Has anyone bought a new Shuffle Tech ST-1000 in 2024? (1 Viewer)

[SetToBean]

Seems like Australia is going to wait several more months for its next batch. Unexplained delays

 

[brettbsb]

I ordered one about two weeks ago. We shall see.

 

[brettbsb]

Just received a shipping notification for my shuffle tech. It will land Thursday 8/8. 2 days shy of a month which is less than the 5-6 weeks they quoted. Always better to under-promise and over-deliver.

 

[Danny_Banana]

Maybe they're finally starting to catch up with current demand

 

[brettbsb]

I swear when I ordered it the flush mount kit was included, but it wasn’t and says optional accessory. Anyone else recall? Maybe I’m wrong.

 

[doublebooyah85]

I swear when I ordered it the flush mount kit was included, but it wasn’t and says optional accessory. Anyone else recall? Maybe I’m wrong.

optional

 

[Moxie Mike]

It looks like the website is perpetually on 4-5 week backorder. Has anyone bought one and had their product shipped in that 4-5 week time frame? Or are they unable to satisfy new orders as of late? I would imagine that if they were waiting on a bulk order from their manufacturer, then the backorder time frame would have gone down recently, instead of staying the same. Or perhaps even increased in case there were complications. I guess it's possible that the rate at which they are getting new orders is exactly the rate at which they are able to satisfy them, making the backorder window stay the same, but that seems unlikely. It just seems weird the backorder time frame has stayed the same for quite a while.

Mine arrived last week... pretty much 5 weeks to the day from when I ordered.

 

[MattyA]

Ordered 7/14, just got a ship notification today

 

[brettbsb]

optional

Guess it was a bad option not to order one

 

[SetToBean]

finally reserved mine, after waiting since May ha.

 

[LeCoq]

$750 is kind of pricey. Are these really worth it?

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

$750 is kind of pricey. Are these really worth it?

I love mine & i will never go back but it's subjective.

 

[LeCoq]

I love mine & i will never go back but it's subjective.

Thanks for the reply Teddy. Looking into this now.

 

[LeCoq]

I love mine & i will never go back but it's subjective.

Does it run on batteries or plug in?

 

[Moxie Mike]

Does it run on batteries or plug in?

Plugs in with a standard 110v plug.

 

[LeCoq]

Plugs in with a standard 110v plug.

Thanks for the reply. Is it hard on the cards? I read somewhere that cards do not last as long if you use them in a shuffler.

 

[doublebooyah85]

Thanks for the reply. Is it hard on the cards? I read somewhere that cards do not last as long if you use them in a shuffler.

There’s maybe 5 long threads on this subject. Def give them a read. Search function.

Best for games w a dedicated dealer, most plastic cards work great in poker size, it’s loud to some and others don’t notice it since most games have plenty of noise (tv/chatter/music).

 

[LeCoq]

There’s maybe 5 long threads on this subject. Def give them a read. Search function.

Best for games w a dedicated dealer, most plastic cards work great in poker size, it’s loud to some and others don’t notice it since most games have plenty of noise (tv/chatter/music).

Thanks, I will look that up. We use 2 decks hand shuffle and that seems to work well and I like the randomness of a person shuffling. not sure how random a card shuffler would be.

 

[allforcharity]

Thanks for the reply. Is it hard on the cards? I read somewhere that cards do not last as long if you use them in a shuffler.

I would use the thicker/stiffer plastic cards on the market. Faded Spade, I believe, we're made for shufflers in mind. No doubt there are many others out there that are just as durable.

I would not use Angel, Kem, or most Fournier decks in there.

 

[LeCoq]

I would use the thicker/stiffer plastic cards on the market. Faded Spade, I believe, we're made for shufflers in mind. No doubt there are many others out there that are just as durable.

I would not use Angel, Kem, or most Fournier decks in there.

great reply. What do you think about using Copag and Classic?

 

[allforcharity]

I don't have a shuffler, myself. I have heard that with the ubiquity of Copag cards the shufflers are tested using them. I think they should perform well.

 

[LeCoq]

I don't have a shuffler, myself. I have heard that with the ubiquity of Copag cards the shufflers are tested using them. I think they should perform well.

Thanks for the reply. I am thinking hard on this.

 

[SetToBean]

Mine finally arrived recently. Loud, of course, but not deafening as some complaints seemed to indicate.

Noticed that for the fresh Copags that came with it, the 7-shuffle time from pressing the button to presenting the deck in flush-mount mode was actually ~60 seconds rather than ~80 as advertised.

 

[SetToBean]

My new unit's going to get quite the test. Got a 20-22 player tourney (record for me wooo!) coming up with dedicated dealers that I'll use to assist in making the pace of play more consistent (one dealer is more practiced than the other), and for a smashing final table.

Will report how it holds up afterwards.

 

[SetToBean]

My new unit's going to get quite the test. Got a 20-22 player tourney (record for me wooo!) coming up with dedicated dealers that I'll use to assist in making the pace of play more consistent (one dealer is more practiced than the other), and for a smashing final table.

Will report how it holds up afterwards.

And that’s done. Had an excellent night where the new ST1000 was running two alternating COPAGs on one of our three tables, and it went extremely well.

The chatter of 21 people playing poker + music made the noise not a problem at all, and there was one jam that it could not self-clear in a cumulative ~6 hours of use. Final table was definitely much smoother even as it got down to 3 players before the ICM chop. Got lots of comments from impressed people. Pretty happy!

 

[brettbsb]

Mine has to go back for service already. Worked awesome for a couple nights then it jammed. Cards slipped right out, but tray won’t move. Went through the troubleshooting protocol, and the reset isn’t correcting it so next type is send it back. I’m still happy with it. I hate shuffling these days as I work with my hands and dexterity isn’t what it used to be. We’ve just been using it sitting on the table which one player wasn’t a fan of the noise. When it gets back I’ll be flush mounting it into a rolling cart with sound deadening material.