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TexRex

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Several people have posted chip storage solutions. Here are some pictures of the solutions I’ve come up with for both storing and transporting chips.

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Pelican 1510 -- This is another look at my Pelican case. It is a Pelican 1510 rolling case. This case is the size of a carry-on case for airline luggage, so it is compact. There’s a handle at the top of the case and the case can be had carried by that handle. Behind the handle is in extending handle for rolling the case. There’s also another handle on the side of the case and you can see on the left and the right two holes that allow you to put a lock on the case. The latches are locked down in this view but they open quite easily.

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Cut out area -- I cut a 14” x 9.5” x 3.25” deep area. There are two different ways 1,000 chips can fit into this case. In this configuration, the boxes are stacked on top of each other. The boxes go two deep. At the bottom of the pic, two boxes are standing on the side.

The same chips can fit with all 10 boxes standing on the side as you can see in this picture. Carrying them this way allows a little extra room at the top if you wanted to put a layer of foam on top. It also allows some additional room in the space towards the bottom of the pic. If you are wondering whether you could use chip racks, the answer is you can. They can stack on top of each other either with or without lids. The foam at the bottom generally prevents either racks or boxes from slipping around. I prefer boxes.

This first pick shows 700 chips with the boxes turned sideways. You could put something in there other than chips. This next pic shows the boxes stacked on top of each other. This is the same cutout area.

The lid organizer -- The lid organizer has five pockets -- one long relatively slender one, two larger pockets, and two slightly smaller pockets. I’ll talk more about the pockets, but first I’ll talk about how I’ve attached the lid organizer. The lid organizer comes with screws and can be screwed into the lid, but that is not the way I attached it. Instead, I use Velcro to attach it to the lid. That makes it easier to remove the lid organizer if I wanted to or reattach it after removal. That does not require removing the screws. It just involves pulling the lid organizer out. You could leave the room at the top where the lid organizer was, or put back in the egg-crate foam that comes in the lid.

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The lid organizer is attached to the top the lid with Velcro and easily comes out. I can pull the lid organizer off with little effort. Looking at the back of the lid organizer, you can see the Velcro attachments on the back. To put Velcro inside the case itself, I used four vertical strips of Velcro and long horizontal strips at the top and bottom. I can easily put the lid organizer back in by simply pressing the lid organizer onto the Velcro the Velcro to keep it in place.

In this pic, I have card protectors and dealer buttons in the top left corner pocket. The pocket immediately to the right and the pocket immediately below that are larger. Each contains two double-deck setups of Copag bridge-size cards inserted vertically. The two setups fit very tightly into the pockets. The other two pockets will only hold setups of cards if they are inserted horizontally in the pocket. Each of those pockets will hold one setup.

This set up would hold 12 decks of bridge-size cards in those four pockets. In the far-right pocket, you can see I have two single decks of cards. The next picture shows two double decks of cards in that pocket stacked vertically on top of each other. To maximize the number of cards, that pocket will hold two set ups; the other pockets will hold to setups for 12 total decks of cards plus the smaller pockets will hold one set up each for total of 16 decks of bridge-size cards. I've not tried poker-size cards, but think the maximum would be 5 setups, or 10 decks. The smaller pockets would still allow room for things like dealer buttons and card protectors.

The three other items easily fit in the Pelican case, are a copy of the rules, blind schedules, and payout schedules. I don't show those in the pics, but the case could hold up to a 1/2" notebook if you wanted to carry it, along with things like pens, pencils, notepads, etc.
 
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Range bags -- This is a pic of the two range bags I also use for chips. On the right is made by Bulldog and the bag on the left is made by Midway.

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The Bulldog bag is the more compact of the two. It has two zipper front pockets, it has two side zipper pockets, and it has one zipper at the top that can be opened to reveal the inside. While these cases come with a shoulder harness, my experience is the shoulder harnesses are not stout enough to hold much in the way of poker chips. The two carrying handles however, will allow you to carry a lot of weight. Opening the bag reveals the way I typically put the chips in this bag. This pic shows the bag was 700 chips and it. As you can see, there is still room in the bag for other stuff.
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You could also carry the chips side-by-side from front to the back of the bag and it will hold three boxes of chips at the bottom and a fourth box can be turned sideways by stacking three more boxes on top it will hold 700 chips like this. You could even stack the boxes three high and hold one thousand chips in boxes. I have never tried that.

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Another thing I put in the range bag is this maroon bag I use for holding cards. This little bag will hold up to eight decks of cards or four setups. The maroon bag has an extra pocket that can hold things like dealer buttons, card protectors, or perhaps other things to carry with you. It fits between the chips in the front of the bag. This pic shows the bag loaded with chips in the cards.

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In the left pocket, I carry things like dealer buttons and card protectors. In the right pocket, I carry two kitchen timers and a small flashlight. At the bottom of that pocket, I also have extra batteries for the timers. In the side pockets, I keep several Crown Royal bags. The crown Royal bags can easily hold chips if you need to move them to another table, in my case my bankroll, or other things like cards, dealer buttons, card protectors, etc. I can put my bankroll in the Pelican case in the cutout area next to the chips (see prior post to see where there is room). Crown Royal bags can also be used to provide padding inside the case or filler to keep things from sliding around. I have not had to use them for that purpose.

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The Midway bags are different. It has only two external pockets. They go along the front and the back. This is a picture of the front pocket with dealer buttons and it. Inside the bag, I can stack the chips from front to back and there is room in there for four boxes along the bottom. You can easily stack up to 1600 chips in boxes in this bag. This is a picture of the bag with 1600 chips and it. The top closure has a double zipper with Velcro on one end, a stationary loop on the other end to hold while zipping, and the loop on the double zipper.
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The 1600 chips in the bag can be somewhat heavy but the handles are very sturdy so it isn’t too much to carry. The Midway also has a shoulder strap. The shoulder strap on the Midway is far sturdier than the shoulder strap on the Bulldog bag.

I can easily carry two range bags to a tournament. I can carry empty boxes in there with boxes full of chips. The empty boxes make managing the chips during the games and sorting the chips after the game easier. Without too much difficulty I could carry the Pelican case with 1000 chips and it and either a Midway case with 1600 chips in it, or a Bulldog bag with 800 chips and it. I could stack either range bag on top of the Pelican as I roll the Pelican wherever I’m going.

Overall -- These three items have been great chip storage solutions for me. If you do not need to display chips any of these are great options. The pelican will no doubt protect the chips and your other equipment better than the range bags. It is however, much more expensive than range bags. The cost of the pelican as I got it configured with the pick-n-pluck foam, the lid organizer, and shipping cost around $190. The Midway range bags cost about $20 each and the Bulldog bags around $17 each. All three options fit very stably into a vehicle. Even if the case or a bag were to tip over, your chips would remain contained inside the bag if you have the back closed. All three options will securely hold your chips and other equipment and are easy to store.
 
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Pltrgyst, several places offer the 4x25 boxes. I've bought many from Discount Casino Gear (www.discountcasinogear.com if this is allowed). I have found these boxes may be as inconsistent in size as the 5x20 racks. Since the lid is a critical component, I mark the box and lid so I know which ones go together.
 
Do you need some? I may have a few

Thanks, Mark, but I would need 12, and it sounds as though it's there's a lot of variation in size.

Unfortunately, Discount Casino Gear is out of most of the items they list -- I really like their double-wide (200-chip) trays with lids.
 
Thanks, Mark, but I would need 12, and it sounds as though it's there's a lot of variation in size.

Unfortunately, Discount Casino Gear is out of most of the items they list -- I really like their double-wide (200-chip) trays with lids.

I have about 30 or so....
 
If you're willing to part with 12 or more, I'd take whatever you can fit into a medium or large FRB. Shoot me an email at the address below with what you want, for how many, and the shipping.
Thanks -- Larry
 
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Was at the Hagerstown Sam's Club today and came across these. For folks wanting Pelican cases at a fraction of the cost, these passed my smell test. Foam is good, sturdy and strong.
 
View attachment 118137 View attachment 118138 View attachment 118139 View attachment 118140 View attachment 118141 Was at the Hagerstown Sam's Club today and came across these. For folks wanting Pelican cases at a fraction of the cost, these passed my smell test. Foam is good, sturdy and strong.


Here is what some people did with them. I bought a couple too, really cheap and descent quality.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/faux-pelican-cases-at-sams.21379/
 

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