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Hi, off on our 2nd camping trip next weekend.  On our first trip we bought a small plastic folding table and realised when we arrived at the site that it was way too small for the 4 of us (2 adults, 9 and 6 year old!).  Personally I don't like the look of the square folding aluminium tables, however they are cheap!   What do you all reckon to the all-in-one tables/seats available?   I've been having a look at various websites but would be grateful for some recommendations.

Many thanks,

 Hi,

we inherited a blue plastic folding table/chairs thing from sis in law, think it was Argos, folds into suitcase size, reasonably strong, ideal for kids/teens, but bit iffy for 6' 2" OH! We found safer sitting kids at table and us at either end on stronger camping chairs, height abit different but manageable! 

We take a couple of camping chairs to sit on outside anyway, as the fold-up thing is definately not comfi for relaxing, ok for meals!

 Just had very good buy tho, folding Aluminium table from Argos, 70cm x 70, big enough for our little hibachi bbq, heatproof, rolls into a bag and only £18 odd! Well-chuffed with it! Ideal for food prep or when you don't want to sit on the floor with your disposable bbq!!

Thanks for the replies so far, I can't find the Millets table/chairs on their website either!?! 

Papadore - I know what you mean about comfort (or lack of!), however we have got 4 comfy camping chairs that we would use to sit on after eating our meal - we would just be literally using the table/chairs thing for eating at.  I'm not Kate Moss size, but not Dawn French either so would probably be ok for 20 minutes or so!!  

Fairychops - have you tried out your aluminium table yet?  I'm just concerned it will wobble all over the place being so light, if not then I might go for one of them as that is a good buy!

About 20 minutes ago I found a website with a combi table/chairs thing for only £19.99 (plus delivery charge) but now i've lost it Doh!

Thanks again,

The millets table is out of stock, and the sales guy told me by email that it wasn't going to be back in stock.

I ended up with the argos one that is similar, but £10 dearer.  We didn't really use it to sit at as it was bought as a kitchen worktop, but as the folding all in one bit the dust on our holiday we will try it next time out.

Thank you all for replying.  I've decided to go for a table without seats attached, mainly because they just dont look very comfortable, and we do like to eat quite alot!!   I'm either going to buy the aluminium square table that I've seen in Argos or go for a slightly larger (and more expensive!) table with foldout legs.

Roll on Saturday and some good weather!

Thanks again,