Customer Reviews

Sportcraft Ti50000 Platinum Series Electronic Dartboard

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

 

 

I did not have any problems at all with the LED lights as mentioned in another review. I had to retire my old Sportscraft electronic dart board I purchased in the late 90's for this one. That old dame lasted well over 13-years and these Sportcraft boards will hold up that long. I am not a professional, but I take my darts seriously. I am a Cricket player and enjoy strategy in my dart playing rather than slop throwing for totals. There are about 4-6 players on my board virtually every weekend and when we play we play around 8+ hours at a sitting. We play on teams and we play for personal glory. I will say that most of the time I am not entirely sober when I play darts, but I am actually a much better player with a few drinks in me. I have seriously not had a single bounce out at all. I know, I know, I know you are saying to yourself this is a crazy comment for a soft tip board, but it is honestly the truth. Oh I am expecting that it will happen eventually. In fact I will say it is a little bit difficult to get the darts out sometimes. Which in my book is a good thing because that means it will last a heck of lot longer.

PROS:
1) No bounce outs (yet)
2) Keeps score for up to 8 Cricket players (has a bunch of other games too)
3) Comes with actually decent darts. They don't look like much, but they are well balanced and fly true.
4) Bright LED lights
5) Comes with a kit that has a throw line, and measuring tape to make sure your set-up is legitimate.

CONS: (This is a small list and it is really trivial)
1) I don't really like how the numbers are a glossy silver instead of white paint. My lighting scheme for the board sort of dulls those numbers.
2) This board is heavy and very sturdy but the included mounting hardware is sort of a joke, but for something that has semi-permanence on my basement bar wall I am personally going to go with good screws.
3) As other reviews have said it is big with a extra I would say, inch and half, of blank throw space. Make sure you have the vertical wall space if you are going 'legal' to the bulls-eye. Other reviewers say it isn't a 'legal' board, but the throw rings are typical and legitimate for every dart board I have thrown at and I think that argument is untrue.

As the product description says this really is, "the Cadillac of electronic dartboards." You won't find many reviews out there on this board, but it is cheaper and better and will last longer than other boards that cost $$$ times as much. Purchase it, you won't be sorry. May your darts fly true my friends. Prost!

after having a sportscraft board for 20 years they really last. this board is great has all 4 players show up and cricket scoring. the darts rarely come out. great dartboard for gameroom or bar

I would like to begin by saying that in the last month, I have gone through two prior dart boards. The first one was a cheap board, and the second was a Halex Lithium 1.0 which was under 40$ as well. Neither of them lasted more than a week and had many bounce outs. Now, after using the Sportcraft Ti50000 I finally feel like this one will last and be enjoyable.

Pros:
No bounce outs, which was a major problem with the previous cheaply made boards.
Semi-high quality dart components. The tips are strong and the flights fit tightly.
Comes with extra accessories such as a throw line, 12 darts, and dart holders.
Realistic computer player. The other two boards had play against the CPU but even on the lowest setting it was too hard. That is not the case with this board, novice players have a chance on the lower levels.
Board is made to mount on studs and holes are the perfect distance.
Once board is mounted it is very secure and doesn't need to be held to remove the darts.
Adequate instructions with description of games.

Neutral:
Has about an inch and a half of blank area inside the numbers. On one hand I like this because you spend less time picking up missed darts. On the other hand, it's difficult to get used to.
You must use an A/C adapter and cannot use batteries.

Cons:
As previous reviewer said, the screws that come with the board are low quality and may strip easily.
Sound is pretty loud, even at lowest setting.
The tray and dart holders are kind of flimsy.
No on/off switch.

As you can see, the pros far outweigh the cons. So if you are looking for a sturdy, well made, reliable, fun dart board look no further. It is well worth the price.

This board is very useful and fully packed with games. I agree with the person complaining about the green lights, the numbers are difficult to view, especially with other lights cast on them. What harm would it be to have all the lights red? Unlike another viewers comments that the darts never failed to stick, my first dart popped out but have had great holding success since. This is a fine quality dart board and I would recommend it. It would be more pleasing if the voice caller of the score could be eliminated or optioned out.

when i got this out of the box first thought was its alot bigger then i thought it would be. i have bought 4 electronic boards now and this one is the best. best bang for the buck i say, amazon has a great price for this board. the whole dart area is regulation, the actual scoring area is 13 inches and something, i forget. great features with many games. both colors of the score board lights are very visible even in a well lit room so i dont know what the reviewer who said one of the colors wasnt very visible was talking about..maybe a bum unit? the only bad thing i can say about this board is the darts it comes with are very crapy..to be specific the slot to put in the flights are way to difficult to spread apart and get the flights in...you will ruin a few flights before you can get them in. buy better quality darts.

We have owned this board for about two weeks now, and are very happy with it so far. It replaced one of the soft tip / metal tip combo dart boards that got returned after one week. The combo board had way too many soft tip darts bounce out, and also sometimes did not score darts that did stick. After two weeks with this board, I can say that there are extremely few bounce outs. It is a fairly heavy board and seems well made. Unlike another reviewer, no one in our family has any problems reading the green or red LED scoring windows from 8 feet away. They all are bright and easy to see. One of the greatest features on this board for a family with kids is the outer "catch ring" outside the normal scoring area. Instead of a poorly thrown dart hitting solid plastic or the wall, it gets caught in an outer ring that counts it as a throw, but scores zero points. I also truly appreciate having a useful voice that calls out the player's turn and the number hit, but does not have a highly annoying heckler feature. I almost would have returned my previous board based on the heckler voice alone. The 12 darts that come with this board also seem to be of decent quality and weight. None broken yet anyway. Another plus that may not be immediately obvious is that the control buttons are off to the side, which means less likely to get hit and actuated by a dart. This board also comes with mounting screws, an adhesive backed throwing line, and a built in rack that holds 12 darts which is not shown in the image on Amazon. All in all seems to be well thought out design and works great so far.

We liked the functions, display and the number of games available but it doesn't matter if we can't get the board to turn on. The plug going into the board does not keep a good connection. Many times the game would just not work. We would unplug the whole unit and try again later. Sometimes that would work and sometimes not.
This is not a reliable board. Caution to the purchaser.

The playing area is regulation size, but the outside dimensions of the board are larger than most. Nice construction; heavy. Darts do not bounce out. The LED display for player 1/3 is red. The LED display for player 2/4 is green. Very unfortunate - the green display is only about 50% as bright as the red. Unless the room is dark, the green display cannot be seen. To view your score, you have to walk up to the board and cup your hand around the display to shadow it. If I had plugged in the board and discovered the problem prior to mounting it on the wall, I would have returned it. I am very disappointed and will probably end up buying a different board.

I used to be in dart league, and this board has less bounce-outs than a professional board. The darts that come with it are very cheap, with plastic shafts (description says they are aluminum) and the tips are equally not good, but you can get better tips and shafts cheap. The only other complaint I have is that the dart holder should hang lower, because when the darts are in it, it's more difficult to see the scores. Otherwise, the board is excellent. I absolutely recommend it to anyone. Hope this helps:)

I received the dart board about 2 weeks ago, I reviewed all the reviews on this dart board before purchasing and I was glad I did. This dart board does everything I want it to do, I play mostly 301, 501, and cricket. The board is well made, darts sticks on every throw.. well almost every throw. I have no complaints so far, I have around 12 guys that use the board and they all love it. It is heavy so make sure you use good screws to attached it to wherever your going to install it.