Good or vad poker chips (3 Viewers)

[Rebelwork]

Bought a couple off eBay. Anygood?

 

[RichMahogany]

Vad

 

[Jambine]

definitely vad

 

[Rebelwork]

You have seen and touched these chips?

 

[Josh Kifer]

Vad. Very vad.

 

[Rebelwork]

Ink rubbing off?

 

[Josh Kifer]

Ink rubbing off?

No, just plastic slugged chips. Not something that is too commonly found in this group.

 

[Rebelwork]

Personally I would be happy with denomination dice chips. But know the best price on these anymore.

 

[mike32]

Vlad says pretty vad due to slippery plastic and metal slug inside. However not vad enough to be useless. They still have denominations and easily discernible colors, so vad but playable.

 

[Shaggy]

I have to chime in here. By the standards of this forum, these are definitely vad. However they are a substantial improvement over non-denominated dice chips.

 

[rowlin]

I think they’re vkay, myself.

 

[wolfpack]

if you don't mind plastic slugged chips apache has some for .16/chip that look nice

https://www.apachepokerchips.com/product/showdown-club-poker-chips/

 

[detroitdad]

bad, or vad

 

[Beakertwang]

As far as inexpensive slugged plastic chips go, these seem to be ok. I know these are available from discountpokershop.com. I don’t have the Outlaws, but I do have a set of Monacos from the same site, which I think are fine, considering the cost. I assume are made from the same material.

I believe @Darson could chip in on these specifically.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Bery vad.

 

[Darson]

For the price, I think you can do a lot worse. These are probably the best cheap sluggos out there. My players like them but they're not chippers. I gave them all away eventually.

 

[RichMahogany]

I gave them all away eventually.

@Rebelwork here’s your answer

 

[Darson]

@Rebelwork here’s your answer

Let me put it this way - you're not going to get a better chip new unless you spend 4x the cost of these.

I have racks of chips that cost 150x what these cost which is a sickness but both do the same thing - let you play poker with your buddies.

 

[Saoliver]

For the price, I think you can do a lot worse. These are probably the best cheap sluggos out there. My players like them but they're not chippers. I gave them all away eventually.

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These look vad to the bone, but they are just vad.

 

[allforcharity]

Vad, like Vad the Inhaler (you know, Dramula)

 

[RowlettTexasChipGuy]

Here is the real question? DO YOU LIKE THEM? If so they are not VAD...........

like most have said, most on the site will look down on them, but if they fir your need, your budget then go for it, use them until you get to the next one and put them back on eBay

almost all of use started with the plastic dice chips and upgraded from there

enjoy the ride

 

[Saoliver]

Here is the real question? DO YOU LIKE THEM? If so they are not VAD...........

like most have said, most on the site will look down on them, but if they fir your need, your budget then go for it, use them until you get to the next one and put them back on eBay

almost all of use started with the plastic dice chips and upgraded from there

enjoy the ride

+1

I am all for economy chips, if they look good and aren't slippery.

 

[RichMahogany]

Here is the real question? DO YOU LIKE THEM? If so they are not VAD...........

like most have said, most on the site will look down on them, but if they fir your need, your budget then go for it, use them until you get to the next one and put them back on eBay

almost all of use started with the plastic dice chips and upgraded from there

enjoy the ride

So, not vad meaning vad but vad meaning good?

 

[Beakertwang]

Here’s my take: if you want an upgrade from dice chips, and you only have $75 to spend on chips, chips like these will get the job done and likely impress your friends. Once you get your hands on some high-end chips, whether plastics, ceramics, or clays, you’ll understand why chippers don’t like the cheapies.

I bought the Monaco Casino sluggos for my tourney set, because I only do a couple tourneys a year, and I didn’t want to spend more than $100 at the time. I eventually plan on having nicer chips for my tourney, but they work fine.

 

[Poker Zombie]

For sheer economy, I would go with China clay. Milanos or Majestics are significantly better for fractionally more. The only reason I dipped so low to buy a set was because I needed a limit set for 20 players. When you are talking 2000+ chips, economy of scale matters (also, I paid 5¢ per chip, so that economy of scale really added up quickly).

 

[TheDuke]

How much do these cost? Like 5¢ per chip? Or is it closer to 20¢ or higher?

For ~30¢ per chip you could do much much vetter.

 

[Rebelwork]

I'll know Tuesday I guess..

 

[Beakertwang]

How much do these cost? Like 5¢ per chip? Or is it closer to 20¢ or higher?

For ~30¢ per chip you could do much much vetter.

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They’re about 12¢/chip, plus shipping.

 

[upNdown]

For sheer economy, I would go with China clay. Milanos or Majestics are significantly better for fractionally more. The only reason I dipped so low to buy a set was because I needed a limit set for 20 players. When you are talking 2000+ chips, economy of scale matters (also, I paid 5¢ per chip, so that economy of scale really added up quickly).

Pretty sure china clays cost about twice as much as those outlaws. Though if you're getting china clays for a nickel apiece, go for it!

 

[CrazyEddie]

Very few posters here will have much good to say about low-price chips.

I have in front of me at this very moment samples from thirty different types of chips across the entire price spectrum, including Outlaws. In my opinion, Outlaws feel about the same as Majestics, other than being heavier. Now, that weight difference is a big deal; weight has a huge effect on how a chip feels and handles. That's one reason that almost no one here likes low-price chips; they're almost always metal-slugged specifically to make them heavy (sometimes around 11.5 grams, more often around 13.5 grams) and are marketed to the general public as "casino weight" even though most casino chips are only about 9 to 10 grams.

But weight, like almost all other aspects of chips, is a matter of subjective appeal. It's objectively true that Outlaws are heavier than Milanos; it's a matter of taste as to whether that's good or bad. Most people think it's bad.

Outlaws feel like Majestics but are heavier, and they have a slight metallic clink sound, whereas Majestics have more clack. Outlaws feel and sound very different from dice chips; dice are very metallic-sounding, very slick, and very hard, whereas Outlaws are much less so. Compared to the Claysmith metal slugged chips such as Poker Knights or The Mint, Outlaws have about the same weight and same sound; the others feel a little more rubbery, and they have a rough edge due to mold flashing that wasn't removed.

If you like the heavy weight, then IMHO Outlaws are among the nicest-looking and nicest-feeling cheap chips you can get. If you don't like the weight, as most here don't, then you'll need to step up the price point by one notch (about double, or more, depending on where you find deals) into the range of Majestics and Milanos, or consider NexGen Pros or their close cousin Roman Times, both of which are also unweighted but which have a very different feel from Outlaws or Majestics but are around the same price as Outlaws (again, depending on where you find deals).

The mantra around here is "get samples" and that applies just as much to low-price chips as to high-price ones. You've gotten some samples of Outlaws already; now get some samples of some others that appeal to you. Then you can decide for yourself how good or vad they are.