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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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