Arachnid Cricket Pro 450 Electronic Dartboard

I really like this dartboard, i had a few cheap ones and decided to spend just a little more and am very glad i did, we and our friends enjoy the heckling feature and the bright display. Fun to play 301 and cricket as i have no clue what the other games are. You do get your couple bounce outs but it seems to be more of a technique thing to me, great value overall and still works perfectly fine after two years of heavy use. I recommend you keep the protective film on the display since i removed mine after a year and it looked brand new again, then after several games and misses its gets scratched.

This dartboard is very sturdy. We have used it numerous times and it still looks like new. The scoring and electronics are all accurate. It is very easy to switch to another game; numerous games are included on the dartboard. It was very easy to hang on the wall. We are happy with this purchase.

Board's electronics work fine with no erratic operation. Board itself is more prone to bounce outs than other electronic dartboard I used. It's playable; but an annoyance.

I've been playing darts for many years, and have owned this board for just over a month now. Despite what others say, I'm not experiencing an unusual number of bounce-outs compared to other soft-tip boards. A big surprise for me was how much fun solo play is -- obviously, it's just the computer picking random scores, but it feels like playing against a real player. You can even pick out what shots the computer is going for by which numbers it misses on. I like the heckler feature, and it has a pretty good variety of quips so it doesn't get too repetitive too fast. The large separate scoring LEDs for Cricket are great, and can be seen easily from the throw line. Tons of games and options. Darts it comes with are 10g, but I use my own 16g or 18g darts with it. The only drawback I've found with this board is the opposite of bounce-outs -- 18g darts can REALLY stick in there and be hard to get out (I use the standard clockwise twist method). I do already have a broken tip stuck in one hole in the board, but it doesn't really affect play. Eventually I'll get one of those tools that pushes broken tips through, but I don't feel it's necessary yet. Also, the holes will probably loosen up a bit with time. Overall, I don't think you can beat this board for the price, and I'm very happy I chose it.

Lots of games! Fun at home! Easy to learn with instructions for new games. Worth the price. Dart tip did hit plastic screen and caused it to crack but I guess I should aim better! 😂 Can turn heckling off or on. Calls hits correctly. Had it over 1.5 years I believe with light-moderate use and it's held up fine.

Iv'e thrown enough rounds on this board to give it my honest, unabridged review. I'm an avid, fairly good dart player. I only had one other board before this for ten years, replaced it with this abomination. You are lucky if one dart sticks in the board per round, I'm elated if two darts stick in the board, I gasp in amazement if all three dart stick. I was using 16 gram Black Widows that kept bouncing out. Than I bought 18 gram Widows from Amazon thinking more weight would help them stick, not even close, it was a pipe dream in hind site. I'm using 2BA Tuffex tips, excellent tips in any other board... besides this one. So far this board destroyed well over 5 sets of great Harrow flights, numerous cheaper flights, and I've bent numerous shafts, all from bounce outs hitting the tile floor, Bounce outs are so bad I put a mat down with little effect as bound outs from this board almost defy Newton's third law. You should probably be wearing eye protection while playing on this board, yes, it's that bad. If the way this board works and is any indication I would not buy one single board this company makes. Who knows, the more expensive boards may be better, but I'm not a gambler, are you with your hard earned monies? Throwing darts at carnival balloons is an economically more viable plan with your money. Out of shear desperation, and the inevitable fact that in no way, shape, or form I could make any more bounce outs occur (and not wanting to ruin any more darts) I widened the holes in double 17 as a test case with a 5/64 drill bit. I hit the circuit matrix rendering 20's and 15's inoperable. I should have removed the piece from the board, as an engineer I should have known better. Maybe it was a subconscious action to negate my anguish with this board. Actually, It's probably a godsend for me as in the long run it will have saved me from spending more money in darts and dart parts, not to mention the loss of the shear aggravation this dartboard continuously provided me. I just bought a Livedarts 200s from Amazon because it's reviews say their darts stick, even hard to get out of the board some stated, before this board I never knew bounce outs were even a consideration. Heed my warning, I'm an actual person giving you a review of what transpired when I bought this dartboard... don't be me, lol.

Got it today and display wasn’t working. Darts seemed to have a hard time staying in as well. Returning it for defect and looking at different options.

I'm not a dartboard expert. This one fits the bill just right. I like that it was wired power so I didn't have to worry about batteries. It comes with 6 darts so we could play right away. The heckler is a fun addition to the game. The score and tracking lights are big enough to read from 8 feet away. It was more expensive than some of the other options and I can't speak to those options. This one worked just like I expected it to. I would recommend this as a dartboard for people that are looking for a fun way to spend some time indoors.