Customer Reviews

Bicycle 1-2 Deck Shuffler (Cards not included)

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(16)

 

 

The shuffler works fine, merging cards in an every-other pattern. However, because the button that operates the shuffler is directly below the tray that holds the shuffled cards, when you try and pull the tray of sorted cards out of the unit, you have to lift the tray - up over the operation bar, and then a few cards hang up inside the unit at the top of the tray opening. This takes the fun away, as you struggle to remove the card tray and other cards. Seems like the time you save by using the unit, is taken away, trying to get the cards out of it.

Wish they would improve the design.

We thought this would be a good, inexpensive card shuffler since the Bicycle company also makes decks of cards. Wrong! One side of the shuffler was always pretty sluggish, making the shuffling process uneven. After two months of only occasional use, the other side quit working altogether. We actually took the thing apart to see if it could be repaired (because how many card shufflers does a person really want to purchase), but the plastic gear had slipped and couldn't be moved back into place. Now it's going to the recyling bin. Sure, it was inexpensive, but that doesn't justify the fact that it's basically junk.

After reviewing a lot of the shufflers I came to the conclusion they are all alike. Differences are # of decks they hold and stickers on the top.
They are made out of cheap plastic but functionally they do what they advertise, they shuffle cards well.

I bought the two deck shuffler I didn't think I needed the the four card one and the right away we played a game requiring 3 decks of cards per round.

The little drawer isn't necessary the cards shuffle fine without it.

I have arthritis and it is a blessing especially if you play bridge, I just dreaded shuffling, now I don't.

This product is made of a very cheap plastic. It looks awful. If it would have worked well, then, this aspect wouldn't matter, but it's not the case.
The machine is noisy, and it is absolutely not well designed. When your card are shuffled, you struggle to get them out! the suffle "bouton" (a big plastic peace) blocs the recipient!!!

I wouldn't recommand buying this object.

I bought this for my two cousins who play all the time with yugioh cards and neither of them knew how to shuffle. So they were always accusing the other of stacking the deck. This has settled the issue once and for all. They love it. (Now I just need them to not play with the shuffler so much that they break it.)

To start, it's important to remember that for the most part, this item does what it's supposed to do -- shuffle cards.

But there are two main reasons we don't really use it:
1. It is very loud
2. The design feels very cheap and unintuitive

So while it works just fine, it sits on my shelf untouched in some time. Sad to say, I probably would not purchase it again.

I just purchased a Bicycle 1-2 Deck Shuffler from Amazon. It is my first automatic shuffler, and I was trusting that since it was sold as a Bicycle shuffler, they would have the operation mastered. Unfortunately, almost all of the problems had already been listed by former reviewers, and I did not read them all. Oh, well!
The shuffler is noisy. The cards hang up inside the shuffler as the tray is removed.

The right hand side of the shuffler does not feed all of the cards into the chamber, and the last cards need to be hand fed.

Most discouraging, I sorted by suit, and found, as I suspected, the cards are not being well shuffled. I am a senior citizen with rather severe arthritis, and had hoped that this product would be helpful.

Amazon made it very easy to buy; I hope it will be equally easy to return. My advice is: Don't waste your money.

When this arrived I tested it for actual random shuffling. If you put the two decks through multiple times you still get big hunks of one and then a hunk of the other. It is also REALLY loud and feels cheaply made. It jams up easily and you have to keep pressing the button to get it finish shuffling. I am returning mine. It's not even worth $2.00. I guess I could stand the irritating and loud noise if it actually randomized the cards, but it does not.

This shuffler is nice for the price. Although at times 4-5 cards would still be in the same order after shuffling. Running it two times would solve the problem, but doing that isn't really saving THAT much time. Fun to have though.

Shuffle a deck (or 2 decks) of cards with the push of a button. Fun and it really gets the job done. I used this with my 92 year old aunt who could only use one had. Lots of fun.