It's a nice little table. Folds up very compact. It's a nice size for a reasonably long Japanese room. I worried that it was too small for real pingpong, but it's fine (I also worried that the surface was not good as another review said, but that's not true in my opinion.). You end up playing shorter, quicker shots than on a full-sized table. Topspin slams are somewhat more difficult to get in, but backspin shots are fine. I'm very pleased with it, and I think lots of Japanese probably underestimate how much they can enjoy a small table like this. Of course, you should get better paddles than the hard-surfaced paddles that come with this set. I loosened up the bolt on one side of the central hinge to get the table flattened, but that's not difficult to do.