Automatic Card Shuffler - Battery-Operated 6-Deck Playing Card Dispenser - Game Night and Casino Accessories by Trademark Poker

We play a lot of card games both at home and in groups and I have always shuffled cards by hand. My girlfriend pointed this product out on a whim years ago and I thought for $15, what the heck lets give it a try. We use it at least once every few weeks for all this time and it is still working as good as day one.The first thing I did is get rid of the plastic piece that holds the shuffled cards in place. After using it a few times, I found it to be a waste of time to constantly put that piece in and out since you have to hold down the "shuffle" lever anyway. Instead, I hold down the "shuffle cards" lever with my right hand and then I just hold my left hand in front of the area where the shuffled cards land as shown in the picture. That way I can just grab the shuffled cards quickly without having to remove and replace the plastic shield every time.Even Vegas card shufflers jam or mis-shuffle cards once in a while and the same happens with this shuffler periodically. Once in a while, a card will get stuck vertically in the shuffled cards holding area. It's easy to just pull it out and put it in with the shuffled cards. I would say the "jam rate" is only a few percent.It does make quite a bit of noise when shuffling. Don't expect to use it in an area where you need to be quiet. It is also a little awkward to move around since there isn't a handle or anything, but that isn't a big deal. The most cards we use in any of our games is 116 and it works great, so I can't speak as to how well it manages the full advertised six deck capacity.Is this a 100% replacement for hand shuffling? Maybe, depending on what type of card games you play. We play a lot of poker and rummy style games so there are always a lot of straights, flushes, and #-of-a-kind cards in the used stack. I like to use this shuffler on the decks four or five times times with a few quick hand shuffles in between to help enhance the randomness of the overall freshly shuffled deck.Bottom line, for the price it works great and it will save you lot of hand shuffling in the long run. If we ever play cards, this shuffler is on the table and is used 100% of the time.

I use it for family game night anytime cards are involved as long as the cards aren't to big it works perfectly

This shuffler does ok. I use it to shuffle 6 decks at a time for blackjack. Occasionally a card will get caught on its way to the landing. But the jam is easy to clear and gets the job done. I think I've had the same c batteries in it for 10 years where I'm just about at the need to replace them. But I also only use it about a dozen times per year.

The media could not be loaded. When I decided I wanted to buy an automatic card shuffler I started doing some research. Other than paying huge money for an actual machine that shuffles, you are going to see pretty much two types of shufflers come up in a search. Manual card shufflers which use a hand crank and automatic card shufflers which use batteries.Manual card shufflers pretty much only shuffle 2 decks. If you only need to shuffle 2 decks, many people seem to like these shufflers and get a decent shuffle. You will still need to run the cards more than one shuffle. Jamming is minimal but shuffler quality is usually on the low side.Automatic card shufflers handle up tp 6 decks and run on C batteries. Card games with more than 2 decks is pretty much why people look for an automatic shuffler. I bought two auto shufflers from two manufacturers and like my research found, the auto shufflers are really cloned. All made in China and the design is essentially the same, most shufflers are identical down to the design on the top with the card suits. My first shuffler would shuffle about 5 cards from the left side to 1 card from the right side. I took the machine apart and tried different adjustments to the hopper gear, clearance and the center guides but made little improvement. I believe the motors which run each side are not running in sync. The second shuffler I tried looked exactly the same as the first, right down to the wires and motors even though they are from different manufacturers. The second shuffler ran about 2-4 cards from the right side to 1 card from the left side. **********TIP- when the shuffler grabs more from one side, apply some pressure on the opposite side's stack, two fingers on the card edge against the middle guide.With automatic card shufflers you will run into the same problems no matter which clone you buy. Poor shuffling which requires about 8 cycles to get a decent shuffle. Jamming that occurs in the middle section when cards do not overlap. Rubber gripper gears that wear out and don't grip the cards from underneath. Poor battery life. While these issues vary in frequency and degree from one unit to the next, these shufflers may work for awhile but usually not for too long. Some people get a machine that they love and some people are happy to live with issues rather than hand shuffle.Auto card shufflers have a wide range in price even though they are essentially the same. One shuffler I bought was $29 and one was $18 and I could not see a difference inside or out. I returned both because I can shuffle by hand faster than the machines. If your hands are tired of shuffling you may want one of these shufflers, I suggest getting the best price.Whatever you decide, good luck! Now shuffle up and deal.

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