XQMax Michael Van Gerwen 23g
DETAILS:
BRAND: XQMax
WEBSITE: https://xqmax.com/
MODEL: Michael Van Gerwen
WEIGHT REVIEWED: 23g
TUNGSTEN CONTENT: 90%
AVAILABLE WEIGHTS:
STEEL: 21g – 23g – 25g
SOFT TIP: 18g
PRICE: ££44.79
Review Date: 31st August 2015
I got these from Dartswarehouse.com and they cost at present £44.79 (depends on exchange rate) and that includes free worldwide delivery.
I think the darts look good with that green styling and those diamond shaped notches add a bit of extra aesthetics without been entirely functional for grip, although the bigger notches add a little bit of grip. But the ringed sections of the barrel with the mixture of thin cut rings and grooves is a nice grip and I would say its a high medium.
Well a 140 on my first throw and then later nearly a 180 holding the darts in a centre grip which is not my usual were 2 very good signs that these are a nice set of darts! 🙂
The thing I noticed almost straight away was that with my front grip the seemed very nicely weighted and balanced and I felt comfortable with them from the start. I think for my natural grip they are spot on and the ring grip section provides a nice level of grip.
Of course for the sake of reviewing I usually like to get an idea of how it will work with other grips, so although gripping the darts from the centre was a touch spotty at first it felt a little nicer in the balance and I soon got a good feel for it and nearly hit a 180 on my third throw as you can see in the video above.
I tried throwing from around the rear of the barrel too and it was not too bad considering it is usually very weird for me there and strangely the darts still felt like the balance was good.
So I think this is overall a very nicely balanced dart and should be fine for all grips, I think centre balance was probably just that little better but it behaved well through the air with all the grip positions I tried and since the video review I have thrown them a lot more and think its a great dart with my front grip. 🙂
RATINGS OUT OF 10:
LOOKS: 7.5
GRIP: 7.5
WEIGHT MATCH: 6
QUALITY: 7.5
VALUE: 7