Barrington Bristle Dartboard Cabinet with Wine Storage & LED Lights

The Barrington Bristle Dartboard Cabinet with Wine Storage & LED Lights is a heavy duty piece of gaming equipment. First, I want to clarify that I expected this to be a plastic dart board because it has the word "bristle" in it. This is a real dart board with metal darts. That was a nice surprise (although probably not surprising to anyone else who knows about dart boards but I thought the clarification for people like myself might be helpful). First let's address shipping. This ships in 2 boxes. One contains the cabinet and the other contains the dart board. The heavy base cabinet is pre-assembled and that box weighed about 70 pounds- The second box contains the dart board and accessories and requires some assembly to attach to the cabinet and weighed a bit over 40 pounds. Both boxes were VERY well packaged with styrofoam, MDF and two box layers. As you can see from the shipping weights, the item is substantial. Next let's address assembly: Assembly will require two people. We had an issue with assembly as one of the bolts was too short for the job but we switched it out with another and it worked out just fine. Leave about an hour to assemble. It is fairly straight forward. The wine and glass racks are already installed so that was a NICE time saver! Finally let's address play: The board is heavy duty. The darts are quality for an in home item. We did find out rather quickly that the darts will easily damage laminate flooring. They can bounce off the metal rimming - particularly by the bullseye and will easily sink into the flooring. We are getting a mat to solve this. The item does not wobble. It has the look that we were hoping for in the man cave. It is made of wood, and stained a darker color. It is not a cheap laminate and it's weight and design attest to this. It will last us a long time. The upper cabinetry has a drop down lid that has scoring on it and is painted in magnetic chalk board paint. A chalk pen and eraser are included as well as magnetic scoring chips. You can store the darts in this area to keep the board looking tidy. The wine and glass storing area is substantial in size. Ours is not yet in use but I have no concerns about the wine glasses moving as the darts hit- the item is much too heavy and well built to move during play. Note that the LED lights are battery operated so putting this by an outlet is not necessary- However at 5 ft 5 inches I am just able to reach the switch which is on the top of the unit on the right side. You will need to have easy access to the right side of the unit to turn these on and off (consider this as when you find a place to put it). See my picture - the unit is standing by a standard interior door. This will give you an idea of the size. The LED lights do add good lighting to the board and we turn them on when we play. Overall this item is well designed, unique, and fun. 5 stars.

The Barrington Bristle Dartboard Cabinet and Wine Storage with LED Lights is a really super nice set that will go with any decor in your home. It looks like it is a cheery wood so it would look good in your bar, or if you have a big living room, or where ever you may want to put it. The bottom of the cabinet holds 12 bottles of wine as well as 6 wine glasses. The top holds the 18 inch self-healing board. It also has a set of LED lights which I like when we turn the lights down low and sipping on wine and throwing a dart or two, you can see the dartboard without all the lights on. The unit comes in 2 pieces, the top and bottom, and it's fairly easy to attach the 2 however it's a very heavy unit so if you have kids, keep them away while you put the two pieces together. The unit comes with the dartboard, 6 steel tipped darts and magnetic markers to keep track of your play. I really love this unit. I can't believe how nice it is. I took a few pictures of it and had hoped to download them with this review however for some reason it wouldn't let me, but you won't be disappointed with this unit it's so nice.