CrazyEddie
Full House
Pretty much any chip can be called "clay" by the seller, because all chips are made out of plastic, and almost all plastics are composites of many different types of materials, including minerals - and minerals are "clay". The mineral content of most low-price chips is quite small, but it's there, so technically it's not a lie.
What people on this forum consider clay chips are those made by Paulson and some other companies, using compression molding instead of injection molding, and made from plastic with a high mineral content (but still mostly plastic). Those are the ones that have been traditionally called clay chips. But since there's no official authority that determines what is and isn't a clay chip, anyone and everyone can and does call their chips "clay", once people learned that "clay" means "like the chips they use in casinos" - even though the low-price chips, including the ones you have, are not very much at all like the ones used in casinos.
Apache is a respected and trusted vendor here on this forum. I can't speculate as to why they felt it appropriate to describe the Monte Carlo chips as clay. But they are in fact injection-molded plastic and contain a metal insert for added weight, which is pretty far from what folks around here consider a clay chip.
But what matters most is what you think about them. If you like the way they look and feel, then they're good chips for you. Finding chips you like at a price you can afford is always something to celebrate!
