Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-27306930-20161013005849

I know we've been talking about the new blue 6Miles darts with great anticipation on a couple of threads, so I thought I'd start a new one because I have an announcement.

THEY'RE HERE !!!

All the way from TienHeQu China in two weeks flat, the first two hundred 6Miles Deep Blues arrived today. Packaged in a loose fitting plastic bag, some of them got a little smushed. But nothing that's not fixable.

However, they are not at all what I was expecting, which was essentially a "waffle" headed dart with a blue foam body instead of red. But the good news is, I think I'm liking these even better !

First of all, there's no printing on these. They're the same length as the Rad Eagles, and ever so slightly heavier. I don't know if you noticed, but the red Men-Gun darts had a lot of variation in their lengths. These blue ones appear to be much more consistent. And it looks like they're using the same density foam. It feels similarly tough.

But the biggest difference is the head. It's completely redesigned, and it's not like anything I've seen before. It's essentially a crisscross pattern that allows the head to easily compress. The side-on view makes it appear almost solid. However the head-on view reveals a great deal of open space within the "double-X" structure. And that my friends should be its new nickname - Double-X's. It says so right on the head, short 'n sweet.

The other thing that's immediately apparent is that the heads are cylindrical, not tapered like Elites or the K'nex design that 6Miles so blatantly copied for the Rad Eagles. Because of that, it's a nice snug fit. And the material is the same soft rubbery stuff as the Men-Guns.

I know by this point you're probably saying "we don't need yur critical analysis of the aesthetics ElliottW, how the heck do they work ???" . Well gentlemen (and um ladies if there are any) they work GREAT ! Every bit as consistent as Rad Eagles, and just as good in springers, flywheels, and YASSMLs. The newly designed head is slightly heavier, which shifts the center of gravity forward about an eighth of an inch, increasing their stability. By extension, I'll assume the range will be ever so slightly less, but we're probably talking feet, not yards. I'll range test outside tomorrow.

Bottom line, I love 'em. Maybe the best darts I've found so far. And at $6 per hundred, with free shipping, and excellent value.  