Found a stray, can I keep it??

[SNSTRLefty]

Was just thinking of when I started darts. Started with a set from Walmart, didn't do too bad but certainly not great. I bought a set online on impulse because it was Viking themed, as well as my own board to practice between league days.

Wanting to improve my game, I watched more pro videos than I can count and felt that I needed a better set of darts and was on my way to the dart shop. The B&M shop was great, having a dart board to try out their inventory as well as a skilled player to give pointers. I settled on a set of tungsten shark fins and shelled out around $85 and was off and running.

Over the next few months, I noticed an improvement in my game, holding my own in my league but noticing that I had not gained the accuracy I was hoping for with my expensive set. Then, on a whim, I decided to throw my $20 Viking set and wouldn't you know it, I was doing better than I was with the tungstens.

Moral of the story, skill maketh the pilot, not the cost of their equipment.

 

[Gyro Doctor]

Spoken like someone who has never been trapped in the house on a crap weather day and wanted to fly.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against toys at all; they have their place and are a lot of fun.
I just bristle at the term "racer" being applied to something that is anything but a racer

Moral of the story, skill maketh the pilot, not the cost of their equipment.

It's not about cost, it's about the right gear for the task. To borrow your darts analogy,
next time you hit the pub try bringing some of those foam nerf darts with you

 

[SNSTRLefty]

And there is the point to the discussion.

If I threw Nerf darts I would not go to a steel dart pub expecting to throw with the steel tippers just as bringing a 105 to a brushed race would make no sense.

A race is a race no matter the size or motor type. A Tiny Whoop race is as competitive as a brushed race.

But this is certainly going to be a agree to disagree situation.