Customer Reviews

Arachnid Interactive 3000 Soft-Tip Dart Game

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Someone thought the heckler was a good idea. Likely several someones... it makes me wonder what the product development cycle looked like. What were you thinking, guys?? Thankfully, you CAN turn off the heckler. Trust me, you'll want to.

The board keeps score very well. It's great for 301/501 for those of us who have trouble with the instant math required. With the heckler turned off, the game calls out each hit in a cheerful voice. Much better! It's been flawless in it's accuracy in detecting hits correctly. Has "Bounce Out" feature to reverse out a dart hit that subsequently falls out or bounces out.

The board is easy enough to set up, but keep the manual safe, because the variants are not easily discernable without it.

It's been said elsewhere, and bears repeating: Do no bother to even assemble the set of darts that come in the box. Pitch them in the trash. They're unstable in flight. They're also too light, weighing in at 9 grams each and feel like you're throwing nothing. Without sufficient weight they don't stick well and are constantly bouncing out. Real darts weigh generally no less than 16 grams, and preferably 18 grams. Big difference.

Get a set or two of real darts. Brands like Laser, Bottelsen, Harrows, Dart World... Anything that's 80% or 90% Tungsten generally is a real step up. Tungsten darts are slimmer than brass for the equivalent weight, meaning in tight groups you don't have your prior dart crowding your next incoming dart out. Stay away from the cute "bumble bee" buzz bomb/torpedo style brass darts for that reason. And Tungsten darts have no lead content to worry about.

Another reviewer mentioned flights coming off. Yes, flights come off even the best of darts. They're supposed to do that if 2 darts come in close together, the incomming dart would cut/smash it's or the other dart's flights if they didn't. BUT... you can get spinner shafts like TopSpin that will help with that problem, allowing the flights of each dart to rotate out of the way of each other. If it keeps happening for no reason, suspect your shafts are the problem and not the dart itself. You can get different shafts for like $5 per set.

This board works well, just like any other dart board but the score keeping and number of game combinations makes it worth the money. I don't much care for the canned taunts but when you are drunk they can be entertaining.

I ordered the dart board because we had a real one, and with animals in the house it scared me to be using real metal darts. This board has lots of features, and wonderful when you have company. So far, we've had no problems with bounce outs. The boys throw very aggressivly though and the darts want to stick into the holes. Also, the darts it comes with are not very good quality. We broke one the first night and the tags won't stay on. I plan on buying some better darts to go with it, but the board was worth it because it keeps score for so many games and up to 8 people. I'd recommend the game for anyone, any age.

Product was returned as defective. Suspect very poor manufacturing quality control (China) as game would reset every time after throwing a few darts.

I do like the dart board and its features. The problem is that after about a months worth of use the panels on the board are breaking. One I can understand but when 5 have broken in less then 2 months that is not what I would call a quality product. I have contacted the company 3 times about part numbers to replace the panels but I have gotten no reply. I am disappointed in the service that I have received from the company.

We were skeptical about the electronics, but the board is great fun for our grandkids (7 yrs and up) and adults. The kids love the heckler (it also cuts down on their own heckling - nice), but you can also turn it off. We move the boarder lower for the little kids. Highly recommend this as a fun addition. Only problem is the darts that come with it are worthless. Many good darts are available. We found some decent quality ones at Walmart for under $10.

The dart board is very well made and has great features. It keeps score for you and was easy to hang up. The only thing is that the darts do bounce out every so often. Having this as being our first dart board I'm not sure if thats just normal, but in the description it does say that it has a feature to prevent bounce outs. Other than that my wife and I love it and play often.

I wasn't really impressed with this dart board. It did everything it said it would, but i wasn't impressed by the way the darts hit the board. I should have spent more money to get a better one.

I bought this dartboard game for my grandson, and we all had fun with it...for awhile. The board is great, but darts keep losing their guide "feathers". Several reviewers recommended buying a better quality set of darts, which I did, but they, too, kept losing the guide feathers. It seems that they could be put on permanently instead of slipping them into slots that they can so easily slip out of and get lost. We've bought more dart sets since, and they all seem to have the same problem.

this product was a disappointing.it was not tournament quality. it was more like a toy and the heckling feature was very annoying. we sent it back.