I've been playing darts since I was about nineteen. Pub darts, mostly — the kind where you throw whatever's hanging on the board, argue about whether that was a double or not, and consider a 60 a decent score. I joined a local league three years ago, started playing more seriously, and continued to use the same brass darts I'd bought from a sports shop for about eight pounds sometime around 2019.
My league average had plateaued at around 42. I'd been stuck there for the better part of a year. I blamed my technique, my stance, my follow-through, the lighting in various venues. It hadn't occurred to me to blame the darts. Then I bought the Harrows Wolfram Infinity 97% Tungsten set in 24g, and my average moved to 54 within six weeks. Here's what happened.
Why Equipment Matters More Than I Thought
I'd always assumed that darts were darts. The skill was in the throw, not the equipment. That's true up to a point — technique matters enormously — but it's not the whole story. The barrel profile, the weight distribution, the grip texture, the flight shape: all of these affect how a dart behaves in the air and how it sits in your hand. Throwing a dart that doesn't suit your grip or your throw is like trying to write with a pen that's the wrong weight. You can do it, but you're working against the tool rather than with it.
My brass darts were 22g, relatively fat in the barrel, and had a smooth finish that I'd been compensating for with a tighter grip than I needed. I didn't know any of this until I started researching properly, which I did at about 11pm on a Tuesday after a particularly frustrating league night where I missed double 16 six times in a row.
Why the Harrows Wolfram Infinity
The 97% tungsten construction was the starting point. Tungsten is denser than brass, which means a tungsten dart can be made slimmer at the same weight. A slimmer barrel means tighter groupings — you can get three darts into a treble 20 bed without the second and third bouncing off the first. That's the fundamental advantage of tungsten over brass, and it's a real one.
I chose 24g after reading that heavier darts tend to suit players who throw with a smoother, more pendulum-like action — which describes my throw reasonably well. The knurled and grooved dual-texture grip zones were the other detail that made sense for me: I'd been gripping too tightly to compensate for the smooth brass barrels, and a proper grip texture would let me hold the dart more lightly and release more cleanly.
The slim aerodynamic profile reduces air resistance during flight, which means a more stable, predictable trajectory. The included Supergrip Fusion shafts and Prime Wolfram Infinity flights are a matched, balanced setup rather than generic accessories — the whole kit is designed to work together rather than being a dart with whatever shafts and flights happened to be in the box.
First Session
I threw them for the first time in my garage, on my own board, the evening they arrived. The first thing I noticed was the grip — the dual-texture barrel sat in my fingers differently to the brass darts. More secure, but with less effort. I could hold them lightly and they stayed put, which meant my release was cleaner than it had been in years.
The slim profile was immediately apparent on the board. My first three-dart visit to treble 20 landed all three in the bed without any deflection. That had happened before with the brass darts, but not consistently. With the Wolfram Infinity it felt repeatable in a way it hadn't before.
I threw for about an hour. My checkout percentage in that session was noticeably higher than my recent average. I went to bed feeling like I'd been throwing wrong for three years, which was simultaneously frustrating and exciting.
Six Weeks in the League
I played my next four league matches with the Wolfram Infinity. My average across those four matches was 54 — twelve points higher than my plateau. I won three of the four, including one against a player who'd beaten me consistently for two seasons.
The consistency was the thing that changed most noticeably. With the brass darts, I'd have good visits and bad visits with no clear pattern. With the tungsten, the bad visits became less bad — the slim barrel and stable flight meant that even slightly imperfect throws landed closer to where I was aiming. The margin for error felt smaller in a good way: the dart was doing more of the work.
The Shafts and Flights
The Supergrip Fusion shafts have held up well through six weeks of regular play. No loosening, no cracking, no need to replace them yet — which is better than I've experienced with cheaper shafts that start working loose after a few sessions. The Prime flights have maintained their shape and haven't torn at the corners, which is where flights usually fail first.
The whole setup feels like it was designed as a system rather than assembled from parts, which is exactly what it is. That coherence matters: a dart that's balanced from barrel to flight behaves predictably, and predictability is what separates consistent players from inconsistent ones.
What Changed
My average. My win rate. My enjoyment of the game, which had been quietly declining as the plateau dragged on. And my understanding of what darts equipment actually does — which turns out to be considerably more than I'd given it credit for.
I'm not a professional player. I'm a bloke in a local league who plays twice a week and takes it more seriously than most people think is warranted. But within that context, the Harrows Wolfram Infinity made a measurable, immediate, and sustained difference to my game. That's the honest summary. If you've been throwing brass darts and wondering why your average isn't moving, the answer might be simpler than you think.
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Written by Pete Holroyd. All opinions are his own.
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