03-12-2016, 12:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-12-2016, 12:11 AM by Ålex Soøong.)
TL;DR: If you have problems with o-rings that are too big try M1x2 o-rings (2mm inner, 4mm outer, 1mm width).
Hey Soft-tippers,
Last couple days I've set out to find the proper o-rings to use with my soft dart gear and wasted some money figuring out what works and what doesn't. As such I figured I would share what I found on here for other's to see.
Before, without using any o-rings, I would always have to re tighten tips or shafts between throws. Not a big deal I guess, but it bugged me. I bought some titanium conversion tips from w-darts to use my darts on my friend's sissal board and saw that it had orings which kept the tips tight.
Atempt 1: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IUN...detailpage
These O-rings are meant to fit 2ba darts, but on my darts they would spill out of the threads when tightened (both tips and shafts). This problem didn't seem to happen with my friend's steeltip darts and shafts. The ones on the titanium tips worked well as the tips have a larger base diameter compared to my lippoints which is enough surface area to compress the oring without spilling out..
Attempt 2: After realizing that 2ba is a threading standard, I went to my local hardware store to see if they had any that would work. I picked up a small pack went home to find that they were the same size of orings as the viper ones I bought from amazon.
Attempt 3: Finally fed up with loose shafts and tips and bulging orings I gambled on these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00595...detailpage
M1x2 orings. 2mm inner diameter and 1 mm width. These worked perfectly and are small enough to not bulge over the sides of my lippoints.
My Setup:
Lippoint Tip -- Shot! 910 2 18gm -- Lshaft Silent Straight
Hey Soft-tippers,
Last couple days I've set out to find the proper o-rings to use with my soft dart gear and wasted some money figuring out what works and what doesn't. As such I figured I would share what I found on here for other's to see.
Before, without using any o-rings, I would always have to re tighten tips or shafts between throws. Not a big deal I guess, but it bugged me. I bought some titanium conversion tips from w-darts to use my darts on my friend's sissal board and saw that it had orings which kept the tips tight.
Atempt 1: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IUN...detailpage
These O-rings are meant to fit 2ba darts, but on my darts they would spill out of the threads when tightened (both tips and shafts). This problem didn't seem to happen with my friend's steeltip darts and shafts. The ones on the titanium tips worked well as the tips have a larger base diameter compared to my lippoints which is enough surface area to compress the oring without spilling out..
Attempt 2: After realizing that 2ba is a threading standard, I went to my local hardware store to see if they had any that would work. I picked up a small pack went home to find that they were the same size of orings as the viper ones I bought from amazon.
Attempt 3: Finally fed up with loose shafts and tips and bulging orings I gambled on these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00595...detailpage
M1x2 orings. 2mm inner diameter and 1 mm width. These worked perfectly and are small enough to not bulge over the sides of my lippoints.
My Setup:
Lippoint Tip -- Shot! 910 2 18gm -- Lshaft Silent Straight
White Lippoint | Shot 910 2 | L-style Carbon Silent Straight 330mm | L-style White Astra Flight || 19.7g