The Coolest Portable Music Solution for Darts and Tunes

Bump up the volume of your favorite jams during darts with the Bumpster, a portable speaker by OrigAudio. Featuring Bluetooth, simply tap your phone against the speaker for instant pairing. With a Bluetooth range of 33ft and full range bass enhanced sound, this speaker gives you full music quality near the dartboard and lets you switch tracks from across the room or at the throw line! The Bumpster is designed with a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 10 hours and a built in microphone to make hands-free phone calls while you're playing darts, and its portability gives you hands free functionality for the car or truck.

• Dimensions: 3.14" x 3.14" x 2.48"; Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Features Bluetooth functionality for one tap pairing
• Full range bass enhanced sound
• Bluetooth range up to 33 feet
• SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio): >60dB
• Frequency Response: 100Hz~20,000 Hz
• Designed to fit into most cup holders
• Built in microphone for hands-free phone calls. "Call-choice" feature allows you to easily toggle between the Bumpster and your phone for calls
• 10 hour battery life with mini USB charging slot (cord included)
• Speaker power: 3 watts
• Compatible with any device that has Bluetooth connectivity. Also included is a 3.5mm audio cord for devices that don't have the option of Bluetooth
• Custom designs printed in vibrant colors with UV technology

Turn up the tunes in your darts activities!

The Most Charging Device for Darts in 2017

Power your life and do it in your darts style! The ChargeHub™ is a 7-port USB charging station that made its debut at Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, 2014. The ChargeHub™ utilizes SmartSpeed™ Technology to provide optimal charge for virtually any USB device. It charges up to seven devices at once with only a single power supply, so you don't have to worry about cluttering your space with extra cables and plugs. The ChargeHub™ captured the Best of CES Award ranking by iPhone Life Magazine. Customize your own for a unique one-stop shop for all of your power needs.

• Dimensions: 3.5" x 3.5" x 1.25"
• Material: polycarbonate, aluminum, rubber, FR-4, paper, and lexan
• Charges up to 7 USB devices simultaneously with one power supply
• SmartSpeed™ Technology provides optimal charge for virtually any USB device (based on type and number of connected devices)
• Single power supply eliminates excess cables and numerous plugs, outlets and power strips to maintain a neat and organized space
• Various safety features built-in to assist in the protection of all connected devices
• Blue LED power indicator light shows the ChargeHub™ is on and functional
• Adjustable blue LED underglow effect for ease of use in the dark

Get charged up!

Johnny K's 4th Annual Toys For Tots Dart Tournament

Johnny K's 4th Annual Toys For Tots Dart Tournament and Fund Raiser is underway early again this year. Last year Johnny's efforts and perseverance raised $15,000!

You can contribute in several ways:

Go to the tourney! Saturday's Tournament is a $20 Entry Fee or $10 Entry Eee & $10 Toy. Visit John's Blog for tournament information, tournament flier and details.

Send a donation Donation forms are available on Visit John's Blog to print, fill out and mail in your donation.

Make a donation online via PayPal Visit John's Blog and click on the PayPal image to submit your information and make a donation online.

Purchase lottery tickets This year John is selling lotto calendars which will use the evening PA lottery 3 digit number. Visit John's Blog for details on purchasing lottery tickets.

Buy a shirt! We are proud to have designed the shirts for Johnny K again this year. T-Shirts are available for $15.00 + $6.00 for shipping. ALL money goes to Toys for Tots! Visit John's Blog for details on purchasing these shirts, collect one every year like we do!

New Aiming Fluid Vessels! Darts Pint Glasses!

What is missing from your game room or home bar setup? In addition to having unique darts designs on coasters, beer steins, koozies, shot glasses, out charts, clocks and coffee mugs we now can add darts pint glasses to the mix!

A must have item for any dart players game room, practice area or man cave. Consider taking one to league night or the local luck of the draw tournament to keep your beverage standing out from the rest! These pint glasses featuring unique darts designs also make great awards, so feel free to contact us about customization!

Your Darts Game Room Gear

Some of us are blessed with a full converted basement, garage or dedicated game room for darts. Others make due with a Man cave or small setup in a corner for practice and play at home. No matter what your darts setup may be, you can always give it a boost of darts spirit and sport with a collection of items we've simply titled Cool Darts Stuff.

We've recently updated and added new darts designs to all of our beer steins, clocks, coffee mugs, koozies and coasters. All of which decorate any game room or home setup with style and darts appeal.

All of these items are fully customizable, just contact us about adding your name, team name, dart league or nick name for your darts hideaway. Anything you think would make your item unique to yourself or your game room.

Stay tuned for additional designs being added to these items as well as our line of dart shirts, along with other cool darts items such as mousepads, keepsake boxes, keychains, jewelry and framed prints and posters.

Johnny K's Toys For Tots Dart Tournament Meets $15,000 Goal

Johnny K's Toys For Tots Dart Tournament and Fundraiser met the $15,000 goal Johnny had his eyes set on for 2010. The full story and video from WNEP:

The folks at Toys for Tots said a higher number of people are asking for help this holiday season.

A group in Schuylkill County is making sure that need is met.

Volunteers gathered in John Kuczynski's garage near Zion Grove and began the job of packing up toys. Kuczynski raised money by sponsoring dart tournaments. He said his group of friends then went out and bought $15,000 worth of toys. "I am just a small-town country boy that started playing darts a long time ago and for me to be a part of this is unbelievable!" Kuczynski said.

One of Kuczynski's friends is Jennifer Weikel who said, "Every year this keeps growing and he has the biggest heart than anyone I ever met."

The bags of toys were then loaded on a large truck. Kuczynski said it was needed because of the sheer number of toys. "I love kids. I don't have any of my own but I have a four-year-old godson and he's going to help us load the toys up and is excited about it. He's four but understands there are kids that don't have anything," Kuczynski added.

Ed Quirin is a retired Marine and runs the Toys for Tots program in Schuylkill County . He said the need is great. "In 2008 we had about 800 kids, in 2009 we were about 1,200 and this year we're at 1,900 and still signing up and thats because of the economy," said Quirin.

Carmean Singley likes to volunteer her time. "It's too bad we can't see the smiles on those kids faces. It's great!" she said.

There is still time to donate to the Toys for Tots campaign.

Darts, a Bad Back and Bounce Outs

Although I've dealt with a back problem for years, recently I somehow managed to take back pain to a whole new level. In what friends and family are describing to me as a pinched nerve, when I bend over for anything pain shoots down my leg, lights up every damaged nerve from my previously broken (and still sketchy) ankle and my toes go numb. While playing darts at a friends last week I painfully took the laughing and kidding every time I made some likely hysterical physical move to pick up a dart that had bounced out. And I guess by Murphy's Law, I sure was getting a lot of bounce outs.

Having experienced that, I reflected on those in the game that are handicapped in some way. I know several shooters who live with back pain every day. Others who have permanent injuries. My recent solution hit me as I was packing up for my weekly blind draw dart tournament. My telescopic / magnetic pickup tool resides on the side of the beer fridge in the Man Cave. I threw it in the dart case and used it with much relief when I had a few bounce outs that night, and decided I'd buy another to keep in the dart case permanently.

Keep Your Aiming Fluid Cold and Your Dinnerfor Darts Hot!

One thing I've been missing in my arsenal of dart shirts and darts tools and toys is a cool darts koozie. Not only for keeping my aiming fluid cold but to distinguish my beer from all of the other players when playing at tournaments or league. I am happy to say I won't be missing that anymore as we now offer Thermos brand darts koozies with the ability for full customization! These Thermos brand darts koozies hold standard 16oz cans, 12oz bottles and even your standard pint glass. Perfect!

In addition to these killer darts koozies Thermos also provided us with Large Thermos Bottles, FUNtainer Food Thermos Containers and FUNtainer Thermos Bottles. These are perfect for taking anything hot and cold with you and bear our unique darts designs for personalization. I am reminded of nights we play league at a venue that doesn't serve food. If I get a late start from working to get there on time I tend to skip dinner altogether. Now I think I'll take along some chili, chips and queso or anything else I crave!

Consider darts koozies for awards for your dart league!

Mobile Apps for Darts: iPhone, Android, Blackberry

What would your darts app do?

Seems nowadays everything ends with the phrase "There's an app for that". Yet when I look around for a darts app, all I seem to find is Darts Scorer for iPhone, something called Pro Darts for the iPhone and a few others for keeping score or playing dart games on your mobile device.

Being a darts junkie, I really don't need help with keeping score and despite my love for the sport, I don't really care to whither hours away honing in my skills on my Blackberry when I could be standing in front of an actual dart board with my arrows.

Being a techno-junkie on the other hand inclines me to remedy the situation by developing a mobile app that makes sense for us crazy fans of darts.

Having said that, I am asking you - the darts community - what you'd like to have in a mobile app for darts. I intend on engineering the app to be available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry and I intend on offering it as a free download.

So far my ideas include:

• A list of different dart games with their rules/how to play
• Real time darts news from the major outlets
• Player profiles and stats
• Darts pub locator/directory
• Major dart tournament schedules
• Dart videos
• The ability to share/post within social networks
• Live streams from major events (if I can tackle that)

I'm wide open to your feedback and suggestions, and I'd like everyone to jump in. Bottom line is, I'd hate to put a lot of work into an app that me and maybe a dozen others may use. I'd like to create this for darts junkies that would be interested in having their darts fix available to them wherever they go.

The comments area is open for discussion, or you can hit me up on Twitter, join the conversation on Facebook or if you really have to shoot me an email.

Thanks in advance for your input!

UPDATE JULY 30, 2010

From @rrrebo via Twitter:

I want to run my blind draw from my BlackBerry. Simple barckets, click to move the winner over, automatically moves the loser to the loser's bracket. Maybe input # of boards and have the app randomize assignments to ensure fair rotation. Too much? :)

And my response via Twitter:

Great idea! Although if your tourneys go anything like mine you'll have players chasing you around to look at the phone all night!

I think this is a great suggestion! It brings to mind how many features to add. Number of players? Payout calculator? @rrrebo has the gears in my head running already...

Free Darts Widget For Your Web Page

Dart players with web sites, blogs, MySpace Profiles, league web sites and other web pages might consider installing this new Darts News Widget to give their viewers more content with no effort! You can customize the Widget to include images and/or summaries and select a color scheme and size that suits your web page.

What makes this Darts News Widget better than the rest? This particular Widget draws darts news from over 30 sources from around the world and is updated regularly to keep readers up to date on the latest happenings in darts from the ADO to the BDO and PDC.

Download and install yours today!



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Shoes for Darts?

Is the hunt for casual and comfortable shoes for darts a little crazy? I'll be honest. For the casual luck of the draw or league night I've been sporting a pair of Spalding tennis shoes I bought at Wal Mart for $18 back in August 1996. Yes, their pretty torn up, I have duct tape and a few select adhesives holding the soles on. But, they were comfortable! I finally lost the sole off of one at Metallica and Ozzy this year, so a search for new shoes begins...

Practicing at home is a little different. My setup is in the garage, and more often than not I wont wear shoes at all. Considering the dirt, saw dust, occasional bug - oh and that snake I stepped on barefoot one day - I've been looking around for some comfortable slip-on shoes or simple sneakers for darts. Behold I found some and they allowed me to decorate them as I please.

Tacky huh! Original and unique though...

Steel Tip Out Charts for Darts

I was sitting in my "darts office" one morning around 3 or 4 am after a long stretch of working a double. When your building a web site for a 16+ hour stretch like that you start to lose your ability to speak english due to typing code for most of the day, and visually you see many things from a unique perspective.

I had grabbed myself a cold beer and a smoke, sat my chair at the throw line and sat staring at my darts setup. I have everything just about the way I like it out there, however I have taken down and hung up an out chart poster several times, unsure if I like it or not when I rarely refer to it myself. It does come in handy for guests quite frequently though, so at the moment I have one hanging under the dart board.

On this particular night I began glancing at the out chart and pondering on some finish I had last week in league when suddenly my brain kicked in and told me "I don't like how plain that out chart is". Seriously, about the only thing it has going for it - above say a list of parts for a Holley Carb to hang on the wall - is that it refers to darts.

Naturally I decided to design one to order, which led to a few ideas, which led to more ideas.... Now I dont know whether to stop designing and order one or keep working to find one I like. I am up to about a dozen so far.



EDIT: I wound up ordering the Ton80 IQ out chart, and it looks fantastic.