Electronic dart board recommendation?

[bdorman]

Can you recommend a quality electronic dart board for casual players?

It's for the game room in our community center. We need commercial/professional quality but don't need "bells and whistles" (i.e. bells and whistles are nice, but not a requirement; long-term quality is important).

We'd like to keep it under $150-200 if that's realistic.

Thanks.

((((OMG, am I going to start a fight over dart boards? Sorry.))))

 

[DallasHopps]

If I may ask, what drives the electronic requirement? Auto scoring?

 

[bdorman]

If I may ask, what drives the electronic requirement? Auto scoring?

Safety. The board will be in a public area where we have little to no control over who uses it or how carefully they use it. The management would simply never approve sharp flying objects.

 

[DallasHopps]

The plastic tipped darts used with electronic dartboards (that I'm familiar with, anyway) can be used in a good bristle dartboard. I have a Winmau Blade II board at home (I recommend the blade series because of the beveled edge dividers vs. the round wire; it's amazing how often you can hit that wire and bounce out!)

It specifies use with steel or soft (plastic) tips, and I've used soft tips with no issues.

An unsolicited endorsement for easy scoring is the Kokoi scoreboard. No markers or chalk, small, easy to use... it's awesome.