Customer Reviews

Arachnid Cricket Pro 650 Soft-Tip Dart Game

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Bought this board with a cabinet. This is one great dartboard. 99% of the soft-tip darts stick in the board no problem - if they don't, you usually missed the dartboard. The games included are enough for most players. My wife and I have played on this board numerous times since we bought it, and she's become a master. I'm still trying to catch up to her skill level.

My only complaint is that the LED's for the 3 statuses for Cricket are sometimes confusing. Green and Yellow can look somewhat similar 8 feet away from the dartboard. I would have liked to have the X and O like the Arachnid 800, but this is probably the best bang for the buck dartboard out there if you want high quality (not kiddie), and enough features for everyone but the most die-hard professional.

PS - the darts can be somewhat difficult to remove from the dartboard, as my wife has experienced. If you get the right type of darts (shorter tips & fatter bodies. . .I think the 1/4" are better), it becomes easier to remove.

First off, before you give any credence to the review from reviewer Duffy let me explain what is obvious to any thinking person. This board almost never lets the darts "bounce out" which is a huge problem with most other soft tip boards. Because it grabs the darts so well you will need to turn the darts clockwise as you try to pull them out. Otherwise they are in fact difficult to remove.

This board has provided my friends and I with countless hours of fun in the past few months. There are many games that are great for parties such as "Gotcha" and the display and playability of this board simply make is a true pleasure to use. The board colors are vivid, helping you focus clearly on your target. Sound effects are good, although I would recommend that they use a better speaker because it sounds like it's saying Bingo instead of Single. You get used to that very quick and it's really kind of funny anyway, so no worries. The Red, Orange, Green display pattern for Cricket is easy to see from the line and makes knowing your status effortless. This may seem like quite a bit of money compared to some of the other boards on the market, but once you buy it you will realize the money was well spent.

I shoot darts weekly in league and i wanna tell you this board is exactly like the Arachnid ones you shoot on in the bars except you have to hang it on the wall. Great options,voice is dumb,startup jingle is really dumb,very few bounceouts(probly cause i know how to shoot),darts that come with it suck but if your buying this board you already have a good set. voice and jingle can be turned off btw. Very easy to hang but i suggest using your own screws to hang this cause the ones that come with it are VERY cheap. We had two of them break in half hanging this up. The board works as intended and aside from the minor gripes it will get the job done and work just as good as the bar Arachnids.

This is a pretty decent dartboard...only real complaint is with the claim that it has a "voice record" feature. It is actually only a voice prompt for each player, i.e. "Player 1, Player 2...", it will not record each players name as advertised.

Read many reviews and shopped all over (on line & in stores). This is a great product and the quality is superior. Not one single problem since buying before Christmas. People mentioned "bounce outs" and lack of quality of darts sent with the set and I have not had an issue with either! Only issue I've experienced is a couple of people have missed the board and sent the dart right into the wall - funny as heck when it happened. Not crying over spilled milk, will just buy a backboard. Overall, buy it and enjoy it! Oh by the way, the company I dealt with and sent my product was great too!

This was a fun dartboard for a while, the fun overshadowed the problems of the darts being difficult to remove as well as the too-high percentage of well thrown darts that bounce off the board, and also the rough sounding audio.

But the board started failing after 14 months. First the buttons at the bottom started to stick and sometimes would stay pushed and would not return, causing the board to not work properly.
Next the board started to often not come to a ready state upon power-up, and the display would be frozen. Finally the board would not respond after power-up. It was totally worthless after a year and a half.

Another issue is that the plastic covering the lower control panel is much too thin and will eventually crack from being hit with soft tip darts. I ended up cutting and gluing plexiglass over the display so it wouldn't become damaged.

I bought this board for home because I know Arachnid makes a quality board for bars/pubs, but their home versions seem to be of a much lower quality.

Finally a dartboard that works! Had many irritating visits to various stores that resulted in returns. Really love this board. It does what it is supposed to, good quality. I just wish I didn't need a manual to figure out what games are what. After a while you get to know the games you play regularly, not a huge deal.

This board is really great. The darts stick and you can tell it is top quality. I did have a hard time hanging it straight though, they should include something to put up first, but it is a really great board.

This is a well made and fun product! We play it daily. Friends that come always want to buy their own. The only thing I suggest is you buy some good darts to go with the game. The ones that come with it are not very good.

This was a gift for my 20 year old son to practice darts. He is also in a league. He thinks it is a great product for the money. However, since you can't leave a packaging feedback for Amazon, I will here. They do not rebox and it has one tape holding the whole thing shut. If you want this to be a surprise, it won't be...UPS filed claim for me ahead of time in case parts or pieces were found to be missing after the holidays. They couldn't believe it was shipped like this. Amazon should be held accountable for their shipping just like everyone else. Luckily, nothing missing or damaged....this time.