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I have been looking forward to trying these since I saw the pics from the Harrows launch although I kind of was expecting them not to suit my throw but more on that later. These are the Harrows Cobalt 25g darts, they are 90% tungsten and have a blue and black titanium Nitride coating they are also available in 21,22,23,24 and 26 grams so a good variety of weights and retail for around £39.
CONTENTS AND PACKAGING:
The darts come in a slim line box and are supplied with a Harrows hard plastic case, point protector, Harrows Supergrip Fusions stems and Harrows Retina flights:
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The barrels are a kind of flattened Rugby ball shape, not sure what you would call it, maybe elipsodoidal? There is two distinct grip designs on the front and on the rear half, I think the front is a little grippier than the rear and is a kind of razor grip with thin rings and the rear is made of kind of bevelled rings like as if its been a flat ring with a wide v shape cut through the centre, so the edges are a little raised. Overall I would say its between a high medium and almost high level grip.
DIMENSIONS:
Length:
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WEIGHT:
All there barrels were perfectly matched so excellent!:
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Weight of full setup as supplied:
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BALANCE:
With nothing attached the barrel was slightly front of centre:
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With supplied setup it moved very slightly behind centre:
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Balance with my own medium, inbetween, short and extra short nylon stems and standard flights:
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MY GRIP WITH THESE DARTS:
I gripped these on the front fairly close to the nose:
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CONCLUSION:
I think these darts are a little curious as they are a slightly unusual shape but seem to work well for all grip positions. But I dont think the work with my loopyish throw but I did not need to change my throw much to get them working well. I just threw a little flatter and they seemed to work great then. So if your a front gripper who throws quite flat they could be even better. I got them flying well the more I played with them and I think the grip at the front plays a big part in it for me as it was quite effective when pushing forward with the dart.
Through the air I got some spin and spiralling but I think it may be more to do with my fingers interacting with the grip but it actually seemed to suit the darts as I thought they seemed a little more accurate at times when they did that. I played with them a few more times after the video and decided to have a go at the bulls which I really should practice more as I am terrible at them but I was hitting the bulls well with these and I thought I was going to get another triple Bullseye at one point, the first 2 went in perfectly but I got a bit of a deflection on the third and it went into the 25. But I did the same again today, had 2 darts in the bull but this time the third was a panic throw I think and missed the 25 even lol, oh well!
But it did seem curious that they work so well on the bull for me and I think its because I am so used to kind of looping the darts around the 20 area that throwing these flatter at the bull was just enough of a change to be more accurate in that target. So I think overall they have throwing well but I just had to have a slight adjustment to my throw but I do like the grip at the front, its very good Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.
Throwing from the centre was not bad at all and of course the balance felt best there. It is not too far from my front grip so I had some good throws with it but still got a fair bit of spin which was a little surprising. I think also it has a chunkier feel around the middle but it is the widest part of the barrel anyway. I dont see any problems for natural middle grippers and you can get a little of the grips from the front and rear half there.
From the rear it was not as easy for me of course but again it did not throw too badly and strangely I got less to no spin which is usually the opposite of what normal happens! There was some very smooth darts through the air with the rear grip and I think it probably felt the most comfy in the fingers out of the positions but I prefer the way the front grip feels when throwing the dart, it has just enough bite to help propel it better I think. But again I think some rear grippers will be very happy with it.
So overall I think its one of those dart that could work well for a variety of grips but its just unusual enough in that I think its a case of having to try to see if it suits. Although I think for front grippers who throw flat it may work very well but it could be the opposite for rear grippers and may suit a rear gripper with a more loopy style, I did say it was curious! Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.
As for quality well its really good, I was told Harrows have invested in some new Japanese cutting machines and looking at the machining on these it shows as its very clean and perfectly match weighted so money well spent I think.
Great darts then but ultimately ones you will have to try and see.
Summary Ratings:
Looks: 9 (very nice looking)
Grip: 8 (1 to 10 Scale, 10 been severe grip)
Weight match: 10 (Perfect!)
Quality: 9 (really good)
Value: 8 (good)
Suitability for me: 8 (worked well with a little adjustment)
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