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OK then, who's for a bit of compo?  Sound daft as chances are your kid was "messing about" but in its construction the holes should be big enough so that a child cannot get trapped like this.  The general principal that I have come across in reltion to kids is that "no rules/warning are sufficint".  That is to say that every manufacturer etc should take all reasonable steps to ensure that a minor cannot be injured for the use of the object given that a minor might NOT use the object for its intended purpose.  Surely the manufactuer of these tables would envisage that a kid might be tempted to put finger in hole (thats what kids do!!!) and so the hole should be large enough not to cause problem.

Write to table manaufacturers.  Worst off will be cost of a stmap (try and fit in very small very light envelope) and never know they might give you free new table

Mike J

yes they collaspe OH had a bad fall when ours went west and another couple who had seen this managed to get theirs to do the same trick while they laughed

not funny but hillarious

Good job he didn't stick another part of his anatomy in the drain hole !!!!!!! 

Now THAT would have been embarassing !

Strangely enough our cheap plastic table like the ones mentioned survived several holidays in Europe and various picnics all over the place.  So long as the screws were all tight no problems. It did not however, survive even the first night at the recent V festival when borrowed by our teenagers!  Hmmmmm

I might be tempted by the one mentioned above.

Not camping related, but within a matter of weeks of moving house earlier this year our 10 year old daughter got in a baby swing in the local play area and ended up totally wedged. To our embarrasment (but i have to say great amusement) it resulted in the fire brigade turning out; blue light flashing the lot.

Unfortunately my OH didn't have the foresight to grab the camera when the local kids came to get her!

campasarow