The Recon Switch Points is Red Dragon’s take on the tool-free tip system that Winmau built its name on, fitted to a 90% tungsten barrel with a deliberately aggressive grip. The torpedo profile reviewed here sits alongside parallel and tapered versions in the same range, and the swap-tip system is licensed from Winmau rather than developed in-house.
This is a new listing with only a handful of reviews so far.
Key Specifications
The 25g Torpedo is the variant covered here, finished in black PVD with silver contrast sections at the grip and switch point collar.
- Material
- 90% tungsten with black PVD coating and silver accents
- Weights
- 23g, 25g (Torpedo Switch Points)
- Barrel length
- 45.72mm (both weights)
- Barrel diameter
- 7.65mm (23g), 7.85mm (25g)
- Grip
- Torpedo profile with buttress grooves and technical milling
- Points
- Winmau Switch Points, 26mm Smooth Silver, 2BA thread, tool-free swap, also compatible with Target Swiss Point, Harrows Quick Points and Caliburn Evo EZ Points
- Shafts
- Nitro Flite integrated flight and shaft unit
- Flights
- Nitro Flite integrated (Shape #2), standard replacements sold separately
- Price band
- High End
How They Compare
Spec sheets mean more next to the alternatives. Here is the Recon Switch Points Torpedo against three similar darts we have covered, using the figures each manufacturer publishes.
| Recon Switch Points Torpedo | Sable (opens in a new tab) | Luke Humphries TX3 (opens in a new tab) | Target Hydro (opens in a new tab) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price band | High End | Moderate | High End | Moderate |
| Tungsten | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Weights | 23g, 25g | 21g to 26g (by shape) | 22g, 24g | 21g to 26g (by shape) |
| Barrel length | 45.72mm | 50.8mm (Parallel, Torpedo) | 43.2mm | 50.5mm (Barrel 02) |
| Barrel diameter | 7.65mm (23g) | 6.60 to 6.85mm (Parallel) | 7.13mm (22g) | 6.25mm (21g) |
Who They Suit
| If you... | Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Like a light, slim dart | Poor | Lightest is 23g with a 7.65mm barrel |
| Want a thick, heavy barrel | Good | Heaviest is 25g at up to 7.85mm |
| Want grip cuts along the whole barrel | Partial | Buttress grooves and technical milling on a torpedo profile |
| Want a very smooth grip | Poor | High grip, according to the manufacturer |
| Prefer a short barrel | Good | Barrel length is 45.72mm |
| Want quick-swap points | Good | Switch Points swap without tools |
| Are working to a tight budget | Poor | It sits in the High End price band |
The torpedo profile and aggressive grip rating suit players who like a barrel with real texture underhand, and the tool-free tip system is a genuine convenience if you go through points regularly or want to try a different brand’s tip without buying a whole new set. At 23g and 25g, it covers players who prefer a moderate to heavier dart.
If you’d rather stick with a fixed point and a longer track record, Red Dragon’s own Gerwyn Price Blue Originals has years of buyer feedback behind it. Anyone put off by the flight complaints here might also look at the Winmau Fusion integrated flight system as a point of comparison for how rival brands handle the same all-in-one flight idea.
What Owners Say
The headline score is 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews. 100% of buyers say they would recommend them. Reception looks glowing, but treat that with caution. The figure comes from Red Dragon’s own site, from only three buyer reviews of this exact Switch Points version, so it is both manufacturer-hosted and a very small sample. The wider Recon range fares less well on Amazon, sitting at 3.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, though that figure is pooled across every barrel profile and weight, and almost all of the written reviews there are for the fixed-point Original rather than the Switch Points.
The written feedback that does exist for the Switch Points version is short and positive, focused on grip and build quality. The larger body of Recon reviews, which cover the fixed-point Original sharing the same barrel and Nitro Flite flights, is more mixed: praise for the tungsten quality and balance, alongside recurring gripes about the integrated flights and one report of the barrel grip feeling less aggressive than the spec suggests.
What owners consistently praise
- Barrel quality and finish rated highly across the range
- Tool-free tip swaps that also accept other brands' points
- Well balanced 90% tungsten barrel at both available weights
Common criticisms
- Very few reviews yet for the Switch Points version specifically
- Nitro Flite integrated flights have snapped for at least one buyer
- Grip has felt lighter than the spec suggests for some Original buyers
The Grip: What to Expect
Red Dragon rates the torpedo barrel’s grip as high on its own smooth-to-aggressive scale, describing angled grip cuts and buttress grooves aimed at enhanced finger placement. That is a fairly aggressive claim, and it broadly lines up with the small pool of Switch Points feedback so far.
The caveat comes from the fixed-point Original, which uses the same barrel geometry: at least one buyer there found the grip less textured than expected for their throw. Given both variants share the milling, it is worth handling one before you commit if you rely on a heavily aggressive grip.
The Consensus
The Switch Points idea itself is sound, and the handful of owners who have tried this exact Torpedo version rate it highly. But this is a new listing, and most of the wider Recon feedback available right now belongs to the fixed-point Original rather than this variant. Buyers considering it should weigh the tool-free tip convenience against the flight durability complaints seen elsewhere in the range, and expect the reception picture to firm up over the coming months rather than treat the current scores as settled.
How we compile this page
We don’t throw every dart ourselves. Instead we gather the manufacturer’s published specifications and weigh up the reception from owners and independent reviewers, then flag where they disagree so you can make up your own mind. Where a headline rating comes from manufacturer-hosted reviews, we say so, because those tend to skew positive.