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Best dartboards to buy right now
Buy a sisal bristle board with thin wiring, such as a Winmau Blade: darts bounce out less and the board lasts years if you rotate it. Get a surround or cabinet as well if the board is going on a painted wall.
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Best for most people
1. Winmau Blade 6
PDC tournament · Ultra-thin 60° · Self-healing sisal · Rotates 10 times at 36°
The board to buy: PDC tournament spec, self-healing sisal and ultra-thin wiring that cuts bounce-outs, and the best seller here by some way. The rotating number ring and Rota-Lock mount make it easy to spread wear and keep the board level. It is a bare board, so add a surround if it is going on a painted wall.
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Best premium board
2. Target Darts TOR
215-MDG Madagascan · Stainless steel, 60% thinner · 36XTEN rotational
Target's competition board with premium Madagascan sisal and a stainless steel wire system it says is 60% thinner than traditional wiring. A good upgrade for regular players who want fewer bounce-outs. On paper it matches the Blade 6 rather than beating it, and the modern number ring is a matter of taste.
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Best budget cabinet set
3. Ruthless Home Darts Centre
Bristle board, wooden cabinet · Optional LED version · Built-in
A bristle board in a wooden cabinet with built-in scoreboards, which protects the wall and is ready to play straight away. It sells well and costs little more than a bare board. The listing does not name the board model, so expect a basic board rather than a Blade-class one.
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Best starter bundle
4. Winmau Diamond Plus Surround Set
Diamond Plus, staple-free bullseye · Oche line and checkout card · Surround, 2 sets of steel tip darts
Everything a new player needs in one box: the Diamond Plus board, a Winmau surround to protect the wall, two sets of steel tip darts, an oche line and a checkout card. Good as a gift. Keen players who want the thinnest wiring should pair a Blade 6 with a surround instead.
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Best lit cabinet
5. Target Darts Arc Cabinet Set
World Champions, round wire · 2 sets of brass darts, chalk · Arc Light System
A black cabinet with Target's Arc lighting fitted on top, so the board is lit without a separate lamp on the wall. It includes a World Champions board, two sets of brass darts and chalk scoreboards. The board uses round wire, which deflects more darts than the thin wiring on the Blade 6 or TOR.
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Biggest scoring area
6. Unicorn Eclipse Pro 2
Slimmer, embedded · Flat profile, rotatable · 14% larger than Eclipse Pro
Unicorn's thin-wire board with a slimmer bullseye, which Unicorn says gives a 14% larger playing area than the original Eclipse Pro. Staple-free construction and a rotatable number ring help it last. It sells far less than the Winmau and Target boards in the UK, so it is a pick for Unicorn fans more than the default.
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Best high-visibility numbers
7. Unicorn Eclipse Pro
30% thinner triangular radial · High-visibility, rotatable · Staple-free
The original Eclipse Pro, with a razor-thin triangular spider and bright white numbers that are easy to read from the oche. A sound board, but the Pro 2 improves the bullseye for little extra, so buy this one only when it is the cheaper of the two.
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