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I have been searching around for a chop cup and I have a few questions to those of you on here that have used them:

1. Is there a difference between cheaper and more expensive ones?
(Cheapest I found was £6.99 and was alluminium but 1 for £13.00 was made from copper.) I dont want to have it break or go unshiny within a month.

2. Is there a respected manufacturer I should look out for, because cardies use bikes instead of £1 behind the bar packs for cards, is there the same thing with chop cups?

Thanks in advance

The advice would be, buy the cheapest if it's your first set.

Otherwise, buy one which has a set of matching regular cups.

Copper can dull, brass is nice, aluminium is lightweight and wont dull, but is easier to dent.

Convenience vs. strength vs. personal preference...

A tough call!

seige wrote:aluminium is lightweight and wont dull, but is easier to dent.



A tough call!

Amen to that I throw mine at my brother tother day. And now it has a lovley dent in it. Might take it down to the panel beaters. I got a nice copper set of combo cups from my "magician" days.

Morrissey make good all-rounders. Not too cheap, and not too expensive. They're not the best, but good for beginners. You could always upgrade to a 24 carat gold plated one after your first TV special

Michael Jay posted a fantastic link a couple of days ago in the Support forum, you should check it out:

http://www.jamesriser.com/Cups/SelectingCups.html

I have to say those Brett Sherwood cups look amazing in that link.

I wouldn't really recommend the alluminium ones, I brought a set of alluminium cups and balls with a chop cup included, and I've only practiced with a it a bit, and there are already dents and scratches on them already.
I'm not mistreating them or anything.

And just looking at that link just, mine has all the "qualities" of the poorly made cups...

If only I saw that link earlier.

I got mine from MagicBox, not sure what brand they are though.

Strange as it may sound, I believe that there's something in a chop cup that reflects the personality and character of the owner.

There's something to respect in seeing an old battered, bruised and dented chop cup.