Lifetime Double Shot Arcade Basketball System Review

Main Features

• Infrared Scoring Sensors Ensure that Scoring is Accurate
• Easy Fold Up Design to Save Room in Smaller Spaces
• 18 Gauge Powder-Coated Steel Frame
• The Best Rims We’ve Found on Any Arcade Basketball Hoop
• Comes with Seven Mini Basketballs and an Air Pump

With the holiday season coming up we felt it would be a good idea to give you some info on some of the best basketball related products that you can give as gifts to your young up and coming basketball fanatic.  The Lifetime Double Shot Arcade Basketball System certainly fits into this category.  For any of you who remember being a kid and setting high scores at your local arcade with an arcade basketball hoop, then you know how much fun these types of arcade basketball hoops can be.

With the Double Shot, Lifetime has created one of the most durable, reliable, and all around high quality arcade basketball system designed for home use.

One of the most important things for an arcade basketball hoop to do is to keep score accurately.  If the system does not keep score accurately then it becomes a whole lot less fun to play.  The Lifetime Double Shot Basketball Arcade System has one of the most advanced infrared scoring sensor system on any basketball arcade we’ve seen.  Infrared is superior to systems with physical spring-loaded scoring sensors because the latter system cannot count two basketballs going through the hoop one right after the other.

The Lifetime Double Shot also will fold up when not in use so that it does not take up as much space.  This is a big bonus for those who do not have a large space for an arcade basketball system, but would still like one for their home.  To fold the Double Shot simply lift the two front legs up at they bend and fold toward the rim and backboard.

Durability and stability are also high on the priority list when it comes to arcade basketball systems.  Lifetime Double Shot has you covered as this system features an 18 gauge powder-coated steel frame.  This gives this basketball arcade system a strong “core” and minimizes shaking during gameplay.

The rims and backboard of this arcade basketball hoop are higher quality than those found on most other systems.  In fact, the Lifetime Double-Shot has the best rims we’ve seen on an arcade basketball hoop.

As for things we don’t like about the Lifetime-Double Shot it pretty much comes down to the fact that this system does not use the power of the internet to allow you to play against players from around the world.  While this is a newer technology, arcade basketball systems allowing you to connect to an App via bluetooth are starting to be available for sale.  For example, the Shaq Cyber Hoop Shot being released at the end of October 2016.

Having this technology on your arcade basketball system is huge because it opens up your playing opportunities beyond just family and friends.  With this in mind, we hope that Lifetime decides to add a similar technology in the near future as it would certainly take the Double Shot to the next level.

Lastly, this arcade basketball hoop comes with 7 mini basketballs and an air pump to get you on your way to playing some enjoyable games with your family.

 What We Like About the Double Shot Arcade

• Infrared Sensors are Better Than Older Models
• High Quality Rims and Backboard
• Very Stable Frame
• Comes with 7 Mini Basketballs
• Price is Reasonable

What Would Make This Hoop Better

• Online Technology so You Could Play Others From Around the World