Unboxing Target Carrera Octane series

Target Darts recently finished off 2015 with the launch of a slew of new unique darts set called the Target Carrera Octane series. This is a new series featuring the new "Prism" coating, a rainbow coloured titanium coating, embedded within the grooves and cuts of the barrel, so the rainbow colour on the barrel will never fade or be chipped away. The coating is a rainbow type of coat so all the barrels will have a slightly different look and no 2 set of darts will be exactly the same.  This "Prism" coating can also be found in another new series launched for Target's new signed-on player : Wayne Mardel. The legendary Hawaii 501 has a straight barrel cut that features the same Prism coating for the unique look.

For a start, there are 3 barrels launched under the Octane series - Charger, Turbo and Nitro. All barrels are 90% tungsten with Pixel grip technology. The lightest of the series is Nitro at 17g, followed by Charger at 17.5g and Turbo at 18g. All barrels in a set are matched weighted within a plus minus weight of 0.05g. They come with white Pixel tips, Pro Grip transparent shaft and Target Vision foldable flights.

This Prism coating guarantees a longer lasting coat compared to other colorful coating on the market, which tends to fade off over time due to the acidic sweat of the fingers or wear and tear. The unique Pixel grip also gives a confident hold while not feeling too "sharp" or "cutting" into the fingers   Target's innovation in its darts barrel design can only benefit the darts community by introducing more attractive, better looking and higher performance darts barrel. 

Target Carrera Octane series

Target Carrera Octane Nitro in a box

The Octane series box set has a lift-up window for you to see the content and the darts barrel clearly and easily.

Octane series box

First, let us look at the lightest of the series which is Nitro at 17g. The Nitro barrel is the most front loaded in the Octane series. followed by Charger at 17.5g and Turbo at 18g.

Target Carrera Octane Nitro 

The Nitro balance point

The weight of the assembled dart is 19g while the barrel itself is 17g

The Nitro barrel up close. Some Prism colorful coating can be observed on the front hole

Nitro darts set comes complete with white Pixel tips, Pro Grip shaft and Vision flights

Nitro barrels assembled

Nitro barrels up close

Nitro barrel up close. Each facet has a different coating color, thus each barrel is unique 

Next, we look at Target Carrera Octane Charger model which weigh 17.5g.

Charger box set

Charger box set

Charger barrel

Charger darts set

Charger barrel comes in at 17.5g

Weight of the complete dart is 19.5g

Charger balance point

Finally, we look at the heaviest dart barrel in this series, the Turbo barrel, which weighs 18g.

Target Carrera Octane Turbo darts set

Turbo barrel

Turbo darts barrel

Turbo dart set

Turbo barrel center of gravity

Turbo dart set comes in at 20g

Turbo barrel itself weighs 18g