Steel tip darts have a tip made of steel, while soft tip darts have a tip made of plastic. Although, the tip on a soft tip dart is made of plastic, please be aware that it can still put a hole in a wall and/or poke an eye out! Soft tip darts are primarily used with electronic dartboards, while steel tip darts are used with bristle or sisal boards. Surprisingly, there isn’t much difference between steel and soft tip darts when it comes to the rest of the materials they are made of. Soft tips darts tend to be a bit lighter in weight (16 gram-18gram) than steel tip darts (20gram-28 gram).