4 Deck Automatic Card Shuffler for Blackjack
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Description of 4 Deck Automatic Card Shuffler for Blackjack
This 4 deck shuffler is great for blackjack and useful for many other card games. It operates on batteries (not included). Especially appreciated by people that have trouble shuffling by hand. Cards are not includedSports reviews of 4 Deck Automatic Card Shuffler for Blackjack
Customer Review: Good concept, shoddy implementation
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
I wasn't quite sure what to expect when ordering this. We needed a card shuffler but didn't want to spend mega-bucks on a casino quality shuffler. I decided to order this one because we tend to play a lot of card games that require multiple decks of cards. As soon as we started using it I noticed some problems that made using this an issue in any social setting.
1) It's bulky (I realize it's larger because it holds 6 decks, but it's awkward having on a table with 6 or 7 people around).
2) It's loud (and I mean Loud. As soon as you hold the button, it starts roaring away. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but being that card games tend to be played in a social setting, it became a nuisance)
3) You need to run the cards through multiple times (about 8 or so) to get a good shuffle... once again, I wasn't expecting casino quality, but I would've like the convenience of it doing most of the work for me.
4) The plastic drawer that holds the cards in the center is a flimsy plastic that's held in by flimsy plastic clips. There are also no sides on it, so when you remove the card holder, the cards fall all over (maybe it's by design... an extra shuffle, lol)
Out of all of this, we just end up shuffling the cards by hand during the game. For games like "Apples to Apples" we can run the cards through multiple times after the game's over, but the overall experience doesn't motivate us to pull it out of the closet.
It gets the job done for what I paid, but I'm not sure I'd buy it again knowing what it's like.
Customer Review: Exactly what I needed!
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
Ok, this is not the highest quality product in the world. But for under $20, it was perfect. I needed to shuffle 50 decks of cards for an event I am doing next week.
The shuffling was relatively good. Sometimes one side would run out of cards before the other, but that was not a problem. I shuffled each set of decks 3 times to ensure they were mixed up. This only took a matter of seconds.
Sometimes some of the unshuffled cards would fall over the side (it would have been nice to have something there to prevent that) and some of the shuffled cards ended up on their side.
I have no idea how durable it is. But it is exactly what I needed.
UPDATE: I originally gave this 4 stars. But it died within 3 weeks. I downgraded it to 2 stars, although 1 might be more accurate.
Customer Review: Damaged
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
The item was a Christmas gift for my daughter. It had a piece of plastic broken off, and not in the box. It also had a weak spring which made it function poorly. I have one that works fine, so I am familiar with the item. I am sure it was a returned item. However, it wasn't worth the time and trouble for us to return it. I am seriously disappointed with the CONDITION of this item. Someone needs better quality control.
Kent
Customer Review: Wish I had read the reviews before I ordered
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
I ordered 3 of these card shufflers. One works just fine. On the second one the spring tray doesn't work and on the third one the left side only shuffles intermittently. Obviously they aren't checked to see if they are even working before they are shipped out. I would pay twice as much for a sturdier model.Customer Review: Works but not that well
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
The 6 Deck shuffler does actually work with 6 decks BUT many of the cards end up on the sides of the shuffler instead of on top of other cards.
So, I guess you get what you pay for. That explains why professional card shufflers cost 10-20 times this one. Works better when 1-2 decks are loaded.