Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm a very thorough shopper, reading all the reviews before I buy just about anything. I start reading the bad reviews first, and after reading the bad reviews for this, and other tables from the same company,I was a little nervous. For the most part, however, it looked as if the company would replace the table if anything major was wrong and I was confident in that. I bought the table in September of 2012. Out of the box I was very pleased with it's look and lightness. I was a little worried by the thinness of the foam. I am a Reiki Master Teacher and once a year co-ordinate a 3 day massive demonstration/share. We have sometimes up to 12 people working, on 4 tables, outside for 3 days, giving people an experience of Reiki. We start at 9am and continue to about 5pm. The ground is uneven and the people who come range in size from the petite to the very large. I thought if anything would test a table this event would. Each table sees between 25 and 40 clients a day. This table was set up high as I stand when I work. People had to heave themselves up onto it throughout the day. I have to say that the table performed amazingly. Not a creak, nor crack was to be heard. Clients were comfortable and secure. In my line of work the major stresses on a table are from people getting on and off it, with a little less stress when they flip over. For that table has been great. It has been 4 months now and I have retired my very heavy portable for this much lighter one and am still very pleased with it. I will probably have to patch the bottom of the bag soon as it's showing some ware, but for the price you can't go wrong. I suggest this product to all my students and would happily buy it again. Disclaimer: What I think happens is that this table is made in great bulk and the people who give bad reviews get lemons. Saying this means there is a bit of a gamble in buying. Also I am not a massage therapist which means that I do not add stress to the table by physically manipulating them. I don't add any pressure at all really. This is a beginner's or a throw away table. By that I mean if you are just starting out and don't have the money, or if you just want something that you can throw in the car to make house calls or do demonstrations on, this is your table. I suspect I'll probably get 3 or 4 years from it at least. anything beyond that will be a bonus, but it is light and sturdy and I am very happy with it.