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|  | |  | | | Arrow Black and Gold KEM Cards Wide Standard 2-pack | | | | | | | | | | SKU:
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| | Description | Kem Plastic Playing Cards is a 60-year-old company specializing in one product-playing cards which are 100% cellulose acetate plastic. Kem plastic playing cards contain no vinyl, which is the raw material used by all other playing card manufacturers for their "plastic" playing cards. A set-up consists of one black deck and one gold deck. The cards come in a hard black plastic Kem box. One joker is present with each deck. The dimensions of the cards are 2-1/2 inches wide x 3-1/2 inches tall.(Poker Size) KEM cards can handle the wear and tear like no other brand of card in the industry. Kem's high performance cards will last longer, shuffle better, and deal in such a manner that you will never want to play with anything else again. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 6.0 inches | | Product Width: | 4.0 inches | | Product Height: | 1.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 5.6 inches | | Package Width: | 3.8 inches | | Package Height: | 1.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 23 reviews |
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 Exactly what I wanted! Jun 05, 2010
These are great plastic cards. They've withstood many few poker nights and still shuffle "like buttah". I love the design and would probably buy more if I had to, but they're in great shape still. Paper and plastic "coated" cards are disposable after a night or two.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
KEM vs COPAG Apr 22, 2010
I've been playing cards for many years and decided to switch from Bicycles and Bees to cellulose acetate plastic; ie: KEM and COPAG. I purchased one set each of KEM arrows and COPAGs; both are poker (regular) size. I received the cards a few weeks ago and have had some time to play with my poker group and gauge opinions. Interestingly, our group voted 50/50 KEM vs COPAG. What I can offer is specific differences between the cards which you may find helpful. I've also included the specs of a Bicycle deck for comparison.
KEM
.014" card thickness
.700" deck thickness, w/o jokers
2.5"W x 3.5"L deck dimensions
8.75" surface area
COPAG
.012" card thickness
.625" deck thickness, w/o jokers
2.483"W x 3.465"L deck dimensions
8.604" surface area
BICYCLE
.011" card thickness
.580" deck thickness, w/o jokers
2.48"W x 3.475"L deck dimensions
8.618" surface area
As you can see, the KEM deck is almost 12% thicker and 1.7% larger surface area than the COPAG deck, and 21% thicker and 1.6% larger surface area than a Bicycle deck. 21% thicker than a Bicycle deck is a big deal if you're a smaller-handed dealer!
Here are my personal thoughts;
The COPAG's feel slightly better when shuffling as the deck is slightly smaller, less weight and easier to handle for short fingers (like mine). The KEM's numbering is smaller and much less blocky, and appear more like a traditional deck. The COPAG's have larger (not Jumbo) lettering which is blocky. Both decks have visually pleasing and symmetrical backing designs. Both slide easily on felt and are very easy to riffle/shuffle. The COPAG's have an attractive blue border around each face card picture, unlike the KEM's black border. However, the red ink used on the KEM's hearts and diamonds appear darker and a little higher quality than the COPAG's. My cut cards more than fit the bottom of my COPAG deck. The opposite is true of the KEM deck, as the cut card is just a hair smaller than the deck. Also, the COPAG's will fit inside any paper deck box, like Bicycle or Bee. The KEM's will definitely NOT fit in a standard deck box.
If you're switching from a paper plastic-coat deck like Bicycles, Bees or Motors, you'll find the most physical similarities with the COPAG deck. Alternatively, you'll find the most visual similarities with the KEM deck. The KEM deck has a well-known image on the ace of spades and is probably the most recognizable deck around (ie; Rounders).
Cost wise, I spent a few dollars more on my KEMs than I did the COPAGs. If I were to choose only one based on price, feel and aesthetics, I'd probably go for the COPAG deck.
Oh, I asked my wife which she liked better (as an uninformed observer) and she couldn't really tell the difference between the KEM and COPAG decks. She did like the feel compared to a paper deck though. Then she beat my flopped straight by sucking out on the river with a low flush (I love you dear).
Bottom line, choose either one and you'll be super happy you upgraded from the popular paper brands. I hope this helps in your decision!
Excellent but not perfect. Mar 30, 2010
These cards are very, very good. There are two issues that take a little time getting used to.
1) They are hovercards, they'll float across each other and your tabletop.
2) They feel "greasy" now that they've had hundreds of grubby hands touch them.
I suppose #2 could be eliminated by washing the cards, perhaps in a bowl of warm, soapy water, then rinsing and drying them individually.
No bends or creases yet and they've been played with for a dozen games so far, perhaps hundreds of hands.
For my needs these cards are great Feb 10, 2010
It seems that a lot of the people who buy cards like this use them much more than I do. When my friends or my children are over and we want to play a card game I know that my KEMs are ready for us. Yes, they are expensive but I don't think that I will have to replace them for quite some time. If I ever lose one I can order just that specific card. That's a GREAT feature as far as I am concerned. I keep them in their little box and so far (over a year of use) they still look brand new.
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So Smooth... Nov 19, 2009
This is the first pack of "high end" cards I've purchased and I can honestly say, they shuffle like butter. So smooth, don't stick, no need to bend and shuffle them the old fashion way. They look great and they work in my electric card shuffle. My only complaint is they don't come in card boxes.. they come loose, both packs in a cheap plastic holder that doesn't lock, so if it flips over, they go all over the place and the two decks top most cards tend to mix together easily in storage. Other then that, they're great.
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