This review is from: Butterfly TW24B Outdoor Playback Rollaway Table Tennis Table (Sports)
High quality materials. Good design that appears durable. Start this assembly project in your living room in a comfortble chair – reading the directions over a couple of times. Buy or borrow a 10mm socket set and 10mm wrenches. You’ll go insane attemtping assembly with an adjustable wrench. For the 19mm bolts, a 3/4 socket will work fine. TAKE THE TIME to sort the bolts by length. There are 40mm, 45mm and 50mm lengths, and if you use the wrong one you will be redoing the assemby. A measuring guide is printed at the top of the directions, but note where zero is. LOOK VERY CAREFULLY at the diagrams to see if a simple nut or a nylon locking nut is called for. If you mix those up, the thing will probably disassemble itself. Have fun, but do not expect to have much energy to play the day you put this together.
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This review is from: Butterfly TW24B Outdoor Playback Rollaway Table Tennis Table (Sports)
Only a couple of years old, hardly-used table. One of the wheel sets has cracked off. Will require replacement of the whole unit costing a lot I am sure. It is always the plastic parts that break. The company makes claims of outdoor use but do no testing of the materials they use. It is a shame that such an expensive table should break a leg so quickly!
After six months, I was finally able to order the broken part from England, with the part costing about $25 and shipping costing $60. Had to pay it, or the table was not usable. So still unhappy that it took such a lot money and time to replace a part, as none are available in the US.
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This review is from: Butterfly TW24B Outdoor Playback Rollaway Table Tennis Table (Sports)
In short – the table itself is excellent. High quality, and while I’d have preferred better wheels/axles – the ones supplied work quite well. Minor complaint about opening it – you can’t reach both latches from one location, so you have to release one and torque the top a little so it stays out, then release the other side. Assembly was very straightforward – it took me about 90 minutes. You definitely need 3 people when you mount the table to the support frame. And if you don’t have a metric ratchet set – get one, even if it’s cheap. I can’t imagine how long it would have taken with just two open end wrenches.
All that being said, it’s a darn good thing I’m an engineer – as the instructions really, really, really leave a lot to be desired. They consist of a number of drawings, with no text. In a few places, it is *NOT* clear which way a part should be installed, and it matters. Furthermore, the hardware package is obviously a “universal” kit. I had an mountain of pocket parts when I was done. Enough that I was certain I’d missed a step in the assembly, forcing me to recheck every step. Truth be known, I probably could have assembled it in less than an hour if the directions had been more clear.
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Lots of fun once it is assembled,
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|Wheels cracked off,
After six months, I was finally able to order the broken part from England, with the part costing about $25 and shipping costing $60. Had to pay it, or the table was not usable. So still unhappy that it took such a lot money and time to replace a part, as none are available in the US.
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|Great table, Assembly ok, Instructions *SUCK*,
Assembly was very straightforward – it took me about 90 minutes. You definitely need 3 people when you mount the table to the support frame. And if you don’t have a metric ratchet set – get one, even if it’s cheap. I can’t imagine how long it would have taken with just two open end wrenches.
All that being said, it’s a darn good thing I’m an engineer – as the instructions really, really, really leave a lot to be desired. They consist of a number of drawings, with no text. In a few places, it is *NOT* clear which way a part should be installed, and it matters. Furthermore, the hardware package is obviously a “universal” kit. I had an mountain of pocket parts when I was done. Enough that I was certain I’d missed a step in the assembly, forcing me to recheck every step. Truth be known, I probably could have assembled it in less than an hour if the directions had been more clear.
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