Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-33092097-20190810182511/@comment-27306930-20190917022911

Hmmm, several of us here on the Wiki have done lots of experiments with many types of darts over the years. One of them was filling the holes on Elites and Megas to determine if they perform more consistently.

Turns out only darts with whistler ports have significantly reduced performance. The small hole in regular Elite darts does not affect range or consistency to any meaningful degree. Assuming you have the fortitude to withstand all 24 minutes of Coop's dart comparison video, which by the way was excellent, you'll find that dome headed darts without holes are just as inconsistent as darts with holes. This confirms my own testing which was just as exhaustive, but much less scientific.

The consensus is that conical, parabolic, and domed dart heads like Elites, Megas, FVJs, Voberries, Koosh, Nipple darts, and VTNs are all equally bad when it comes to consistency. Some have holes and some don't, and some have slightly better range than others. But they all stink at accuracy. And that's why you've probably never heard of most of those dart types.

For that reason I think these new Ultra darts are gonna suck. Visually, they have all the features and characteristics we've already come to identify with bad darts. Sorry to be a fun-sucker 😕