Review: The Chip Tree
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I received an email the other day from Rick at H&H Innovations asking if I would like to take a look at a new product his company has developed called, The Chip Tree. It’s a simple concept; a clear plastic stand which displays poker chips along with their corresponding value. Of course, a lot of things seem simple only once you see them.
If you’re like most people, your home game chips either carry no monetary markings or the printed values are incorrect compared to how you use them. My personal set of chips consists of white, red, blue, black and green. While most people tend to make white the lowest value and black the highest value, how many times does someone say “Uh, how much are the blues worth?â€
Chip Tree takes care of answering that question. It has two columns of chips. One side you place the chips and on the other side you place value tokens so people can glance over and see what each chip is worth. The value chips come two-sided to cover most chip values (0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, $1, $2, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $500). You pick your value chips, slip them into the Chip Tree and then match up your actual chips on the other side of the tree.
So that’s it. Like I said, it’s a pretty simple idea. For $20 you can put an end to the constant questions that come up at home games. You break out the chips, slap the Chip Tree in a visible spot and when someone asks what the purple chips are worth, you can just point to your Chip Tree.
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joaquin ochoa added these pithy words on Apr 11 06 at 3:20 pmThese look cool. I will being picking one up as a gift for a friend.
Rob added these pithy words on Apr 12 06 at 7:51 pmUmm, I printed out a page with colored circles next to their values in a huge font for approx 10 cents. I’m just sayin’.
Bill added these pithy words on Apr 12 06 at 8:14 pmThat’s always an option too. Some people go out and buy cheap plastic chips and others go out and pay top dollar for customized sets with their own logo on it. Different strokes for different folks, right?
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