Tina Chips Hybrid vs non hybrid (1 Viewer)

[snowu]

I want to know the differences and what’s better overall. I bought a sample of greek mold hybrid.

 

[SeanGecko]

Better to search Hybrid on the forums. Go explore!!!

 

[Bacon Dad]

You should buy the other sample set and get them both in hand to draw a conclusion.

 

[RedDirtBo]

The hybrids have a recess molded in to them to allow for a label. This allows the "inlay" to be much more detailed, and text doesn't bleed out, and widen. Look at the lightning bolt on the surf board on the left in each chip. It also has the advantage of making spinners almost impossible. The chip on the left is a card mold ceramic, on the right is a web mold hybrid.

 

[Ugghh77]

Thanks RedDirtBo for the great explanation and illustration.. Forgive the ignorance a chip newbie but can someone explain the term "spinner"? I would guess maybe it means that the inlay spins out of the middle of the chip?

 

[CrazyCow]

Thanks RedDirtBo for the great explanation and illustration.. Forgive the ignorance a chip newbie but can someone explain the term "spinner"? I would guess maybe it means that the inlay spins out of the middle of the chip?

Ceramics with no inlay can have high points in the middle where it's not perfectly flat. So if you try to spin a stack of chips it will spin very easily.

Chips with inlays like Tina hybrids generally don't have this problem.

 

[Colquhoun]

Forgive the ignorance a chip newbie but can someone explain the term "spinner"?

And here is my explanation of how I think it happens. BRPro (and likely Sunfly) blanks have concave faces so the centers of the chips will never touch. Other ceramics (like Tina no-molds) may have a convex face that bulges in the wrong direction, like this:

Now, when one or more of these convex chips ends up in a stack, one of three things happen.
1. They all face the same direction and "spoon" - no spin.
2. The convex chips are arranged so the concave faces touch - no spin
3. two convex faces touch - Spin!

And sometimes I think one chip just has enough of a bulge in the center so that it’s the only contact with other chips.

 

[upNdown]

And here is my explanation of how I think it happens. BRPro (and likely Sunfly) blanks have concave faces so the centers of the chips will never touch. Other ceramics (like Tina no-molds) may have a convex face that bulges in the wrong direction, like this:
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Now, when one or more of these convex chips ends up in a stack, one of three things happen.
1. They all face the same direction and "spoon" - no spin.
2. The convex chips are arranged so the concave faces touch - no spin
3. two convex faces touch - Spin!
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Right!
And just to be clear for new folks, it isn’t really the spinning that’s the problem - that’s more of a symptom. The problem is that chips that aren’t perfectly flat don’t stack well.
If you’ve ever played with cheap dice chips and tried to stack them 20 high, you know how unstable the stacks can be. They sometimes seem to fall over in their own, but god forbid somebody bumps the table.
In my opinion, flatness (which translates to stackability) is the most important quality of a poker chip.

 

[Ugghh77]

And here is my explanation of how I think it happens. BRPro (and likely Sunfly) blanks have concave faces so the centers of the chips will never touch. Other ceramics (like Tina no-molds) may have a convex face that bulges in the wrong direction, like this:
View attachment 1578613
Now, when one or more of these convex chips ends up in a stack, one of three things happen.
1. They all face the same direction and "spoon" - no spin.
2. The convex chips are arranged so the concave faces touch - no spin
3. two convex faces touch - Spin!
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And sometimes I think one chip just has enough of a bulge in the center so that it’s the only contact with other chips.

I truly appreciate how helpful everyone is on here without making new people feel bad for asking, this was an incredibly detailed and thoughtful response.

 

[valleychips]

PCF: 98% helpful. 2% snark.

 

[SeanGecko]

PCF: 98% helpful. 2% snark.

 

[PlaidDragon]

PCF: 98% helpful. 2% snark.

I am a 2%’r….