it gives me a lot of inputs regarding the darts.

Sounds great dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

USMC80 wrote:

You tell him saucepot!!!

roflmao! saucey!
that smiley looks like he's humpin!

LOL Have no issues with the short format reviews, think its good if people want to do it that way, I have more in depth ones planned myself and your right they take time to set up.

I fancy doing some video reviews too, but not done that before so may be a while to get the hang of that right.

I think following a template will help a lot, and could be included in all forms of review as has been suggested, and if the reviewer wishes to expand with more detail at a later date then they can do so.

Also would be good to have review updates, for example I loved the Gold Hammys when I first tried them, but after a while I went off them as I had to adjust my grip to get best use from them but could not maintain that adjustment.

rumandcork wrote:

USMC80 wrote:

You tell him saucepot!!!

roflmao! saucey!
that smiley looks like he's humpin!