Best Choice Products 2-in-1 Transforming Interchangeable Outdoor Wooden Picnic Table Garden Bench for Backyard, Porch, Patio, Deck w/Umbrella Hole - Natural

It gets a five because of quality. Nice and very solid! What customers should know is that...In addition to the ratchet and Phillips head screwdriver? You also need a drill. The reason for this is that some of the holes were not previously started by the company and you had to drill into the wood where you thought was the right place. The directions were kind of vague, so they left some "figuring out" to the customer.

Quite a high quality product for the price. Instructions were not the most clear but it’s good enough to get you through. I would take my time putting this together so the conversion mechanism works correctly. After assembling it I applied a varnish/sealant to protect it from the elements.

The media could not be loaded. Looks great and works well. We did stain it for added protection. In total it took about 2 hours to put together. Worth the money in my opinion and it came on time!

Like it. The only problem is when u make it into a table and it's only 2 skinny planks on ur butt it eventually hurts and becomes uncomfortable. I got some custom made cushions on Amazon fitting the size of the benches to help with that but it was pricey.

I love it!

Perfect bench transformer in my small townhome. Better and stronger than those plastic ones in QVC

This picnic table we had for one season so far. I used Minwax Helsman. And I love the color. It is a very good sealant and protector. You can’t sand the table due to the fact it will remove the stain color. So I just sanded lightly the bad areas which were very minimal. I put 3 coats on the top of horizontal parts that will be mostly hit by UV and where standing water would lie. All other parts I put two. Using steel wool in between coats. Perfect sheen!Assembly instructions were ok. But a few pointers. The tops of benches must be flush to the outer (L & R) edges of the bench seat frames! Make sure you pay attention how bolts go in and I keep it uniform. I used a countersink bit before putting the wood screws in. Took only an extra couple minutes to do that and I recommend doin this.One issue I had was the handles I noticed other reviewers stating the handles breaking. Well they might need adjusting. I found out when moving to the ‘bench’ that the wood handles would be squeezed too much allowing the legs to be raised about 1/2” off of ground so when one would sit on bench it would put too much pressure on the bolt in the handle and basically split it two. So pay attention to what needs to be sanded down. I took off about 1/8” with a belt sander in the right area of both handles. The legs were now able to touch the ground so when I sat on it, not too much pressure on the bolt that is holding the handle.I recommend this table!!

I am very happy with the purchase.