12-27-2016, 03:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-25-2020, 12:54 PM by nixer55.
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When I first put my dartboard up it was in the spare room! Then children arrived and the spare room was no longer spare. This curtailed my dart playing (not that I played more than a few times a month) and it tailed off to the dartboard never being used. I've got back into my darts recently and wanted to practice daily but can't because the board is in the kids room. To this end I have been doing a bit of research into dartboard stands and today took the plunge and bought a Winmau Extreme 2.
The box
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What's inside
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In amongst lots of polystyrene and bubble wrap there were the various components of the stand. It does require some putting together but it's a pretty simple process
The problem bits!
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The main issue I came across is that the red clippy bit stops the board from sitting flush against the mounting bracket, this was easily fixed by adjusting the angle of the clamp by undoing the Allen bolt holding it in place and moving the clamp through 90 degrees.
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Problem solved!
Mounting the board
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The board is mounted via three screws directly into the back of the board. I'm a little surprised by this as I expected to be able to lift the board on and off.
The finished article.
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All in all my first impressions of this stand are very good, it seems well made and very strong. The four legs give it stability and there is an optional attachment to brace it against a wall. My only criticism is that the board heights aren't pre marked on the stand so it needs to be set up with a tape and then home markers added.
Let's hope it does what I need it to.
The box
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What's inside
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In amongst lots of polystyrene and bubble wrap there were the various components of the stand. It does require some putting together but it's a pretty simple process
The problem bits!
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The main issue I came across is that the red clippy bit stops the board from sitting flush against the mounting bracket, this was easily fixed by adjusting the angle of the clamp by undoing the Allen bolt holding it in place and moving the clamp through 90 degrees.
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Problem solved!
Mounting the board
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The board is mounted via three screws directly into the back of the board. I'm a little surprised by this as I expected to be able to lift the board on and off.
The finished article.
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All in all my first impressions of this stand are very good, it seems well made and very strong. The four legs give it stability and there is an optional attachment to brace it against a wall. My only criticism is that the board heights aren't pre marked on the stand so it needs to be set up with a tape and then home markers added.
Let's hope it does what I need it to.
