These are the new Winmau 2014 Beaton Adonis grip darts. They are 90% tungsten and have the new Adonis grip coating which is kind of a bronze gold colour but feels a bit like gold ti only a little grippier.
The darts come in the usual Winmau plastic packaging and are housed in a hard plastic case with point protector and medium alloy stems and Rhino signature standard shape Beaton flights. The inlay card has a check out chart printed on it which will be handy for some. The darts have a RRP of £30.
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As you can see from the pics below they are the same design as the standard Beaton darts from Winmau except for the Adonis grip. The barrels have a number of areas with different grip types, there are a few grooves at the front then a smooth section and then more grooves before it has a micro grip section and then a thin ringed section that tapers towards the shaft. Overall the grip is a medium grip but the Adonis coating itself provides a certain amount of grip on its own.
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Barrels are a little shorter than my favoured length of 45 - 48 mm:
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Width feels just about right to me though:
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Barrels are well matched, just 8 100ths of a gram difference between lightest and heaviest:
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Weight of full setup as supplied:
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Detailed look at the barrel dimensions:
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Balance with nothing attached was very slightly front weighted, not as much as I was expecting really:
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Balance centres up with the supplied setup:
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Balance with my own medium, short and extra short stems:
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My natural grip was on the smooth signature section but it was afford some decent grip by the Adonis coating:
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Angle of darts in the board:
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Conclusion:
These are very nicely made darts that I think are probably best suited to people that like to grip just around where the micro grip section is. Although I felt the Adonis grip was very nice to hold at the smooth part and it seemed to get a little grippier as it warmed, the darts seemed to dip a little too quickly when I threw them. Maybe it just needed a little tweaking with the setup but after doing the video review I did find two ways to counter it, one was to throw just a little harder and the other was to angle the point up a little more so it had a little more air time before coming down straight.
I don't think they suited me overall though which is a shame as I really like the coating on these. One problem I had was my finger that I rest on the knurl of the point seemed to sweat as soon as I touched it and would slip when I was throwing which was a little off putting. I have had this problem with silver points before and its why I prefer the black coated points, it may be that its just a personal thing to me and my skin reacts to the silvery metal?
Holding the darts from the micro grip section was not my natural grip but the darts felt better balanced at that point which is why I think they could suit you if that's around where you like to grip.
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Summary Ratings:
Looks: 8 (Adonis coating looks cool!)
Grip: 6 (on a 1 to 10 Scale, 10 been severe grip)
Weight match: 8 (closely matched)
Quality: 9 (very nice quality)
Value: 8 (reasonable)
Suitability for me: 6 (not quite suited for me)
Best Feature: The lovely Adonis Grip coating Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.