Opinions Wanted: Milano (China Clay) vs Turbo (Ceramic)! (1 Viewer)

[Pokerman5000]

Hello everyone! I'm new to the forum, and looking for opinions on a new chipset.

I've already purchased multiple sample sets of various recommended chips and narrowed them down to two that I like the best. The Milano and the Turbo.
I've read all the content on this site about these two sets, and in a perfect world, I'd buy both, but can only afford one set for now.

If it helps, the new set will be for a .25/.50 blinds cash game with denominations of, .25, 1, 5, 25, and 100.
I love the 25 cent Turbo more than the Milano 25c, but I like the $1 Milano better than the Turbo $1. The other colors for the 5, 25, and 100s I like about the same for both sets.

Which set do you prefer? Milano (China clays) or Turbo (Ceramics)?

Thank you for your opinions!

https://www.thepokerstore.com/collections/milano-poker-chips
https://www.thepokerstore.com/collections/turbo-ceramic-10-gram-poker-chips

 

[RedDirtBo]

I have a sample set of Milano's, but no experience with the Turbo ceramics. Given what that website is charging, if you can wait 3 months for delivery, I'd go with the Web mold hybrids from Tina over either of those. The current group buy is closing about 15 minutes from when I'm writing this, but a new one should be starting up soon. Here is a link to the pre-designed sets. https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/web-mold-greek-mold-pre-designed-sets.115859/

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Strongly prefer the turbo/ceramic type, but chill out and wait here to get custom ceramics, choose your denoms and colors. I love thepokerstore and will support them for storage and cards and those types of purchases, but we've got better chips for similar price/cheaper.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Strongly prefer the turbo/ceramic type, but chill out and wait here to get custom ceramics, choose your denoms and colors. I love thepokerstore and will support them for storage and cards and those types of purchases, but we've got better chips for similar price/cheaper.

For cheaper than what you're paying there, I got these, 43mm custom ceramics with the exact breakdown, denoms, and colors that I wanted. I know its tempting to drop a few hundred on an intermediate set but pump the brakes and get something MUCH better for cheaper.

(My sets perfect for me, but just using it as an example, not saying the artwork is objectively better.)

 

[BGinGA]

Personally, I don't like either set.

The Milano chips are generally regarded as one of the worst china clay variants, and the artwork design of the Turbo ceramics is pretty poor (seriously, you need to display the denomination FIVE times on the chip's face ffs?).

You can do a lot better than either for a similar price point.

 

[Pokerman5000]

Personally, I don't like either set.

The Milano chips are generally regarded as one of the worst china clay variants, and the artwork design of the Turbo ceramics is pretty poor (seriously, you need to display the denomination FIVE times on the chip's face ffs?).

You can do a lot better than either for a similar price point.

Links to suggestions?

 

[Mick]

I used Milanos for my relabel project(s) and couldn't be happier with them. I'm just not a smooth ceramic guy. I remember how broken-hearted I was circa 2008ish when the casino I played cash at switched out the Paulsons for ceramics. I've harbored hate in my heart for plain ceramics ever since.

Get some sample Milanos, you might love them despite the hate.

 

[BGinGA]

Links to suggestions?

43mm Royal china clays from @Apache at ApachePokerChips.com, or 43mm web mold ceramic hybrids from @justincarothers' Broken Arrow vendor page here on PCF.

 

[Pokerman5000]

Thank you all for the suggestions!

I used Milanos for my relabel project(s) and couldn't be happier with them. I'm just not a smooth ceramic guy. I remember how broken-hearted I was circa 2008ish when the casino I played cash at switched out the Paulsons for ceramics. I've harbored hate in my heart for plain ceramics ever since.

Get some sample Milanos, you might love them despite the hate.

Thanks for the suggestion. How did you go about making labels?

 

[Mick]

Thank you all for the suggestions!


Thanks for the suggestion. How did you go about making labels?

I describe it a bit in this thread:

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/looney-tunes-milano-relabel-100-diy.105795/