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Harrows Powerpoint Darts

  • 08-01-2009 6:14pm
    #1
    Dexters16
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭


    hi, im almost 100% sure these are the darts i used throw when i first started playing, i was playing very well with them and made the county team and all but like an idiot i changed them, sold them to a friend and just have never felt right with a set since. i've been looking at them now and they appear to have been developed with a powerpoint technology thingy where it reduces bounce outs. just though i'd throw a post up and see does anyone throw them and how they find them?


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  • #2
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    Dexters16 wrote: »
    hi, im almost 100% sure these are the darts i used throw when i first started playing, i was playing very well with them and made the county team and all but like an idiot i changed them, sold them to a friend and just have never felt right with a set since. i've been looking at them now and they appear to have been developed with a powerpoint technology thingy where it reduces bounce outs. just though i'd throw a post up and see does anyone throw them and how they find them?

    I've thrown a few different sets/brands of moveable point darts over the years. I actually preferred the Bottlesens Hammerhead models to the Powerpoint ones. My only problem with the Hammerheads is that there is a finish on the point itself that wears away with age causing the point to be a little looser in the collar.

    I have just started throwing with a fixed point again, and believe it or not, I am getting less bounce outs now.


  • #3
    Dexters16
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭Dexters16


    so what is the story with the moveable point? the version i had of them had a fixed point but same dart barrel and grip. i'd prefer to get a fixed point set


  • #4
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    Dexters16 wrote: »
    so what is the story with the moveable point? the version i had of them had a fixed point but same dart barrel and grip. i'd prefer to get a fixed point set

    The general idea is that they are designed not to asborb all of the kinetic energy at the point of the dart when they hit a wire. The point slides back to meet the dart where it is 'hammered' into the board past the wire.

    As opposed to a fixed point dart that hits the wire and immediately bouces back away from the board.

    It is a transfer of energy from one point to another on the dart.

    They are handy enough if you can find a set that you like. I had a set that was hand made by a guy in London Ontario that were the best set that I have ever come across. It's a shame that one of the darts actually broke on my ceramic floor.


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