The movement between the boards is absolutely world class. Next level stuff

I would say Mikuru Suzuki and asada transferred from soft tip to steel tip very well

I know this video is about 6 months but Jose De Sousa has proved the transition from soft to steel is possible :). There are tons of different games in soft tip including double out and separate bull, so not all soft tip games score the entire bull as 50. I’ve just bought a gran board 3 after always playing steel tip and I have to say I’m really loving it. The online play and more relaxed feel is just loads of fun.

The 69.5% is all of Glens accounts

I think, that in Europe, the softtip boards have the same size as steel tip. These big double/treble softtip segments are mostly in USA.

Some small corrections. In Germany and Austria we do not play this kind of Board in Leagues and Tournaments. The Softtip Board has only 2 holes in the Double and Triplering in height and not 5 and the Bull is seperated in Bull (50 Points) and Halfbull (25 Points). This shown kind of Board is a so called "Bullshooterboard". It is mostly used in Asia and US. We also have Leagues with Double Out, Open Out, Double in - Double out and Master Out. 501 or 301. So this is not a rule for Softtip that you have to check out with Triples. This depends on the Ranking of the League.

Soft tip does nothing for me personally. I find all this Nexus stuff incredibly boring. I just think it's far too easy to play. However, if people enjoy playing it then keep playing. I see Americans on English dart forums and they say they're embarrassed that they play soft tip, which is sad. I hate when people put other people down. Just because it's not for me doing mean it's not for someone else.

Just adding, some Japanese soft tip leagues do 50/50 as you explained (Soft Darts Professional Tour Japan, using Dartslive machines) while others do 25/50 bull 501 (PERFECT Tour, using Phoenixdarts machines). Mikuru plays in the Dartslive tour, while Seigo plays in the Phoenixdarts tour. Also, they play Cricket. A LOT of cricket. I wish PDC can somehow introduce cricket to the circuit.

I wouldn't say steel tip darts are "new" here in the States. We basically see soft tip darts as a substitute, to make things safer (for kids and drunk people), and to prevent damage to the wall from errant darts. Steel tip is still seen as "real darts". And the "doesn't have to stick" rule change is because bounce outs are so much more common. Some soft tip boards over here have the same rule set as steel darts (25/50, double out) and others have options to enable or disable things like the 25 and master out. Even the $15 board in my room (which is what, ten quid?) supports that.

Matt, only you would interrupt a smooth transition to tell us how smooth it is. Fantastic 🤣🤣

The Bull and the 25 scores the same as on the steel tip board in many competitions on soft tip, in some competitions the whole Bull area counts as 50 but only under certain rules. You can also go out on a treble as you say (master out) when playing under certain rules but not all the time. There are plenty of soft tip contests that employ exactly the same rule as steel tip does (it is versatile). Mensur Sulovic for example was a prolific world class soft tip player before becoming one of the top Steel tip players in the world, so was the female player Mikuru Suzuki from Japan who destroyed the best of our Western female players at steel tip at her first attempt away from her home in Japan on the steel tip board in the UK and then defended her title this year. Darts is darts, There is also a European Soft tip board and the segments on that one are smaller than the steel tip boards, the USA style soft tip board is the one we see used most in the world championship etc and the segments may be bigger on that board than are on the steel tip board but we must remember that they are bigger for every player so no advantage for anyone. Soft tip darts also stick in the board parallel and many steel tip throwers darts would bounce out all the time unless they altered their set ups or flattened out the way the darts hit the board some other way. Soft tip gets people into the game and is bigger than steel tip in many countries, there are plenty of soft tip players that can give steel tip players a run for their money in Both disciplines. Soft tip is more versatile as players can easily play against each other via the internet too all over the world. I personally play both formats and enjoy both.

i played competitive soft darts in italy and our electronic machines had the exact same measures and points as steel. same as the size of 3x or 2x sectors and bull eyes and same 2.37 m line distance in fact when i travel and go to play steel i have no problem

Few comments I started playing steel but now I play soft because I have too drive two hours one way too play steel. Now on too the comments the bullseye can be split just like a steel tip board depending on how you want too set it up. Two we like to play cricket here, which you guys play too ,but under another name , when we play cricket the bull is split. Three, the big difference ,in a tournment depending on who is running the tourny sometimes the board is always right. Other wise you can hit a trip twenty and dart is clearly in the trip, but for whatever reason the board counts the dart as a trip one ,you get three instead of sixty. I know ,messed up ,we here in our local tournys don't do that , anyway thats about it enjoyed the video.

I prefer steel tip over soft. Eveything from the sound of steel tip hitting the board, the look of the board to the overall qauilty of the darts. However I managed to find myself a very good pub soft tip electronic dart board, the big stand up style. It's a blast with friends. We don't have to worry about someone adding up points for 501 or worry about marking down what u got for cricket. And it looks cool in my basement.

In Belgium we Play on soft tip boards with the same measurements as the steeltip boards and also outer bull 25 bullseye 50 I ve never even seen such a “bigger “ version so depends on the country i guess

Here in Austria, the soft tip boards have the same measurements as steel tip boards. The ones with the bigger segments are usually called "bullshooters" here, but aren't really common at least i haven't played on one and don't even know anyone who owns such a thing. For me the soft tip board with the big segments are typical for Asia or the USA.

I can still hit 26 on the soft tip board 😂🤣😂🤣🤷‍♂️👍🎯

Computer board has settings that you can change bull, double bulls… steel tip the rules are what you make them as you go. If you want you can make bulls what you want. Electronic can keep all your stats. Steel tip you have to keep your stats for your unbiased self.

Am I the only one who would like the measurements in square millimeters? To get the difference in area. The numbers presented says a lot, but since I don't own a "plastic" board, I can't measure the rest myself. Thanks Edgar. Glad midsommar!

It might be worth mentioning the existence of "conversion tips". Soft tip darts have removable tips, because they get damaged so easily. The tip usually uses the same thread as the stem, and the tips are sold en masse. But conversion tips exist, which are steel tips that screw into the same thread and allow you to use your soft tip darts in a sisal board. I keep a set in my darts case so I'm prepared if I end up somewhere with only sisal boards. (And yes, soft tip darts are supposed to be under 20g because the boards can't handle the excess weight. I think the local league has a limit of 18g.)

In German soft-tip leagues the outer bull counts 25 and the bulls eye 50 and the double and triple-segments got a height of 2 holes.Not 4.The dimensions of the game surface are almost the same compared to the steeltip board.The modus is 501 DO(A-League), 501 MasterOut(B-League), 301 MO(C1-League) and 301Single 😂ut(C-League), We also throw from 2,37m and the max weight of the complete dart is 22g. If you Google "Loewen Dart", you can see the Board. Cheers and have a nice Sunday

You have forgotten one big difference: Pull the plug on the soft-tip board and it's game over.

Thanks for doing this. I come from Hong Kong so prodomantly we play soft tip, but personally I enjoy steel tip more cause I enjoy the sounds of the groupings. Some soft tip players have excelled though, such as FB Leung or Royden Lam which are exceptional on soft. Quick question though, can practising steel tip allow you to advance quicker in soft tip? Cause recently I've been throwing steel tip at soft tip distance praying that it would push my soft tip stats up. Thanks for the vids btw, love the content 😁

I don't actually dislike soft tips, but I am more for steel tip. My soft tips fall out a lot while the steel tip doesn't and there is something about a normal darts board which I love the sound etc.

Actually a good video. Was searching for this for ages.

I often wondered why soft tip players kept going for bull instead of the 20 segment, this explains it perfectly.

A tip for hanging shirts. Turn the coat hanger upside down. You need one with a line at the bottom but if you turn it upside down you just hang the wired part on the nail and the shirt can hide the wire so it looks like it's floating. Just a tip.

Who’s here after De Sousa won the grandslam!

I'm not sure how you did that percentage math, but it is not correct. Actually the percentages are even bigger than yours. Fx the bull is 220% bigger (27,5/12,5*100)

do you find the lights on the soft tip distracting, great vid again btw

also you can turn the double bull on...... on the soft tip board your double bull must be off, all electronic soft tip dart boards you can enable the double bull or disable it

thanks dude, I almost bought a soft tip simply because my darts can convert to soft tip and I was trying to avoid holes it the wall in a rental house. my main question regarding the oche distance difference is. As a steel tip player, should i continue to stand at the steel tip distance? id imagine it would throw my steel tip game off. dart board at home is purely for practice. I'll never play soft tip dart comps, it seems like a step backwards in the darts world.

I know a lot of soft tip players who practice on steel and are monsters on soft tip all because of the size difference the soft tip board looks massive

The size of the bull in soft tip depends on the rules of the game you are playing. If you are playing with the same rules as in steel tip, where you must double out, and the bull is split 25/50. Then the bull is only 3.5mm bigger.

There is a huge difference in wall deterioration... XD

I'd say that 9.3mm of the double is wrongly measured or an old value taken from somewhere, because the Blade 5 DC has about 9,8mm taken with electronic callipers and at least 9,4 with cheapo methods. I recently got 12 Blade 5DC and checked on 3 for this. Okay on 2 :P On "our" european soft tip boards, the doubles are actually about 9,1mm. Literally no one in Germany, except people who bought a Nexus, plays soft tip on bigger segments. Every bar and pub with a Darts machine has a european board.

our top player Lourence Ilagan could be versatile on both. He won the world soft-tip title in 2013, four years after barging into the last four of the World Masters.

A 25/50 bull (split bull)can be selected on these but is most commonly played where the whole thing is 50(fat bull). I think it is nuts that's that the pros play the fat bull version though. When cricket is played on them, which is very popular in Asia, a split bull is default on that rules. I do enjoy soft tip although Master Out screws with your counting when coming across from steel tip!

One point no one has addressed so far regarding durability: What happens with soft tip boards over time as you can’t rotate them??? Do you buy new segments for your twenty’s segments? For me, darts are darts (soft or steel tips) and require skill. I’m considering buying a soft tip board to be able to play other people from the convenience of my basement. With that in mind, which board would E-TV Subscribers recommend?

That 69% are seriously missing out !!Good tip about using the slimmer flights on soft tip. It makes sense if you think of it as it should help flatten out the dart when it hits the board so would imagine it would reduce the number of bounce outs. Or have I got this wrong ??

Didn't know Trent Reznor's cousin was into darts!

I never ever play on a soft tip board like this, only on my Royal Darts Machine. That would be a good comparison. Meanwhile the soft tip oche here is on 7,9 1/4 (2.37m) to.

I think bounce outs still count only applies on soft tip boards that uses a machine, but not on a non-machine soft tip board.

In Bosnia,they are close to each other,both have 25 and 50 points in center,size are same,

it's not true that both center rings are 50, in fact I have never seen an electronic target without 25/50 separated bullseyes.

Use granboard 132 thos is right size, we play soft tip in europe on that size its same like steeltip

Something maybe to answer in a future video (assuming you haven't yet): what do you think about the game we here in the states call "cricket"?

That smooth transition!

It depend if you play split bull

its 2 completely different games,,like comparing pool to snooker,,same idea but totally different

Wonder how Ryan Searle would do since he has the heaviest dart on the pro tour. Good luck Ryan

Must admit, until recently I thought soft-tip darts was just a thing designed for kids that shouldn't be chucking pointy things around. Didn't realise it was actually 'a thing'! Personally, it's not for me. If you're gonna play darts, play darts with a proper board and proper darts. Just my opinion, of course.

Why does everybody forget about the European softips!!!!! It's not the same! Tho I like Asian softips especially for the effects and the feature you can play against people online.

e the board on players championsip and on tv events are with soft tip measurements....i mean doubles and tripples are bigger

I play both and it's not true that the bull only counts double bull on e darts it's exactly the same counting!!! Since the beginning of 2020 it is the same distance just like in Steel darts

Are there differences between different soft tip boards? Because the Target Nexus has bigger segments

What soft tip board is that, Matt? Looking into buying one to try something different. Cheers

Your calculations and percentages are all over the place 😂

Hello Matthew! Great review as always, however a couple thoughts. I have played soft tip league for many years and although the bull can count as 50 you can set the option for 25/50 on any decent board. Also, regarding the “bounce out” scoring, that also can be an option as well. With soft tip the “01” game is not in my opinion the essence of the board. For me and most of my circle of players the game of skill and choice is by far cricket. With cricket the bull is 25/50 and it by far better suited if the soft tip. My love for darts has no favorites I prefer steel and soft tip the same, just depends on what game I want to play. Thanks again!

Love the socks.

Can you use soft tip darts on the other board

Are you gonna try out some soft tip tournaments Edgar TV???

Where did you get that light on the steel board?

In my experience steel tip players are generally better players and will win a majority of the time even if playing on a soft tip board.

My eboard has dual bulls but it was quite spendy

i never seen a soft tip board like that , what brand is it and can i get it on amazon ?

So in soft tip can you finish on 180 then?

Can you tell me the name of this soft tip dartboard?

3:26 not on straight or master out

Have you ever played on a quadro board

25 50

Disappointed you didn't have a go at a leg Matthew.

One is a toy and people throw from where they like and it gives crap players the sense they can play as the trebles and doubles are huge., the other is a proper dartboard. Muppets saying ooh i did a 9 darter on my nexus, yeah so did Stevie Wonder,

Can your subs sponsor you and get a percentage of what you win lol

That's another gimmick reviewed.

It's simple Soft tip is shit Steel tip is good