I have never owned a set of poker chips and usually had to rely on borrowing a friend's set for home games. I started looking for chips, but with so many manufacturers, who knows which chips to buy. I had a few requirements for the chips I wanted 1) a minimum of 10 grams 2) denominations on the inlay and 3) a simple design to the inlay 4) distinguishable colors and finally 5) cost.The reason for my requirements came from playing in various home games and poker rooms. To me, some chips feel too light, like the cheap thin plastic ones. The floor managers in Las Vegas must be asked frequently about the weight of their chips by people looking to buy chips for their home games. The average Las Vegas chip is 10 grams, that is they are between 8.5 to 11 grams at different casinos. Some poker rooms, during tournaments, have 100 & 500 chips that appear to look the same when splashed in the pot. Typically 100's are black and 500's are purple, usually with an accent color. The cost, well I'm frugal. I'm buying chips for home games, not setting up my own casino.So the search for poker chips began. I did as much reading of reviews as I could before my eyes crossed. Several reviewers had high marks for these chips, with a few pointing out what other reviewers have, problems with the case, rough chip edges, off center inlays etc. For me, I liked the Monte Carlo's had distinguishable colors and that the denominations matched the typical colors associated with them. While there is no regulation for denomination to color, most casinos and card rooms follow the primary color to denomination this set has. I also wanted to be able to have cash games and tournaments. The $1 & $5 chips will work great for this, while the $25 to $1000 fulfills the tournament side.These chips are composite with center slugs to add the weight. At 14 grams each and 1000 chips, that's 30 pounds in chips. If they made a 10 gram chip set, I would've gone with that.Well I received my chips. The shipping box looked like it has seen some traveling, thankfully another box containing the case and chips was inside. Additionally, the interior box had the case enclosed in styrofoam. The carry case was in proper condition, no shipping damage. The chips are packaged in rolls or 25, so the unwrapping began. A word of advice, while unwrapping each roll, use a dry towel to empty them into, as a roll. Just give them all a quick wipe and move on to the next roll. This just gets off all the factory dust.I randomly inspected chips as I unwrapped each roll. I did not find any with off center inlays, the sticker with the denomination, and the edges of the chips were surprisingly smooth. From other reviews, I expected to have to clean up chip edges, but I didn't have to. The three sets of playing cards are standard inexpensive cards, good for go fish I guess. But irrelevant because I use Copag plastic cards for poker games.If you plan on carrying and traveling with this 1000 chip set, as I said, it's 30 pounds. A lot to carry in the simple case. But because I plan on cash and tournament play, I'll be purchasing two 500 chip carriers to separate the $1 & $5 chips and the $25 to $1000 chips for easier carry and transportation. Another thing I liked about this set, is adding chips or replacing lost chips, the Monte Carlo's are available in sleeves of 50 in each denomination. Brybelly Monte Carlo Premium Poker Chip Heavyweight 14-gram Clay Composite - Pack of 50 ($1 White)I didn't know they sell a ten chip sample set, so that's always an option if you're unsure if you'll like these. Monte Carlo 14gm Clay Poker Chip Sample Set - 10 New ChipsFor me, this chip set met my requirements. I hope this long review helps anyone looking for a good set of poker chips for their home game.