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Had these darts a while and as with a lot of darts I am behind on my reviews with my Dad passing away recently so got a lot to catch up.
Was itching to give these darts a go though. When I first seen them I thought they reminded me a little of the old Unicorn Peter Manley darts in the shape but they have a more aggressive grip. Also they are in one of my favourite coatings Golden Ti which I like Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.
The darts are 90% tungsten and 23g in weight and retail for £39.
You can find more info on the Unicorn site here: Kyle Anderson darts
BOX AND CONTENTS:
The darts come in plastic clamshell style packaging and inside you have the 3 barrels fitted with a set of black medium Gripper 3 shafts, Kyle Anderson signature flights, 8 flight protectors and a compact case.
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PICS OF THE DARTS IN DETAIL:
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The darts have two main section of grip that are slightly different to each other. On the front the rings are more of a traditional style but with deep and wide grooves in between and on the rear of the barrel its a very thin almost knife edge style grip but again with widely spaced and deep grooves in between. Overall the grip is a high level.
DIMENSIONS:
Length:
A fairly short barrel.
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Width:
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Dimensions in detail:
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WEIGHT:
Two barrels were an exact match and the third was just four hundredths of a gram lighter, so a good match.
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Weight of the full set up as supplied:
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BALANCE:
With nothing attached the barrel was towards the front:
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With the supplied set up the balance shifted a little more to the rear just past the centre:
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Balance with my own medium, short and extra short nylon stems and standard flights:
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MY GRIP WITH THESE DARTS:
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The darts landed mostly in an a upward angle for me, mainly as they dropped down from my slightly loopy throw:
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CONCLUSION:
I found these darts very nice to throw, at first I was a little worried the grip may be too aggressive but it was fine. Holding the front grip was nicely weighted for my throw and they flew very stable for me. I think the rear grip is that little bit edgier and has more bite but if your a rear gripper and you like a good grip they will be great.
I did throw a few from the rear and as usual its not my natural grip but they still felt comfy and well balanced there so should be fine for most grip types, although centre grippers may fall on the smooth section and if you need plenty of grip that's not so good.
I do like the gold ti coating as it is one of my favourites, although I cant feel the affect of it as much with the thin rings here as I have on other darts with less edgy grip but its still a nice coating to have and makes the barrels look good which is always nice too Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.
If you like a slightly front biased dart and need some grip then these are a very nice dart to throw, seemed to suit my slightly loopyish throw well and worked quite well for me. Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.
SUMMARY RATINGS:
Looks: 8 (nice gold darts)
Grip: 8 (on a 1 to 10 Scale, 10 been severe grip)
Weight match: 8.5 (close)
Quality: 8 (great)
Value: 7
Suitability for me: 8 (flew quite well with my front grip)
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