Do we really need something like this? I just saw it on the A-Z site. What is it used for? I admit, I do like tools. Is this for if a point break off in the board?

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It is for removing broken shafts from the end of the dart.

A bit expensive for what it does - this one is a lot cheaper for the same job

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I believe this is the tool you need for getting soft tip points out of the board:

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That plastic tip remover only pushes the broken tip through the segment. I use one of them if I cant get hold of the broken tip with long nose pliers.

I was wondering how they worked never having played soft tip before. I had visions of having to gouge the tip out of the mesh but dismissed that as it would kill the board lol.

Out of interest is there a little dish or something at the bottom of the board where the broken tips fall to once you push them through?

This is what I use to get the soft points out of the board:
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On my boards, there is no dish or anything to catch the broken tips, they just stay in there until I take the board down. I don't break too many anyway. You just need to be careful when you remove the dart. Seriously, I just use an old gunsmith's pick (looks like a skinny ice pick) and push them through.

mc1958 wrote:

Out of interest is there a little dish or something at the bottom of the board where the broken tips fall to once you push them through?

I used to work for a vending company and I worked on the old Galaxy boards. Each segment is just a small compartment. You can empty the segments out every once in awhile. But rarely do they fill up. The compartment is approx 1/2 inch deep. It would take 100's of broken tips to fill it.