Cuesoul Fighting Soul 22g darts review

DETAILS:

BRAND: Cuesoul Darts
WEBSITE: https://www.cuesoul.com/
MODEL: Fighting Soul
WEIGHT REVIEWED: 22g
TUNGSTEN CONTENT: 95%
AVAILABLE WEIGHTS:
   STEEL: 22g
   SOFT TIP: Different Models in 18g
PRICE: £65.95

Review Date: February 25th 2016 (review copied from my original at Darts Nutz forum which was a little longer with more pics too)

This is the first set of Cuesoul darts I have ever had and I only found out about them last year but their presence around the net seems to be growing so I was interested in trying some out but I have also seen some of the darts they have in the pipeline and they look very interesting too.  I have copied the Cuesoul story from their website below but here is the link to their site if you want to browse their products: https://www.cuesoul.com/

The Cuesoul Story:

CUESOUL, a great brand from the US. Its owner, CUESOUL SPORTS INC. has authorized XIAMEN TOWIN TRADE CO., LTD to be the exclusive seller/retailer in China and all over the world .CUESOUL, the combination of word CUE & SOUL, created by Mr. Kenny, the owner of CUESOUL SPORTS INC. You cannot find this word in the dictionary, but it means a lot. CUE, normally refers to the stick you used to play billiard game. But sometimes people mean it “implying”. It is an occasional story that Mr. Kenny created this Brand. Mr. Kenny had been playing darts and billiards for many years before he had this word. One day, he played billiard game in a bar. And luckily, as if with God’s help, he won all the 20 games he attended. All the people in the bar cheered for him. He looked around and found a beauty implying at him by raising the glass. As everyone can imagine, something wonderful happened! From then on, Billiards and Darts became SOUL OF A CUE FROM BEAUTIFUL GIRL for him. With the great sense of achievement in playing billiards and darts, he therefore created the phrase CUESOUL, and work on that to make it a great brand, selling it on the internet to all over the world, sharing the great sense to the people all over the world. CUESOUL, with great concept, working on many products. CUESOUL people will introduce more and more of them to you…

As  you can see from the name and their site its not just darts but Billiards, Snooker and Pool that is their passion too.  They have a lot of darts models in both steel and soft tip and the Fighting Soul series are both.  The model reviewed here is the Fighting Soul C1004 22g, they are 95% tungsten and you can by them from their site or from Amazon Uk here for £65.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/CUESOUL-FIGHTIN…B00WFYHHP0

The darts arrived very well packaged and there was an outer plain cardboard box, then inside the main glossy box box with info about the company and the case inside.  The case is very nice, its made of metal with a covering of PU leatherete with an embossed crocodile skin texture effect and the lid has a nice soft feel to it.  Inside it has flocked EVA foam cut to shape for holding the contents.  With the barrels you get a set of steel tip conversion points, a set of soft tip points, a set of very neat flight protectors that I found easy to attach to the flights for a change   There is a set of what look to be inbetween polycarbonate stems and a set of Steel stems fitted with alloy tops.  There is a sharpening stone and a dart tool for tightening the points and stems among other things. The darts were fitted already with some slim Cuesoul flights but there was 3 more sets of flights in Slim, Kite and Standard shape.

The darts have a really nice profile and as you can see there is a few areas where detail is cut into the barrel, the nose cone of the steel tip conversion points suits the profile of the barrel and it also echoes the design with the little diamond shapes cut into which is also repeated in the steel stems so that’s a nice touch to have that uniformity. The rear of the barrel have a kind of wavy groove etched into it but overall the physical grip level is only a low to low medium.

Well my first experience with Cuesoul darts is rather pleasant actually.  I think the model I picked here is a good looking dart and like I mention above I think its got a very nice profile but its good to see that the nose cone of the steel tip conversion points enhance that profile well.

This is effectively a soft tip style dart but with the option of adding the steel tip conversion points to use for steel tip which is where it may not win favours as I think most steel tippers would prefer just to have a full tungsten barrel with a fixed steel tip point.

But I guess that is not the sole aim for these darts and it really comes as a kit for the purpose of using for either soft or steel and I would not just dismiss it for that reason, however using the darts with the conversion points may annoy some die hard steel tippers as occassionally I found the point coming a little loose after play but it only seemed to do it when twisting them out anti clockwise.  Once I tightened them up well with the provided tool and was more carful how I pulled them out the board I had no problems.

Now when I did my video review I threw the darts with the steel stems and standard flights and as you can see with my front grip I got some fishtailing and although I was comfortable holding the darts I think the length with the added weight of the steel stems was not quite right for me and my grip.  I was almost not going to bother trying a different setup though because when I threw the darts from the middle they worked a lot better and even better again from the rear, I hit a few trebles with a rear grip and I felt the darts were very comfortable for a rear gripper and threw very well, so I thought this review would end with me recommending them for rear and middle grippers, but……

I was going to try the darts with some short nylon stems but as I had non to hand and was too lazy to go hunting through my stuff for a set I put some battered old Condor stems on which have a few splits in the wings but not major and they are about an inbetween size.

This was a HUGE difference!

The darts flew so much smoother and no fishtailing at all and I hit a lot more T20’s with that set up, so very pleased I tried the change, it really does fly very well with my front grip with that setup.

I would say the rear grip is the most comfortable to hold but I was quite comfy with my front grip but I think overall it could suit any grip position but I think its possible that rear grip is still the best but very happy with the way its now working with my front grip.

The only problem with this C1004 model is that the grip is not that high, I had no issues as the tungsten had quite a nice feel to it but its a low medium at best so may not be suitable for most people, you would need to go for one of the other models if you need more grip I think.

Quality on the whole seems rather good, I know there was a bit of difference in the weight match but machining is fine and the tungsten has a nice dense feel.

Price is not so cheap but I think this is the premium model range and its sold as much as a complete kit for soft and steel really so players who like to play both types should definitely consider it as a purchase.

Overall I am impressed with the package offered and with the darts too.