Use a mixed-quantities, colored set

I don't use a single set with 1 of each die, but a set that contains variable quantities of each die. For instance the set that I'm using is Dice of Rolling^[1], which contains 5 purple d4, 10 red d6, 5 black d8, 5 green d10, 2 white d12, 2 blue d20 and 2 yellow d100. As they say with this set you get all the quantities you need for gameplay with the 5^th edition. For this set of dice, all the dice with the same count of faces are colored in the same, distinctive color, which greatly helps finding the dice on the table, accelerating the game by a margin (usually time lost with "Hey, anyone has seen my d8?", "Oops I rolled a d8 instead of d10, they're all the same color"). With this kind of set, you'll get to the meat of the game in no time.

We gained so much time with this that my players offered me a second set as a DM gift to further gain more time (but only marginally, I must say). Everybody likes this, and they don't even come with their own sets anymore: one set ruled them all.

To answer the comments, yes we lost time before that we don't anymore. The sets are big enough to provide for a party of 5 players and a DM, bar for the d20. So a few players still use their own d20. For the rest they take their damage dice at the start of the game and there are barely any dice changing hands, except the d20. I always keep 2 d20 for myself, being the DM.

_{1: Not affiliated in any way, just a very happy customer.}

Use a mixed-quantities, colored set

I don't use a set with one of each die, but a set that contains multiple instances of each die. Each die type is colored in a unique way, making it easy to recognize them. For instance, the set I'm using is Dice of Rolling^[1], and it contains 5 purple d4, 10 red d6, 5 black d8, 5 green d10, 2 white d12, 2 blue d20 and 2 yellow d100. As they say "with this set you get all the quantities you need for gameplay with the 5^th edition".

The fact that all the dice are colored in a similar way given their number of faces greatly improves the speed at the table. My players fetch their dice based on the color and not on the number of faces, and find that it's easier and faster for them, I find it too. We never hear "Hey has anyone seen my d4?" or "Oops, I rolled a d8 instead of a d10, they're all the same color". This allows for a faster pace in the game and less extraneous pause that force everybody to return to their focus.

Also, the numbers of each die is rather well chosen for a full group. Having those dice in such numbers makes it easy to have a standard "roll 4d4, the purple ones". My players don't even bother bringing their fancy dice anymore bar their own d20. Actually, after getting two of these sets of dice (I bought the first one and the group offered me the second one after seeing the benefits), everyone can pick their damage dice at the start of the session for the whole game. The only dice passing hands are two easily recognizable d20. Being the DM, I get to keep a pair of d20 for myself and the players keep the other pair, without any trouble.

_{1: Not affiliated in any way, just a very happy customer.}

Use a mixed-quantities set

I don't use a single set with 1 of each die, but a set that contains variable quantities of each die. For instance the set that I'm using is Dice of Rolling^[1], which contains 5 purple d4, 10 red d6, 5 black d8, 5 green d10, 2 white d12, 2 blue d20 and 2 yellow d100. As they say with this set you get all the quantities you need for gameplay with the 5^th edition. For this set of dice, all the dice with the same count of faces are colored in the same, distinctive color, which greatly helps finding the dice on the table, accelerating the game by a margin (usually time lost with "Hey, anyone has seen my d8?", "Oops I rolled a d8 instead of d10, they're all the same color"). With this kind of set, you'll get to the meat of the game in no time.

We gained so much time with this that my players offered me a second set as a DM gift to further gain more time (but only marginally, I must say). Everybody likes this, and they don't even come with their own sets anymore: one set ruled them all.

To answer the comments, yes we lost time before that we don't anymore. The sets are big enough to provide for a party of 5 players and a DM, bar for the d20. So a few players still use their own d20. For the rest they take their damage dice at the start of the game and there are barely any dice changing hands, except the d20. I always keep 2 d20 for myself, being the DM.

_{1: Not affiliated in any way, just a very happy customer.}

Use a mixed-quantities, colored set

I don't use a single set with 1 of each die, but a set that contains variable quantities of each die. For instance the set that I'm using is Dice of Rolling^[1], which contains 5 purple d4, 10 red d6, 5 black d8, 5 green d10, 2 white d12, 2 blue d20 and 2 yellow d100. As they say with this set you get all the quantities you need for gameplay with the 5^th edition. For this set of dice, all the dice with the same count of faces are colored in the same, distinctive color, which greatly helps finding the dice on the table, accelerating the game by a margin (usually time lost with "Hey, anyone has seen my d8?", "Oops I rolled a d8 instead of d10, they're all the same color"). With this kind of set, you'll get to the meat of the game in no time.

We gained so much time with this that my players offered me a second set as a DM gift to further gain more time (but only marginally, I must say). Everybody likes this, and they don't even come with their own sets anymore: one set ruled them all.

To answer the comments, yes we lost time before that we don't anymore. The sets are big enough to provide for a party of 5 players and a DM, bar for the d20. So a few players still use their own d20. For the rest they take their damage dice at the start of the game and there are barely any dice changing hands, except the d20. I always keep 2 d20 for myself, being the DM.

_{1: Not affiliated in any way, just a very happy customer.}

Use a mixed-quantities set

I don't use a single set with 1 of each die, but a set that contains variable quantities of each die. For instance the set that I'm using is Dice of Rolling^[1], which contains 5 purple d4, 10 red d6, 5 black d8, 5 green d10, 2 white d12, 2 blue d20 and 2 yellow d100. As they say with this set you get all the quantities you need for gameplay with the 5^th edition. For this set of dice, all the dice with the same count of faces are colored in the same, distinctive color, which greatly helps finding the dice on the table, accelerating the game by a margin (usually time lost with "Hey, anyone has seen my d8?", "Oops I rolled a d8 instead of d10, they're all the same color"). With this kind of set, you'll get to the meat of the game in no time.

We gained so much time with this that my players offered me a second set as a DM gift to further gain more time (but only marginally, I must say). Everybody likes this, and they don't even come with their own sets anymore: one set ruled them all.

_{1: Not affiliated in any way.}

Use a mixed-quantities set

I don't use a single set with 1 of each die, but a set that contains variable quantities of each die. For instance the set that I'm using is Dice of Rolling^[1], which contains 5 purple d4, 10 red d6, 5 black d8, 5 green d10, 2 white d12, 2 blue d20 and 2 yellow d100. As they say with this set you get all the quantities you need for gameplay with the 5^th edition. For this set of dice, all the dice with the same count of faces are colored in the same, distinctive color, which greatly helps finding the dice on the table, accelerating the game by a margin (usually time lost with "Hey, anyone has seen my d8?", "Oops I rolled a d8 instead of d10, they're all the same color"). With this kind of set, you'll get to the meat of the game in no time.

We gained so much time with this that my players offered me a second set as a DM gift to further gain more time (but only marginally, I must say). Everybody likes this, and they don't even come with their own sets anymore: one set ruled them all.

To answer the comments, yes we lost time before that we don't anymore. The sets are big enough to provide for a party of 5 players and a DM, bar for the d20. So a few players still use their own d20. For the rest they take their damage dice at the start of the game and there are barely any dice changing hands, except the d20. I always keep 2 d20 for myself, being the DM.

_{1: Not affiliated in any way, just a very happy customer.}