Customer Reviews

Halex Select 6-Player Croquet Set in Deluxe Carry Case

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A friend of mine bought this set for our Memorial Day picnic. We played two games with it and two of the mallets are now broken. Both broke when someone tried to knock somebody else's ball far away, but this is a normal tactic in croquet so it wasn't really excesive usage. In fact, one of the people who ended up breaking a mallet was a 9 year old kid, so it didn't take that much strength. The handles are made from a very light wood, and they were brave enough to cut ridges into the handles that weaken the material even more.

This is a fine set if you don't want to spend that much and a bunch of beginers are going to use it and not be that aggressive, but if you're serious about a croquet set, spend a little more to get something that can hold up to the sport.

The set is not really full sized, in that the mallets are short; however, adults can still use them, and small children can also. The balls are lighter weight and so don't roll well in grass. One of the mallet sticks was too small and so would not stay screwed in to the mallet head and had to be glued. For a family outing where you don't really care about the game but just want something cheap and portable, the set is fine. The price was certainly right.

I was able to get this set at a local retailer for only $25, needless to say it was a no brainier compared to the much more expensive sets. The proportions are perfect for children under 9 years old. This is not an adult set, but you can make it work even if you're really tall (just bend a bit more!). The set includes every thing you will need and the one sheet instructions shows a diagram of a proper court. The nylon bad holds everything, including the assembled sticks.

The problem with most of these assemble / dissemble Croquet sets is the handles always fall off in due time. So, I used very good quality wood glue (get the indoor / outdoor glue - not just indoor) and put it on both sides of the groves in the mallet head, then hand twist tight and let it dry.

You will be creating essentially 6 permanent sticks. The directions are fairly complex, but Halex Corporation is part of Regent Sports (think Spalding too). So, you can get decent customer support on most of the items they sell, plus they print all the rules of the major outdoor games on their site (Bocce, Croquet, Badminton, etc.) :

http://www.regent-halex.com/instructionarchive.html

I was unable to tell by looking at this online, but it is a very small set and more appropriate for children than adults. It would give an adult a backache to try to play a full game. We had to return it. It did look like a nice set, if shopping for a child.

Halex Select 6 Player Croquet Set in Deluxe Carry Case
This is a nice set. Sturdy and lots of back yard fun. The only thing I don't like is that in order for the mallets to fit back into the carry case for storage, you have to unscrew the head from the handle. Then each time you play you have to reassemble the mallets.

I purchased this item from the description and picture, and it's ok. We have not used it yet, but it is really to small for adults, (probably good for kids though). If I had it to do over I would probably have spent more and got a better, (and larger) set.

M Ayers

I actually bought this game just for the hoops as I needed a set and this entire croquet set cost less than merely purchasing a set of wickets by themselves. This set will not endure a lot of abuse and probably wouldn't last more than a couple of years, but it is a bargain. I purchased a set that cost 13 times what I paid for this, and it is definitely not 13 times better. Yes, the balls are lightweight and the construction and wood quality are not superb, but for what you pay for this set you definitely get your money's worth.

For the price I wasn't expecting too much but the balls and mallets were solid and it came with a nice carrying case. It's certainly possible to play a proper came of croquet with this set.

I was excited when I read that the set came with a "Deluxe Carrying Case", but when the item arrived, I soon became disappointed. The case is really nice, but when I screwed the mallets & the handles together, they no longer fit in the case! I can fit two (layed on opposite sides) with the handles sticking out of the case. I can't zip it shut, but can close the Velcro on the top, I wanted to be able to carry all of them! If I wanted to carry all the mallets in the case & zip it closed, I would have to unscrew the mallets from the handles each time after using them, then I would have to worry about stripping the handles. What a bother that would be!

We did use them & I agree for the price, the set will do, but next time when designing the case, take the someone should take the length into account please! That was misleading advertising to say it came with a "Deluxe Carrying Case" when it can't even be used properly!

I bought this product primarily for my 4 year old son, so I was looking for a less expensive model... I was really impressed with the quality when it arrived - the "sticks" felt very solid and they have remained in the tight / secure position since we first assembled them I'm mentioning this because another set that we bought in the past (from another company)kept unscrewing and falling off.

Since the set arrived we have had it in the front yard as opposed to the back because some of the other neighborhood kids wanted to play as well - then their parents joined in! Ironically we ended up having a full weekend block party because of this set!! Everyone had a blast and we turned it into a family against family tournament! I highly recommend this to anyone.