The Blade 360 is Winmau’s take on a familiar problem: rotating a board to spread wear usually leaves the maker’s logo sitting sideways or upside down. Here the Winmau, 360 and PDC marks repeat around the black band outside the doubles, so the board looks balanced at each of its ten rotation positions. Underneath, it is built on the Blade 6 Triple Core, the board used at televised PDC events from 2022 until January 2026.
It launched in late 2025, shortly before Winmau’s Blade X replaced the Blade 6 on the PDC stage. That makes the Blade 360 a Blade 6 with a new look rather than the current tournament board, despite the PDC logos on its face.
Key Specifications
The playing side is pure Blade 6 Triple Core; the change is the symmetrical print.
- Sisal
- Highest-grade East African sisal, self-healing
- Construction
- Triple Core with a carbon-fibre reinforced base
- Wiring
- Ultra-thin, staple-free Blade wiring with a 60-degree deflection angle
- Bullseye
- Bull and outer bull wire 25% thinner than previous Winmau generations
- Number ring
- Laser-cut steel with an anti-glare finish
- Design
- Symmetrical print with ten balanced rotation positions
- Mounting
- Rota-Lock mounting system with a spirit level included
- Size
- 450mm diameter, 38mm deep
- Price band
- High End
How It Compares
Spec sheets mean more next to the alternatives. Here is the Winmau Blade 360 against similar boards we have covered, using the figures each manufacturer publishes.
| Winmau Blade 360 | Winmau Blade 6 Triple Core (opens in a new tab) | Target TOR Evo (opens in a new tab) | Winmau Blade X (opens in a new tab) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price band | High End | High End | High End | Premium |
| Sisal | East African, Triple Core | Dense East African | 215-MDG Madagascan | Premium African, 13% deeper bed |
| Wiring | Staple-free, 60-degree wire | Triple Core carbon base, 60-degree wire | Spider wire, 25% thinner than the standard TOR | Ultra-slim, 60% thinner than before |
| Bullseye | Bull wire 25% thinner | Fully hardened bull wiring | Green outer, red inner, size not published | Standard 50 and 25 bull |
| Number ring | Laser-cut steel | Laser-cut steel, removable | 2XRING reversible rubber | Laser-cut steel, rotates without removal |
| Mounting | Rota-Lock with spirit level | Rota-Lock with Spirit Master tool | Peak-Fix lock and level | Integrated steel thread, Rota-Lock |
Who This Board Suits
| If you... | Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Want to rotate the number ring without removing it | Partial | Winmau does not say whether the ring rotates in place |
| Have an uneven wall or want built-in levelling | Good | Rota-Lock mounting with a spirit level included |
| Want an officially approved tournament board | Partial | Sold as PDC match quality; the PDC board is the Blade X |
| Want a staple-free bullseye | Good | The wiring is staple-free |
| Are working to a tight budget | Poor | It sits in the High End price band |
The Blade 360 suits a home player who rotates their board regularly and wants it to look tidy every time, or who simply prefers the cleaner design. On playing specification alone it offers nothing the Blade 6 Triple Core does not, so the choice between them comes down to looks and the stronger owner record of the older board.
For the board used on the PDC stage, the Blade X is the one, at a higher price. Spending less, the Unicorn Eclipse Pro 2 has staple-free radial wiring in the Value band.
What Owners Say
On the manufacturer’s own site the Blade 360 scores 4.3 out of 5 from 120 reviews; those are manufacturer-hosted, so treat them as leaning favourable. A specialist UK retailer shows 4.4 from 135 reviews, and the largest online listing sits at 4.2 from around 420 ratings, where roughly two in three are five stars and about one in eight is a single star. That is a respectable score, but noticeably below the Blade 6 Triple Core’s reception.
The split is clear in what owners write. Plenty call it a great board that holds darts well, and an independent darts magazine’s long-term test, run by a coaching team since launch, found it at least as durable as the Blade 6. The unhappy minority report hard spots that cause repeated bounce-outs, a harder and noisier feel than they expected, and disappointment that it plays no better than the Blade 6 it is based on.
What owners consistently praise
- Holds darts well, with many owners reporting few bounce-outs
- Durable under heavy use in a long-term independent test
- Branding stays upright and tidy whichever way the board is rotated
Common criticisms
- Some boards develop hard spots that cause repeated bounce-outs
- A few owners find it harder and noisier than expected
- Plays the same as the Blade 6 Triple Core, which some buyers expected it to improve on
The 360 Design
Every bristle board needs rotating, because the 20, 19 and their neighbours take most of the darts and wear out first. Winmau’s answer is a print that repeats evenly around the black band, with the Winmau, 360 and PDC marks placed so the board looks balanced at any of ten positions. Winmau says the ten rotation points spread dart impact across the whole surface and remove hot spots.
The wiring itself is the sixth-generation Blade system: ultra-thin, staple-free and set at a 60-degree angle so a dart that clips the wire is steered into the bed rather than knocked out.
Why rotation matters
The same few segments take most of the darts on any board, so the sisal in and around the treble 20 breaks down long before the rest. Turning the board every so often moves those beds out of the firing line and can add years to its life. The Blade 360 does not change how rotation works; it removes the cosmetic reason people put it off.
The Scoring Areas
The bull and outer bull wire is 25% thinner than earlier Winmau generations, so less of the most valuable scoring area is taken up by steel. The laser-cut steel number ring has an anti-glare finish, which helps under a bright board light.
Winmau has not published World Darts Federation approval for the Blade 360, while it does for the Blade 6 Triple Core.
What’s in the Box
- Winmau Blade 360 dartboard
- Rota-Lock mounting system
- Spirit level
A bundle version of the same listing adds two sets of 19g steel-tip darts, spare flights and a checkout card. Winmau also sells a matching Blade 360 surround.
The Consensus
Owners rate the Blade 360 as a good board, but not as highly as the Blade 6 Triple Core it is built on. The construction is proven, the symmetrical design does what it promises, and independent long-term testing found it durable. The recurring worry is consistency, with a minority of boards reported to have hard spots that cause bounce-outs.
Reviewers and owners who like it value the design as much as the play. Anyone who cares only about how the board performs gets the same specification from the Blade 6 Triple Core, with a longer and stronger owner record behind it.
How we compile this page
We don’t test every product 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.