AVOID!!! See Update Video - Unicorn Eclipse HD2 Dartboard Review

In this video I review my new Unicorn Eclipse HD2 dartboard. I will be doing a couple update videos in the future with my thoughts on the board. Enjoy the video and i apologize that it ran a bit long... but on the plus side there's not much other darting content to watch. Cheers
#Unicorn #Dartboard #HD2
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:29 Video Details
01:51 First Look At The Board
04:25 Close Up Look
06:38 Measuring Segment Size
10:54 First Thoughts While Throwing At It
16:10 Boom
17:39 Outro

[@jrg6960]

Really interested in the update vid, gotta love a new board! Thanks for the upload! Boom💥🍻

[@alloutofbubblegum154]

'I refuse to hit a 26 on the new board' Hahaha I wish we could all refuse the 26

[@mikedell3144]

Worldwide; nice review. It will be interesting to see how it holds up after time. I gone through many boards over the decades; my current board (and my all time favorite) is the Blade 5 Dual Core. Just seems to last longer for me with fewer bounce-outs.

[@Marc1996L]

Fantastic board my one is holding up really well and that’s with me using grippier points , the numbers on my one are metal so have no problem with snapping the numbers.

[@anthony8bpgaming689]

I bought the Eclipse pro 2 for Christmas and really happy so far with it. Might’ve hit the metal numbers a few times too many for my liking lol 😂. Awesome content as usual brother!

[@WorldwideDarts]

Thanks Anthony

[@smiffy7890]

As I said previously I didn’t have a good experience on my last unicorn board and since always had Winmau boards but it seems Unicorn have improved and will be interesting to see how this board holds up. Great stuff WWD 👍🏻

[@WorldwideDarts]

Thanks Smiffy

[@zorankostur]

Unicorn boards are awesome...i play on unicorn eclipse pro and i cant complain on anything....this year im gonna buy this one....happy darting WWD 👌

[@sped6954]

Nice board! Very bright colors and I can't see any paint splatter into neighboring segments. The spider looks great, but I did see that spot in the 12 fairly easily. I can't see the wave in the 20 though. I'm curious to see how well it does over the next several months.

[@RobbertsTravelGuides]

Hey WWD I have a Unicorn Eclipse HD2 Pro and its holding up really well, allthough in the beginning i used sharp grip points wich ruined the sizal but if you use a bald clean black point im sure it will last VERY long! Even if you rotate it after you are done practicing or playing a match! I rotate it once a week or once after im done practicing and playing against people. i love the board and will buy a new one again! ( again a Pro )

[@russchamberlain536]

I can definitely agree with your mrs how the thud puts her to sleep, many years ago when I was a little kid my parents would have there mates come around and would play doubles. My bedroom was above the games room and apart from the laughter I could hear you would hear the thud, thud, thud. Some good memories when I first started chucking darts I had to stand on a stool 😂

[@patrickgolz5004]

My first dartboard was a Eclipse HD 2, but it didn't hold very well. The bullseye was very bumpy straight out of the box and after two years the wiring started coming out of the board. I bought a Blade 5 DC afterwards and been happy ever since. So, no Unicorn board for my anymore

[@papashort13]

I have 2 dc blade 5. Yes they are nice enough thats for sure. Great board

[@papashort13]

And the 3 spinning wall stoppers make it even nicer. I plan on my next board being a blade 6 DC

[@boybossewinkel]

Great board, hopefully it wil last long👍🏼💪🏼

[@alwayswatching4677]

Dude I don't care what you say cold or warm your a wicked shot 👍

[@ENGRKEN-kw3wt]

Nice board sir :)

[@chrisgraves9430]

Looks great, the number rings is pants though. Not a chance of me throwing at anything other than a G3 at home though

[@terohienonen327]

Full week with the HD2 pro (one with the metal numbers). Sofar nothing bad to say. Board is softer than bulls 5.01 but not too soft. And wery quiet. If i had to pick one thing. The bull ring is bit thick, and if hit brobably a bounceout, but the bull it self is fare size.

[@BrewsAndMk2s]

Right seen the new board on your reel. What's happened to the unicorn board? I was just about to get one as I love the look. Update video please 😬

[@WorldwideDarts]

Should be up tomorrow... hopefully. I have 0% of the video done so far 😂

[@Lunatic0ne]

I had that pro version of that board with metal numbers and it was bad those are welded on that ring and when missed double and hitted number it broke off so after awhile I had to replace that outer ring with my old one

[@charliecampbell6793]

Hi buddy love the videos doing a great job I am looking to enter que school next year practicing on my own for the last 6 months due to lockdown just wondering if you fancied some time streaming a game between us both on youtube instead of playing the computer hopefully have some great games between us both if interested would be great to play a real player and a great one at that hope to hear from you and hopefully arrange something take care and keep safe

[@00igorotak00]

Im gonna try this board,i used Blade 5 DC.

[@daanvanveen7814]

I had bought the pro edition a few months ago, I had the board for 4 months and the spider has almost come off. The sisal looks like it has pushed back. So personally not a fan of unicorn boards. Haha

[@tomasmorrissey7324]

😎 was it ur camera or was der a defect on the inside wire at double 12

[@WorldwideDarts]

Camera makes it looks worse than what it is. I just double checked and it looks like where that might have joined the spider together.

[@theFELINY]

What was wrong with blade 5 DC? Looks still good, i want it :D

[@AndyAAndison]

I had a eclipse 2 hd. now I have a blade 5 dc. 1st thing noticed, size of the eclipse is bigger. now my suround kind of hangs loose around the board 😉 2nd thing, blade 5 is a lot louder. makes a completly different sound. (thought this might be because of the dual core?) I like both boards sofar. one is hanging in the kitchen (B5), the other in my classroom 😁. pupils love it. keep me updated, I am curious to find out what you think of the Eclipse 2 hd. btw you can order the metal number ring for little money. well worth it. i broke like 10 numbers and others were flying around when hitting them. CU

[@AndyAAndison]

@@winfield347 no, its a non branded surround. the blade 5 really is a little smaller in comparison. obviously the playing field is identical. but the black outer rind seems to be a little smaller.

[@sibomb3423]

The double 12 looked like that's where it was soldered. Might be me though, just when you measured it it caught my eye.

[@WorldwideDarts]

Yeah, I think your right.

[@sibomb3423]

@@WorldwideDarts I'm extremely interested in the review your doing on this board. 👍 As you said nothing but bad things being said about them really. Nice to get a honest review.

[@paulp.3429]

question for you? New set of dart I just bought. I put my shaft and flight that I use on any darts i throw. But these MVG 22 gram adrenaline. When i throw them they go in the dart board side ways. Not strait! any other dart i use goes strait. Has this ever happen to you? and how to or what to do to throw it strait? thanks paul

[@WorldwideDarts]

Hmm. It could be numerous things. Anything I say would just be a guess. No idea to be honest. I never encountered that problem when I reviewed them

[@paulp.3429]

@@WorldwideDarts ok thank again

[@claymore32]

The perfect board would be blade 5 quality/durability, HD2 looks, and Target ProTour hardness.

[@bigjohny8446]

I used to play pdc challenge tour and my group would always try to break as many of the plastic numbers before we started play Our record was 9

[@WorldwideDarts]

Yeah, horrible idea making the numbers out of plastic. A bit crazy when you think about it. That idea had to make it through a Unicorn meeting of all the upper executives. They all had to agree on the plastic number ring thing. Maybe they were afraid to tell their boss that the idea sucks 😂

[@bigjohny8446]

It's up there with Swiss points for me as terrible darts idea

[@RobbertsTravelGuides]

hahahaha legend

[@bigjohny8446]

@@RobbertsTravelGuides we got got told after the 2nd weekend if we carried on we would be fined 😆

[@claymore32]

@@bigjohny8446 You let them catch you? Lol

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

I would like to see you put the score ring on your blade 5🙏

[@WorldwideDarts]

I'll keep this one until a number breaks lol

[@Lenzner1]

Winmau blade five dual core for the win, I predict less than three months before it is new board time. Maybe that can be your next giveaway, closest to the throw away date gets your “Old” dual core signed by worldwide.

[@johnglennellis7085]

Hi i recently purchased a unicorn trainer board the numbers are metal the quality is second to none i would be interested on your opinion on trainer boards thank you

[@WorldwideDarts]

I'm not a fan of trainer boards at all and heard many negative things about them. Personally I think they're a gimmick but the bigger issue is they don't encourage someone to want to play more darts. Imagine this for a second. I have a great match and throw a 90+ average against the computer bot for a Matchday Monay video. That's going to get me excited and make me want to play more darts. Or i could hang up a trainer board and average 45 trying to hit the ridiculously small segments. That's going to get old REALLY quick. The theory behind it makes sense but in reality it doesn't work. Just because you throw at small segments doesn't mean you'll automatically be smashing larger segments when you switch back. To improve just the slightest bit at darts takes months and years.

[@johnglennellis7085]

@@WorldwideDarts Thanks for your comments i will be 71 in august and dont play competitive any longer am just testing myself i may make a comeback after the lock down is eased only said maybe thank you

[@WorldwideDarts]

@@johnglennellis7085 What country are you from?

[@johnglennellis7085]

@@WorldwideDarts from the uk i used to play super league darts got as far as county b team but was not good enough so just played pub darts which was very enjoyable

[@newforestexplorer]

That double 1 could be the double 16 in the future lol ! Just saying. Where are these boards made , the Winmau ones are made in Kenya

[@WorldwideDarts]

Yep. Probably in a couple weeks that will be the d16 😁

[@RobertModica]

What do you do with your old boards?

[@WorldwideDarts]

In the box and in my closet. Although I still have to do a review on some 48g darts. I'll use the Blade 5 for that one 😂

[@hidankmemes6960]

Where did you buy it because I have been looking for an eclipse hd 2 for so so long

[@WorldwideDarts]

Amazon USA

[@hidankmemes6960]

I won’t be able to get it cause of customs

[@therandompostman8988]

I can see with the naked eye that the D5 segment on this board is significantly wider than the D20 segment. I would estimate that if you take the diagonal measurement, that's 3 to 5 mm. What I really hate about Unicorn Boards is that at TV tournaments you can often see in the D20 segment that the lower wire is not bent at all, but simply straight. That makes the segment a lot bigger. Presumably this occurs in all segments, but it is most noticeable with the D20 segment because it is horizontal.

[@WorldwideDarts]

I just measured the best I could and it was surprisingly close but keep in mind that the wire that divides the 20 and 1 segment is bent inwards so it evens things up. 20 segment was 42.5mm at the wave and the 5 segment was 41.7mm

[@therandompostman8988]

@@WorldwideDarts I think that the wave causes real problems further out. I meant that the diagonal dimension (usually about 50 mm) of the D5 segment seems to be significantly larger than that of the D20 segment. And I've already considered that different colors can lead to optical illusions ...

[@WorldwideDarts]

@@therandompostman8988 I'm really not worried about it at all. I'm VERY gentle on every board I've ever used. People are saying this board will fall apart in 3 months. Simply isn't going to happen. Just watch... this board will still be in amazing condition by July.

[@bigjohny8446]

Thing is honestly try 1 board it's fine try 10 or 20 they'll be a few not right

[@NeerajSingh-nk9qe]

Hi WWD, though you gave very positive reviews for this board but Winmau Blade5 is far better board than Unicorn boards.

[@garyoneill3798]

Looks impressive, except them stupid plastic numbers

[@leewilson179]

You can but the metal number ring from darts corner, i think its around £12-£15 👍🏻

[@leewilson179]

Buy

[@crooty9]

That's a spectacular waste of money. The board should just come with a metal number ring like all other boards have since the start of time. Absolutely shoddy from Unicorn.

[@leewilson179]

@@crooty9 i agree totally with you mate. I bought a hd2 board last year and them plastic numbers are rubbish and likewise i had a couple of segments where the wire was bent and quite a bumpy sisel too was just looked even worse when i added a led ring light, it just highlighted all the imperfections on the bought, the white/cream segments looked like the board was 10-15 yrs old 🤦🏼‍♂️... i went and bought a gladiator 3+

[@WorldwideDarts]

If I happen to break one of the numbers I'll just use my Winmau number ring

[@leewilson179]

@@WorldwideDarts you can buy a set of plastic numbers too from dartscorner

[@leegregory1822]

i turned mine every 5 days lasted 3.5 months darts where just falling out no bite left at all

[@WorldwideDarts]

I'm guessing you play a lot.

[@leegregory1822]

yea a fair bit at least 1.5 hours a day

[@Yupppa]

Just ordered a set of m2 gallent ye or ne

[@WorldwideDarts]

Hell yeah!! The entire Gallant line up are my favorite darts of 2020 along with the Designa Patriot X. Excellent choice there! Almost too good to be true for how affordable they are and how nice they are 👍🏻

[@Yupppa]

@@WorldwideDarts are they good quality I just believe it is to could to be £18 with code Facebookers

[@WorldwideDarts]

@@Yupppa I'm fairly certain Nodor makes them. Same company that owns Winmau and Red Dragon so you know the quality is spot on. Check out my review on them. I was shocked at how nice they were

[@Yupppa]

@@WorldwideDarts thanks worldwide you are the most cooperative KZbinr I know 8 years on the grind good man

[@WorldwideDarts]

@@Yupppa Thanks bud. I try help as best I can 👍🏻

[@TerryChastain]

As a soft tip player that sounds extremely quiet. I thought about getting a steel tip board for practice just to not annoy my neighbors.

[@WorldwideDarts]

A long time ago... like 20+ years ago... I hung up an Arachnid soft tip board at home. That lasted all of about a day before the wife was ready to kill me. Although to be fair it was annoyingly loud.

[@dennisschell5543]

I know where you can still get a 1of 500 Shot Bandit 50th Anniversary board. The ultimate! Get in touch... 😉

[@WorldwideDarts]

You don't work for an American dart shop do you?

[@dennisschell5543]

Nope...I just know they are sold out almost everywhere and I found a few... 😎

[@paulssounds7129]

I just bought this after seeing the pros use it...everyone on KZbin is saying it is shit

[@WorldwideDarts]

They have to use it by contract but even the pros dislike it. Horrible compared to the Winmau Blade 5 or One80 G3

[@paulssounds7129]

@@WorldwideDarts I managed to cancel the order before it got dispatched, gonna get the blade 5 instead, what surround would you advise for that board?

[@WorldwideDarts]

@@paulssounds7129 Are you in the USA? Here in the USA we have a terrible selection and the prices are outrageous. That's why so many people go with a Viper because it's the only thing affordable. Have a look on Dartshopper.com. They have some really nice ones and shipping is kind of cheap to the USA. It should be way cheaper compared to ordering one in the states

[@nhinzfabito8967]

1st♥️♥️

[@Claytonne]

That board is a bit sloppy but I would expect that buying the shitty version.

[@darrenclark9647]

I for one am not a fan of the unicorn boards