i got this board roughly a week ago. i was looking for a new board and read many reviews and thought about getting a blade 4 or a bulls advantage. then i thought well as i'm learning i should perhaps get a trainer board. then i thought well i can't hit full size doubles and trebles what hope would i have on one of them ? then i seen this and thought yeah that seems like a good idea........
so the box arrives and i takes the board out ans straight away i'm far from impressed. this was a £40 board so i was expecting a bit more quality. the "white" segments are a dark sort of nicotine stained colour lol and this makes the board look years old. the ink in the black areas seems to me to be really thin and the board its self has a very rough feel all over. the spider on it is made of triangular wire and is about 4mm wide. from the trebles to the bull it sticks right out of the board! i've tried pushing it back in ,but it just keeps popping back up. the ring round the bull isn't fixed in anyway and just sort of floats around loosely. also the sisal seams to be denser in some areas with darts either bouncing out or dropping out in some to going right in in other areas.now the reason for getting this board. as the box says "21 bulls on a board"
"during a demonstration, a dart player inserted a piece of match into the dartboard and used it as the target for his practise.
this inspired the one80 dot trainer dartboard: practise at darts is actually a practise of point concentration.the one80 dot trainer dartboard has dots or small circles on each sector of the single, double and triple areas,to help players to focus and aim. by practising on the dot trainer dartboard, dart players will develop the skill of visualizing the target dots or circles on regular dartboards.it's only a small modification, but can tremendously improve the accuracy of each throw of darts by training players concentration on certain points.
in addition, the 20 small circles on the single sectors are all at the same size as the bullseye, hence the life of the dartboard is increased, with 21 bullseyes for practise."
a lot of drivel !
the dots aren't even centred they are all squint. all that said thought i still actually like the idea and feel it has helped me on the singles i don't really see the need for the doubles and singles to have a small dot. i also found hitting the "bulls" on the 11 and six a lot easier as i had been having trouble with the actual bull. for some reason i find it easier throwing at it from a slight angle rather than straight on. yesterday i hit 7 single bulls and 1 double in a minute !!!
if this board cost less like about £18 to £20 pounds i would recommend it ,but if it wearing out quite fast and the overall quality for £40 i'd say leave it well alone.
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the 20 after a week
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squint dots
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the spider
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a 180 for no reason other than to show it off. notice no where near the dot lol
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Good review Jamie. Very interesting to see that the dots aren't centered, and the condition of the board is wild bad, especially for that price. I like you like the idea of a trainer board but I think it's fair to say that I'll not be investing in one until improvements are made.

That board is only one week old? WOW!

Great idea the one80, but it looks like it does not wear well.

Nice review Jamie. I'm adding a dartsnutz reviewer badge to your profile!

thanks bigshow and aye keep your money in yer pocket !
aboji , yup one week and i've played on my winmau board a few times in the last 7 days so it has had under 10 hours played i reckon. their darts are good but the board sucks. while i was waiting for this board i noticed the did another board call the gold . it looked really nice so i sent them an email to see if i could get one in the UK . never got an answer , but there is no chance i'll be getting one anyway.

cheers for that

Nice review mate, I think £40 seems a bit steep, if it was just for practice then it may serve its purpose but a price of £20 may be more appropriate.

Go for the Blade 4 and use chalk to put dots on it.

Jimbo21 wrote:

Go for the Blade 4 and use chalk to put dots on it.

Exactly- thats what I do.

SilverSaber wrote:

Jimbo21 wrote:

Go for the Blade 4 and use chalk to put dots on it.

Exactly- thats what I do.

As soon as I saw this over at DC a while back I thought just use chalk if you want to do this. Chalk may be ok, but personally speaking I reckon those big dots on the board would put me off more than help me.


And I agree with the above - for a board that is only a week old that is shocking

You get used to the dots that is until you turn it then those two red dots put you right of . Yup shoulda got a blade 4

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Just use chalk !

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Good review Jamie,
helps me decide I don't want one really. I just will continue using chalk if I want to practice a particular section. Thanks