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Customer Review
- Reviewed in Canada on July 13, 2025I'm a little torn at what to rate this item. It's an interesting idea, and mechanically it's very good. For certain games it works well, but the interface is a bit complex and confusing which makes it hard to use in some cases.The media could not be loaded.
Inside the box is the card shuffler/dealer itself, four "pucks" (more on those later), a USB-A to USB-C charging cable and the much-needed instructions.
As a card shuffler, it's excellent. You just stack the cards on either side of the top, then push a button and it shuffles the cards together in a random fashion. After shuffling, the cards are housed in a little compartment inside the unit. There's a small metal bar that swings freely at the back that prevents the cards from falling out while also ensuring they're easy to reach and remove if needed. There are many card shufflers that work this way, and this one is similar to the best ones I've seen - that's not one differentiates this unit from its competition.
Once the cards are inside the unit, there is a series of buttons on the face of it that are used to control how the game is played. You'll definitely need the instructions, since what the buttons do is not obvious aside from the play/pause button. You can configure the number of players, their location at the table and the number of cards each player receives. The unit comes pre-configured with some common games in it like poker, blackjack, gin rummy and Uno. You can also set up custom configurations for just about whatever game you'd like to play. You can also tell it to "burn" a card before and after dealing each set.
After the game settings are configured, you push the "Play/Pause" button and the unit starts dealing. It rotates around shoots cards out from a slot in the front. The distance the cards shoot can be configured between one of three settings (handy if it's in the middle of a round table). The four "pucks" included in the box can be used by each player to draw a card. When they push their button, it'll turn in their direction and fire off a card. The pucks are a wheel that can be turned to configure them for different players. They are hard to turn (and to read). Also, if you need more than four of them, I'm not sure where you'd be able to find them. Still, pretty neat and very handy.
The thing that makes me a little torn on rating the item is that it can be quite difficult to use and configure. Everything is done through a series of button presses on the front of the unit, but there doesn't seem to be much thought in the way of button configuration or how to label things. There are buttons that duplicate functionality, and other buttons that do nothing. The manual is OK, but you're on your own for the most part. The display does give good status updates, and you can kind of get the hang of it, but it's not easy. It's the kind of thing that you will get used to if you use this thing a lot, but it's definitely not intuitive. If you struggle with technology (computers, remote controls), I'd probably recommend avoiding this. If you're a tinkerer, or someone who otherwise likes to play with technology, you'll probably be fine but you'll still want to keep the manual close by.
All-in-all, it works well and does what's promised. Being a "universal dealer" is actually quite complicated. If you were to ask me to iterate on this product, I'd probably suggest doing something that can be controlled by an app on a phone since that would allow for a lot more nuance in the user interface. I expect that'd cost a lot more to build, though.
I'm a little torn at what to rate this item. It's an interesting idea, and mechanically it's very good. For certain games it works well, but the interface is a bit complex and confusing which makes it hard to use in some cases.
Inside the box is the card shuffler/dealer itself, four "pucks" (more on those later), a USB-A to USB-C charging cable and the much-needed instructions.
As a card shuffler, it's excellent. You just stack the cards on either side of the top, then push a button and it shuffles the cards together in a random fashion. After shuffling, the cards are housed in a little compartment inside the unit. There's a small metal bar that swings freely at the back that prevents the cards from falling out while also ensuring they're easy to reach and remove if needed. There are many card shufflers that work this way, and this one is similar to the best ones I've seen - that's not one differentiates this unit from its competition.
Once the cards are inside the unit, there is a series of buttons on the face of it that are used to control how the game is played. You'll definitely need the instructions, since what the buttons do is not obvious aside from the play/pause button. You can configure the number of players, their location at the table and the number of cards each player receives. The unit comes pre-configured with some common games in it like poker, blackjack, gin rummy and Uno. You can also set up custom configurations for just about whatever game you'd like to play. You can also tell it to "burn" a card before and after dealing each set.
After the game settings are configured, you push the "Play/Pause" button and the unit starts dealing. It rotates around shoots cards out from a slot in the front. The distance the cards shoot can be configured between one of three settings (handy if it's in the middle of a round table). The four "pucks" included in the box can be used by each player to draw a card. When they push their button, it'll turn in their direction and fire off a card. The pucks are a wheel that can be turned to configure them for different players. They are hard to turn (and to read). Also, if you need more than four of them, I'm not sure where you'd be able to find them. Still, pretty neat and very handy.
The thing that makes me a little torn on rating the item is that it can be quite difficult to use and configure. Everything is done through a series of button presses on the front of the unit, but there doesn't seem to be much thought in the way of button configuration or how to label things. There are buttons that duplicate functionality, and other buttons that do nothing. The manual is OK, but you're on your own for the most part. The display does give good status updates, and you can kind of get the hang of it, but it's not easy. It's the kind of thing that you will get used to if you use this thing a lot, but it's definitely not intuitive. If you struggle with technology (computers, remote controls), I'd probably recommend avoiding this. If you're a tinkerer, or someone who otherwise likes to play with technology, you'll probably be fine but you'll still want to keep the manual close by.
All-in-all, it works well and does what's promised. Being a "universal dealer" is actually quite complicated. If you were to ask me to iterate on this product, I'd probably suggest doing something that can be controlled by an app on a phone since that would allow for a lot more nuance in the user interface. I expect that'd cost a lot more to build, though.Images in this review
