Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These things are advertised as having a longevity of "years" whatever that means. They last about 2 months as long as you do not throw more than 25 darts anywhere in the area of the bulls eye. If you do that, the center will swell and explode all over your floor. They should ship these things with brooms and dustpans. If you read the advertisement that accompanies this item you might expect you were paying $85.00 for a product that had been well thought out and improved upon over past failures. That is not the case at all. This is just as crappy as all the rest. It falls apart like all the rest. You can buy 4 dartboards, each one of which will last exactly as long as this one, for the price you pay for ONE of these. When you are done with those 4 you will have a set of wheels for your pimp mobile. Update: June, 2021. After using this board as a "practice board" once it began falling apart after two months of use, I tried to come up with some ways to extend its useful life, with no regard whatsoever for how it looks. When the surface fibers began to form what looked a little like a volcano and then continued to erupt a little more after each session, I drilled a half inch hole through the back of the board, poured in about 8 ounces of heavy duty wood glue, flipped the board over and smacked the volcano-looking mound about ten times with a 10 pound sledge hammer. Then I clamped some boards to it so it could set over night. That didn't work very well. The volcano began to erupt again soon after I re-mounted it on its bracket. Next I decided to attack the problem with a more "head on" approach. I drilled two 3/8" holes right through the face of the volcano and attached two three inch fender washers with some heavy duty wood screws. This pulled the fibers back in place and has held them there pretty effectively. Like I said, I really don't care what the thing looks like as long as I have something to throw darts at. I should mention however that I also have a One80 Gladiator II dart board, purchased at the same time as the Winmau and used equally as much. I have a board upstairs and a board downstairs. The fibers on the One80 have not begun to erupt at all. Some of the divider rings are sticking out a little, but I tore the dividers out of the Winmau a long time ago, as soon as the volcano began to rear its ugly head.