L-Style
Horizon Darts is proud to feature products from L-Style. L-Style is a Japanese maker known for tight manufacturing tolerances and for the Champagne Ring system, which locks the flight to the shaft and holds its shape. See our selected products below.
Buying guide
L-Style Champagne Ring System Guide
L-Style's system is built around the Champagne Ring, a cap that fits into the flight end of a nylon shaft, covers the shaft prongs and holds the flight in place. L-Shafts thread into any standard 2BA barrel, most ship with Champagne Rings, and many L-Style flights now have the ring molded in. Our Laserdarts WidowMaker sets ship with L-Style Shape WidowMaker flights.
What does an L-Style Champagne Ring do?
A Champagne Ring caps the flight cavity of a nylon shaft so the flight stays seated and the shaft is protected. It softens hard deflections and prevents robin-hooding, when one dart splits the shaft of another already in the board.
- Champagne Rings are durable plastic, 2 sets (6 caps).
- Premium Metal Champagne Rings are heavier and more durable, 1 set (3 caps).
Both fit nylon shafts only, not metal or other shaft types.
Do L-Style flights and shafts work with other brands?
Mostly, yes. L-Shafts use a standard 2BA thread, and the Straight and Slim Locked L-Shafts accept any standard flight, locked in with Champagne Rings or Shell Lock Rings. Many L-Style flights, like the Dimpled flights, also mount on a shaft that takes a standard flight.
The limit is the ring, which fits nylon shafts only. On other slotted shafts, a metal slot lock ring keeps the flight from working loose. L-Style flights do not fit Cosmo Fit Shafts, which take Fit Flights only.
Champagne flight or built-in ring flight: which should I buy?
If you want fewer small parts, buy a flight with the ring molded in. If your shafts already have rings, a regular Champagne flight is all you need.
- Champagne flights use a separate ring, like the Natural Nine Champagne Flight.
- EZ and built-in ring flights load in one step, like the Champagne Flight with Built-in Ring or the Laserdart WidowMaker flight.
Both come in Standard, Shape and Slim cuts, so you can keep the profile you already throw.
Which L-Style flight shape should I choose?
Choose Standard or Shape for a steady flight, and Slim if you want less drag for a flatter throw. Many L-Style designs come in more than one cut, so you can keep your shape and change only the look.
- Standard: a full flight surface that holds a steady path, like the American Flag v2 Standard.
- Shape: a rounded, compact profile, like the L-Style Flight Shape.
- Slim: cut narrower than Standard for lower drag, like the American Flag v2 Slim.
- Rocket and Teardrop: specialty cuts in some signature designs. Rocket is longer and narrower than a standard flight.
Check the cut on each listing, since names like Kami, EZ and Champagne describe the series, not the shape.
Which players have L-Style signature flights?
L-Style makes signature flights for many players, including Fallon Sherrock, Deta Hedman, Jelle Klaasen, Ryan Searle and Derek Hinkle. Each design comes in a set cut and ring style, so check both before you order.
- Fallon Sherrock Magnificent Nine: a Standard-cut Champagne flight.
- Jelle Klaasen cobra: Standard cut on a natural background.
- Ryan Searle v2 skulls: an EZ flight with the ring built in.
- Derek Hinkle: Shape cut with a skull headdress and tomahawk design.
Derek Hinkle also has a Laserdarts barrel, the Laserdart Tomahawk, a 22g, 90% tungsten dart with front and rear shark cuts, so flight and barrel can match.
Which L-Shaft should I choose?
Pick locked or spinning first, then material, then length. Straight L-Shafts run super short, short, in-between and medium, and the Slim Locked covers in-between medium, in-between long and long.
- Nylon, locked: light and flexible, like the L-Shaft Straight Locked.
- Carbonite: stiffer and less prone to snapping than nylon, like the Straight Carbon Locked.
- Silent spinning: rotates on contact with less of the click a spinning shaft makes, like the Straight Silent Shaft.
If a shaft keeps backing out of the barrel, the L-Shaft Tightener GOMU holds the joint tight. Each piece is single use.
Which L-Style Lippoint soft tips fit my darts?
Standard Lippoints use the 2BA thread found on most modern soft tip darts. Then choose a length, measured without the thread:
- Short: about 0.9 in (22mm), like the Premium Lippoint Short.
- Regular: 1 in (25mm), like the Lippoint Regular.
- Long: about 1.2 in (30mm) in the Premium line.
- No. 5: a smaller thread for darts that call for it. It will not fit 2BA barrels.
To throw the same barrel on a bristle board, Hard Lippoint Conversion Points switch it to steel tip.
What L-Style cases hold spare flights and tips?
L-Style makes small carriers that clip to your main case, belt or keys, so spares ride with you instead of loose in a pocket.
- Krystal Flight Case: a carabiner and a moveable band keep one set of L-Style or similar flights flat, in seven colors.
- Keyring Flight Case: one set of flights on a keyring.
- L-Style Tip Container: a swivel-top tube, 3 in long, that holds about 30 spare points and clips to a case or belt.
- Bull Shaft & Tip Extractor: removes a broken shaft or stuck soft tip, and doubles as a small tip container.