Alabama Table

At just over £100 it represents very good value. Easier to assemble with an assistant. The timber looks to be of reasonable quality and should last with regular oiling, especially at the joints. Good height and comes oiled so it does look good. Can be folded and lifted by one average person. Easier with two though. It’s not the heaviest but performs well.

Good price point. Reasonable quality for price. Assembly needs time and attention: Not all joints aligned smoothly but functions and folds - which is all I needed

Great table at a bargain price. Easy to assemble, looks just like the picture, probably better quality than I was expecting at this price

First the good points. The table looks good, seems to be well made and sturdy and is good value for money. The bad points are a) assembly instructions are hopeless. There is no step by step guide and identification of some of the parts and screws is difficult. I managed it but the lack of sensible instructions caused at least an extra hours work since by assembling the right part in the wrong place meant I had to take it apart and start again. As it is I have 4 large screws left over with no apparent place to put them.What is needed is for the screws to be put in separate packets and the packets to be labelled. The other parts should also be labelled. This would add very little to the cost of goods A step by step guide is however indispensable. Had I seen the assembly instructions before I received the table I would not have bought it. b) Delivery was prompt, however I had given clear instructions," if out leave in porch.".Evidently the driver of Yodel did not understand this or more likely could not be bothered. Instead it was dumped just inside the gate, 200 yards from and invisible from the house in the rain. Fortunately it was not nicked since it was in plain view of the road.

Before I start, I would just say I have assembled 100’s of self assembly units in the past and consider my self an well experienced DIYer. I naively was fooled by the German name, thinking this would be of good quality. However, although the look of the table is similar to the pictures, for this price you are getting a mediocre quality product, made shoddily in Vietnam with wholly inadequate assembly instructions. I’d be surprised if this lasts longer than 5 years. My advice would be to go to a local DIY store or garden centre, pay more and buy a better quality product that will last. Specific issues: ASSEMBLY Instructions consisted of 3 pages of useless words, unrelated to actually assembling the table; No way to identify the parts, assembly illustrations are too small and no components are labelled so you can’t match ot the illustration, so you are on your own, you have to try and fix it together using trial and error; A 2 hour job took 5 hours due to inadequate instructions, removing jammed screws with industrial grips, and re-drilling pilot holes to accept bolts. WOOD: Wood stain not applied to cross member holding the table slats, so will likely rot unless covered; Many of the pre-drilled pilot holes were too small for the larger Allen key bolts and needed re-drilling to accept the bolts; Some pre-drilled holes often in the wrong place or not square, meaning components not fitting correctly; The wood stain is a bit orange, but will fade down with weathering; Best not store in the house before building it as the wood stain smells very strong. FIXINGS Far too many and varied sized and styles of poor quality fixings, not sorted by illustration code. You have to measure the length and width to identify them to the illustrations. Use the wrong length screw and there’s a danger you’ll go through the table top. Would have helped if fittings were put in separate packets and labelled. Two screw heads had no groove stamped in; One Allen key bolts mashed up as too tight to fit narrow pilot hole.

Seems good so far - relatively easy to put together and quite robust. Looking forward to seeing how it fares over the winter months.

This table is excellent value and it really warrants a 5. It is a 2 man job to put it together. Make sure you keep the 2 struts equal and the longer one separate. We are both pensioners so it took us a while to work out the instructions. When it was finished we are absolutely thrilled with it. Excellent value for money. Would certainly recommend it to others. It is so smart I am sanding our old chairs and staining to match table. Looking forward to our first cup of tea outside.

After reading the reviews I was really in doubt if I should order this table or not. Despite the fact that it took a long time to be delivered, the table looks great, perfect size for 6 seats, easy to storage as it is foldable.