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Hi guys,
I was wondering how long a dartboard should last in general.
My last few boards all have been Blade4's and I'll stick to those, because to me they're the best.
In general I'm using about 3 boards a year, so one in every 4 months or so.
How long does your board last ?
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It depends on a lot of factors mate
may all the doubles be with you
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Great question, one I'm asking myself right now. I have a Blade 4 and practice pretty much every day for about an hour. I am noticing the Bull starting to look and feel "soft" and some of the other areas as well. Particularly around some of the trebles and popular doubles. I try to rotate my board once a month and that has helped for sure. Not sure if I can make it a year or not. Will be monitoring this thread to hear from others. Thanks.
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I rotate mine once a week, I think it extends the liftime of the trebles a bit. To be honest like you guys I usually change every 4-6 months when my board gets that well used grubby look. I don't mind shelling out 20-30 quid on a board regularly as the cost of nearly every other sport is huge compared to darts. (Uh Hum, unless you have a darts addiction lol....)
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Boards should last longer than 4-6 months unless you are using board wrecker points (ie gripper points). Having said this I tend to change every 6 months or so as I like playing on brand new boards lol - although my Blade 4 Dual Core has now been up for around 6 months and it still looks pretty good, so not sure when I will be changing it.
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I think an average user who is using it may be 1 hour a day should last at least a year
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I rotate ever other week or so, but there is absolutely nothing you can do about the bull, and being from the US, it gets a lot of attention with cricket games. When I'm playing like I am now, they get changed out at a rate of 2 boards every year or so, depending on how much company comes by to throw darts that is.
As for brand of board I prefer, I'll go with Alien and have had great results with them. In the past I used the Winmau Blade series and I recently went back to try the Blade 4 and am not happy with that choice. I've mentioned it in posts before about how it seems every dart that's been thrown to the board shows in the sisal and I've had way more bounce outs with this board than any other I've ever owned. I'll go back to the Alien brand when this one is ready for replacement. One of the first things I noticed about the Alien board is how well it heals once the darts are pulled. The holes close up quickly and the white segments are much brighter than the Blade 4 with it's yellowish colored and marbled lighter segments.
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I would play roughly 4 hours per week on my blade 4 board at home (wish I had time to play more lol) and with regularly turning the board I would get around 12 months out of a board
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I've had my Blade 4 up in the house for over a year. It's segments are no longer white it's veins are visible and I'll keep using it till the wires break near the bull, which seems to be getting closer all the time. I rotate it about once every couple weeks and with daily use of at least an hour a day I think it still has life.
Before this board I was using an old Nodor from the 70's for years and years and lots of bounce outs too.
