Customer Reviews

Arachnid Interactive 6000 Soft-Tip Dart Game

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Length:: 3:11 Mins

This is an unbiased review of the Arachnid 6000, interactive dartboard. I would avoid this product due to a lack of quality control and bad company policy regarding repairs. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Extremely disappointed. It worked well for the first 2 weeks, then an error developed that can't be fixed. I can't even open the frickin thing because there is a warranty seal on it. In order to get it fixed, I have to pay the return shipping for their original non-working product, then possibly a fee on top of that. Absolutely horrible business practice to make the customer pay return shipping for a product that fails within the warranty period. Seeing if I can get an exchange through Sams Club so I don't have to send it to the company.

3 bad reviews, to 8 good ones should tell you not to buy this product. For DMI Sports, Inc. it is inexcusable to make a customer pay return shipping and a possible fee for THEIR non-working product. DO NOT BUY!!!

I shoot league every week.This board is great for practice.
Regulation size is a must if your a league player!

Ive had it two months and have had only one or two bounce outs.
No problems pulling darts from the board.
The type of plastic tip you use don't seem to matter,they all stick well.

Don't expect it to come with great darts, your buying a board(not darts).
The brass darts it comes with are just fine,(the broken darts another reviewer is talking about is the plastic shafts that come with the darts).

You must read the book to figure out how to set up games properly with this board.No big deal,its very user friendly once you get used to it.

the board simply went crazy restarting every time i switch on the board. it looks okay on the first day everything was find with few bounce out.

if you think of getting this board look somewhere else.

Looks nice, installs easy, and has many game options, however the 20 registers as a 5 80% of the time and the 1 registered as a 6 at about the same rate. This occurred from the first time I played. I will be sending it back.

YOU WILL WANT THIS BOARD. BESIDES BEING AN ARACHNID THE HECKLER LEVELS ARE THE BEST IT REALLY GETS YOU READY TO PLAY ANYONE. WITH ALL THE SAME GAMES THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN A BAR DART BOARD. PLUS THE BOARD HOLDS TWO SETS OF DARTS.

We bought this item hoping it would stand up to our family of four and our love to play darts. The item worked for about one hour. Three of the six darts broke within that first hour also. It seemed if you threw a dart too hard or near the center, the machine just simply went "black". We had to start our game all over again. It was disappointing with the cost of the game and discription stating it is durable. We returned it.

Arrived from Amazon, plugged it in, and immediately smelled some burning smell. Was able to select game but within a minute, electronics stopped working so must have shorted out. Amazon was great with the exchange, UPS picked up defective the next day and received new Arachnid one day later. Have only played for a couple hours but new set is working fine. Not a big fan of heckler but can easily turn off. Volume is very loud but adjustable (or can turn off). Scoring is bright and easy to read. Although I didn't see other reviews with this issue - I have run into some non-counts when I changed to next player (and darts stuck). It would be great if selecting games were a bit more intuitive than G1, G3, G5... but there are a few default games with their own buttons (basic cricket, 301). To play other than the few defaults, you need to refer to your manual when toggling through options. For price - seems like a good board but if more serious, may want to go for their more expensive model

I see this board has gotten a lot of negative reviews on Amazon, but if you check out some sites that specialize in darts, the response was overwhelmingly positive. I started in a dart league and needed to practice on a nice board since I hadn't really played in years. This board is great! It seems to be durable as I use heavy darts and throw a little harder than most. Almost no bounce outs! It plays and feels like a bar dart board.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because of a few (minor) annoyances:

*The volume, even on low, is much louder than I would like.

*You have to shut off the goofy "heckler" option every time you start up the board or change to a different game.

*Some people like myself like to throw in in rhythm...a second or so between darts. The computer takes too long in audibly telling you what you hit, so the next number will be cut off (no voice). Not a big deal.

*In Cricket, every time you don't hit a mark, it will call out what you hit and say "Miiissss." Find it distracting when eyeing up the next target.

*Also for Cricket, selecting the Single Bulls eye option (so they're worth 50 points, like league), just lazily marks every bull as a Double Bulls eye (marking 2 for one). Normally you need 3 to close, not 2 + scoring you 25. So we just keep it regular Bulls Eye for Cricket and Single for 301.

^Most of these can be avoided by turning off the sound, so it's not a very big deal.

Overall I'm very pleased with this product so far. We've already gotten A LOT of use out of it.

I was very disappointed when I received this item. It was not protected at all. It was in the box that had the picture of the dart board on the outside. It should have been put into another box for protection. When we recieved it, then entire top of the board was cracked. Again very disappointed in the packaging.