Inter-Active 3000

First impression upon opening was good looking and appears to be a quality product. When I first put it up I had some darts not registering and got real worried real quick. I read some of the reviews that others had problems with the electronics and pictured having to send this back... B.S I don't have time for - why I like online shopping and delivered to my door! I took it back down and replaced the batteries with some quality Energizers and have had no problems since. Hopefully, it will last. The heckler is really fun for the family and a bonus you can always turn off if it gets old. The included darts are just junk! Really for this price can't give you something a little better. I'm not expecting top of the line but not junk at this price. Overall - I would recommend!

I've had the Arachnid Interactive 6000 dart board for more than a year now (even paid more for it back then) and it still functions flawlessly. The dart board (along with pool table, card table, bingo set, etc) is very popular with friends or co-workers (and their spouses) who stop by my woodworking shop (play room, man cave, or whatever you want to call it) at home. Of course, soft plastic doesn't last forever, so be prepared to keep plenty of extra tips and tails for the darts on hand. You can buy either by the dozens (tails) or hundreds (tips) for just a few dollars on popular auction sites. I keep at least 50 tails and 250 tips in a bowl near the board. This allows players to freely change either whenever needed. Naturally, throwing properly significantly reduces broken tips. By the way, if a tip breaks off inside a hole in the board, use another tip to push the broken tip all the way through into the unit housing. Since a broken tip often presses against the electric pads inside, it can cause erratic behavior in the electronics (missing led segments, scoring problems, etc). Pushing that broken tip through will not harm anything and has always returned the board to full working order for me. I also purchased higher quality, all metal, darts (a preference, not a necessity). If you decide to do likewise, make sure to keep the weight of those darts down to avoid damaging the board. An electronic board obviously can't take the same punishment as a simple fiber, cardboard, or cork board. Anyway, hate the heckler feature (silly & boring - and has to be turned off each time), but love the board size, game selection, solo play (practice), play prompts, and automatic scoring (latter two really helps those less familiar with darts, allowing me to focus attention elsewhere - other guests, etc). My board is now (after countless games) starting to look a bit well worn, so I may purchase another soon.

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. March 8, 2012 I again contacted the company with no luck on getting my issue resolved. Their are problems with player being skipped or some of the electronics not working properly. All of the red segments encased in the inner circle are borken and some of the triple and double segments are broke. It is a nice board but it it not long lasting. I do not recommend this board. DMI Sports attempted to help but then dismissed me as a customer and is no longer in contact.

UPDATE: 1 year of solid abuse and still works great! 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.

Love this board! Bought as a gift for a friend. Works great. Lots of fun games. Love that you can turn off the heckler and the sound entirely. You have to be careful, as sometimes the board wont score when it is talking to you. Other than that is it great. I wish I could do 4.5 stars!