These arrive assembled and ready to throw — barrels, shafts, flights and points already fitted and matched by the manufacturer.

That matters more than it sounds for a first purchase. Buying the four components separately means four decisions before anyone can play, and one wrong choice makes the dart feel off in a way that is genuinely hard to diagnose when you have nothing to compare it against.

A complete set removes all of it. The flight shape, shaft length and point are the ones the barrel was designed around, so the dart flies as intended from the first throw. The range runs from brass sets for someone starting out through to full tungsten at competition specification — and a set that needs nothing else added makes about the easiest gift in the sport.