camp tables

I saw one today at Clark's Rubber - I don't know if they are just in SA.

Ciao for now
Andrew.

I know exactly the one you are talking about. I was thinking about something like this ages and come to the conclusion that it's just to big and the small table I have will do

for those intersted in a different set up....an old door 2040 by 820 or similar on top of milk crates that carry odds and ends..stores flat in the bottom of my ute ...room for all the cooking utensils, food, empty beer cans, and loud stereo run from a generator

IMHO, become interested in the better end of the cheap plastic ones.

I posted this issue a few weeks ago, though i didn't follow the advice and thought i'd test out $30 at Kmart being happy to lose $30 and be the bunny. What a heap of junk. Hasn't broken yet but the table flexes which really makes the notion of using it as a table dogy, a few bits have already broken off. I'll probably donate it to someone, though its probably a danger to small children.

The aluminium ones are heavier but look far better quality.

Though there are some good moulded tables with bench chair sets around that look very sturdy. I'll probably pick one of those up soon. If you are in brisbane someone has been trying to sell a coleman set for $164 still in box in the Weekend Shopper in the Saturday courier mail, ad has been there for a few weeks now, might be time for a ridiculous offer.

My research has indicated it does come down to the factors of cheap = dodgy but lighter, expensive = better and reliable but much heavier

Hiya

I was looking at one of those, but decided to get another coleman table set up called a "picnic bench", it's a table with two bench seats, the seats clip together and to form a case and the table folds up into it. It's a bit more expensive than the usual kind, but I thinkit's more verstile it is also aluminium.

http://www.colemanaust.com.au/Product,1116,170-5652.aspx

cheers

Lyn

We've got one the ones youre talking about. Initially bought a cheap nasty plastic version but swapped it for the Coleman. Its big, bulky and fairly heavy but generally well built.

Funnily enough I dont think we've ever all sat on it at the same time to eat and my wife generally uses it as a work bench so we have to wander off and find somewhere else to sit, generally around the camp fire.

We've since bought another vehicle, and it wont fit in the back anymore so now I'm looking at something less bulky with out the chairs attached.

Its a good product but now it doesnt fit our needs (but my wife loves it)

I've got one of the steel framed / ply top and seat jobs. For about the last 8 years it has stayed home cause I got one of the aluminuim slatted top tables that dis-assemble/collapse down to basically 150mm x 100mm by the lenght of the slats and takes up no room.

FWIW INMHO these tables are a waste of time no matter how good they are. If you plan to set up your table on perfectly level ground every time go right ahead.. but unless this is the case, there will always we a woblle/bend/ whatever as you have numerous egs and in some cases ever corssbars trying to sit at the sme height on the ground. Further more, these chairs are so tiny that theiy are uncomfortable for anything more than a few seconds.. I'm not exactly small, but I'm not massive and I can't sit on one of the little chair.. I can't push the chair back either, ,and I can imagine what having kids on one of these would be like.. one of them decides to get up and because the table isn't perfectly level/stable.. takes the whole thing over with him.. and finally, if even one of the seats or anything for that matter breaks for hatever reason.. you throw away the whole lot... Why not get a small fold up table and the right number of chairs??

We have one of the newer Coleman folding types. After using numerous ones over the years, this one kills them all. It folds up into the two seats (clamshell fit) and is very light for the amount of metal you get. Sturdiest I've ever used.

If the ground isn't flat where you are - so what? Keep it in the back of the car and when you find somewhere flat enough to use it (98% of the time!!!) then use it!



Cheers
Chris