| Table Buying Guide |
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| Written by Team JOOLA USA | |
| Wednesday, 23 May 2007 | |
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Which JOOLA table is right for you? JOOLA table tennis tables come in a variety of styles and configurations at various price points. JOOLA’s goal is to provide a quality product for a wide range of customer situations. The individual table descriptions we provided are intended to be helpful in choosing the table that’s right for you, so you should ask the following questions of yourself when weighing your purchase, then compare your answers to the tables we offer. Who will use the table most frequently? If you want a recreational table that the kids will use with neighborhood friends and family, and you don’t have anyone planning to play the sport as a serious tournament competitor, there’s nothing wrong with checking the lower price points and skipping the high end tables. If you’re a serious player, have aspirations to be tournament successful, have a family member who’s being coached or taking lessons, then spending extra money for a tournament quality table will ultimately make you happier. Better $1,000 well spent than $700 you regret! Where will the table be placed? If you live in sunny climes, and see yourself playing the game outside, don’t expect an indoor table to make you happy! Paint will fade, nets will rot, and wood will warp leaving you with a piece of modern sculpture, at best. JOOLA outdoor tables use aluminum tops that are designed for outdoor use and come with weatherized nets. If you only intend to play the sport indoors, a aluminum topped table should only be used when you expect the table to be harshly used. Wooden tops play better and give better satisfaction, we just don’t want you to drag one outdoors. How often is it moved? All JOOLA tables are portable, designed to be moved. It is a piece of sporting goods equipment after all, not a wall or a monument. But the frequency with which it’s moved and the storage space it occupies when not in use should be a factor in your table choice. That’s one reason JOOLA offers so many different configurations. If the table is not going to be moved often, the JOOLA 2000-S is probably your best pick. If the table will be stored between uses, one-piece designs allow the quickest and most trouble-free moving with the least grunting. Where storage space size is a factor, the JOOLA 2000-S is the most slim line condition, both halves fitting into a space that is five feet wide, four feet nine inches tall and six inches wide. One piece and trolley system tables require more height. What about a playback feature? Many ‘department store models’ offer a playback feature, in which one side of the table folds up to form a playback surface. The JOOLA Rollomat is the only JOOLA model designed to allow this. If playback were vital, we’d suggest you find any wall and a ball and racket. The ‘return’ created by a playback feature is not a good learning tool, not like another player, and very unsatisfying. There are also safety issues involved in leaving most tables only halfway set up. If you want a practice partner, and no human is available, we recommend that you invest in a table tennis robot, an item resembling a pitching machine. Many top players have found ‘robot practice’ to be helpful to their game. None of them would do anything but laugh at a ‘playback’ feature. I heard that a one inch thick top is best. Is that true? In general, tables with very thin tops are to be avoided, and in the past, a one inch thick top was a mark of quality and durability. JOOLA has been making tables since 1952, and their tables have been used at the Olympic and World Championship competitions. JOOLA tables with 22mm tops have earned approval by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and praised by the game’s top teams, coaches and athletes. The 22mm thick (about seven/eighths of an inch) surface has very high density compared to many 1 inch tops! Uniform bounce, consistent bounce and durability testing have all shown JOOLA that 22mm tops are of the same quality as one inch thick tops. There is one important difference for these tables. They weigh 10% less when being moved. |
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