Dart Board Cabinets

Dartboard cabinets are important in game rooms or man caves and they’re a great investment for pubs and bars that want to offer something different yet familiar. Here are some of the best dartboard cabinets that you can get for the money, from vintage and traditional ones to illuminated modern dartboard cabinets.

Dart Board Cabinets

Buying Guide

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If you’re always down for a round of darts, make sure you have a room readily available for your spontaneous dart games. Dartboards come with hardy wall-mounted cabinets to offer you with an instant solution to furnishing a game room. The cabinets are not just to style game rooms, however, as their main purpose is to offer protection to your walls during gameplay.

To ensure you pick the pub dart board cabinet that’s right for your game needs and aesthetic goals, here are tips you should remember:

How to pick the right darts?

Pub dart board cabinets, darts, and dart boards come as a set. Pick the cabinet that offers you with the darts and dartboard that suit your needs.

You'll find cabinets that have electric boards, which make use of light and safe-to-use darts. They're great for practice and/or casual games with your buddies. For professional dart players, the best darts are made of tungsten or brass. Tungsten is the better option as it’s denser compared to brass.

Darts that consist of tungsten are smaller and denser, which will get you higher scores because of close groupings. If you are a beginner, a good option for you will be nickel or brass as the materials are cheaper and easily replaceable.

What types of dart boards are there?

There are three types of dart boards, namely magnetic, electronic, and bristle. As a player, you must know each type, as well as how it’s used.

Bristle boards are self-healing as they consist of sisal fiber. They return to their original state even when darts have hit their surfaces. They're the most common dart boards that you’ll find paired with pub dart cabinets. They're in bars, and they’re what professional players use in tournaments. Bristle boards, however, are not to be utilized by kids as the darts of such type of board makes use of steel tips, which can injure children if they’re mishandled.
As for an electronic board, it’s for amateurs as it’s light and its body is made of plastic. Its darts come with plastic tips to offer safety.
A magnetic board has all the features bristle and electronic boards have but it’s fitted with magnets.

What extra features to look for in a pub dart board cabinet?

No one likes purchasing the same product again and again or getting a dart board cabinet that fails in giving protection to your game room walls. So, consider the features a cabinet is equipped with to catch stray darts. There are also dart board cabinet features that allow you to have the best dart game experience like dry erase scoreboards and dart catching rings.

Does a pub dart board cabinet require professional installation?

Generally speaking, no. Just choose the dart cabinet that’s easy to install, so you can set it up as soon as it arrives at your doorstep. A mounting hardware must be included in your dart kit. A dart cabinet is best when it’s added with front-facing mounting holes to allow for a quick and easy setup.