I'm hoping for a little advice on what new dart board to get. I've never owned a quality board before. Matter of fact other than a little bit well over 25 years ago I've only been throwing about 6 months. My regular "round wire" (hope that's the right term) board has gotten to where I sometimes get 20-30 bounce outs an hour when playing. Or at least it sure seems that way. Board and wire still look okay though.
Anyway I'm ready to get a new board and from checking around it seems that the blade4 looks to be the best mix of quality and durability. My question is down to between the blade4 and blade4 dual-core. I'm in America and the UK shops all have shipping costs as high or higher than the board itself so they're out. In a thread here I found out that Ozone billiards has the blade4 for $49.99 with free shipping as long as I purchase a set of flights to get the order over $50. But I read someone says that they (Ozone boards) might be an "old style" of blade4's? (Are there different styles of blade4's (not counting dual-core)?
Amazon.com has the blade4's for $51.73 with free shipping fulfilled from "Venus Sports". They (Amazon) also have the dual-core for $77.99 (ooh now down to $75.99) fulfilled from "Darting Around" with free shipping. They look really nice. I like the vibrant colors and not having veining is also appealing. But I read somewhere that around dec. or jan. there was a BDO tourney where they used a dual-core and they were getting a lot of bounce outs. Think someone said there was a dead spot on the twenty area. Plus I read elsewhere that some of the 1st dual-core boards had the old green ink used on them by mistake. If I get a board I want it to be durable and last.
So I have the blade4 for about $52 or the dual-core for $76.
My question('s) is do you all think that the dual-core is worth $24 more than the regular blade4? Also is it durable? Will those 2 layers stay together? And am I past the initial "lemon" stage of the board yet? Also is there an "old version" of the regular blade4's? Or is there a better board for the price than either/all of those?
thanks in advance for all replies.
Anyway I'm ready to get a new board and from checking around it seems that the blade4 looks to be the best mix of quality and durability. My question is down to between the blade4 and blade4 dual-core. I'm in America and the UK shops all have shipping costs as high or higher than the board itself so they're out. In a thread here I found out that Ozone billiards has the blade4 for $49.99 with free shipping as long as I purchase a set of flights to get the order over $50. But I read someone says that they (Ozone boards) might be an "old style" of blade4's? (Are there different styles of blade4's (not counting dual-core)?
Amazon.com has the blade4's for $51.73 with free shipping fulfilled from "Venus Sports". They (Amazon) also have the dual-core for $77.99 (ooh now down to $75.99) fulfilled from "Darting Around" with free shipping. They look really nice. I like the vibrant colors and not having veining is also appealing. But I read somewhere that around dec. or jan. there was a BDO tourney where they used a dual-core and they were getting a lot of bounce outs. Think someone said there was a dead spot on the twenty area. Plus I read elsewhere that some of the 1st dual-core boards had the old green ink used on them by mistake. If I get a board I want it to be durable and last.
So I have the blade4 for about $52 or the dual-core for $76.
My question('s) is do you all think that the dual-core is worth $24 more than the regular blade4? Also is it durable? Will those 2 layers stay together? And am I past the initial "lemon" stage of the board yet? Also is there an "old version" of the regular blade4's? Or is there a better board for the price than either/all of those?
thanks in advance for all replies.