The TRUTH About The Ironside Gaming Table | Hands On Review 

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Great review. I appreciate the spill test and the idea of using magnets!

Thanks for the in depth review. I couldn't find much on this table and this was exactly what I was looking for.

Fantastic review, really well shot and looked at for pretty much every angle people are likely interested in. Great job buddy.

Great review! Thanks!

Great and honest review, thanks a lot for the good work!!

The marketing for this table was pretty bang up and it had me 50/50 till I saw this video. It just isn't very high quality. When you include the price of the topper, accessories and huge shipping - it ends up nearly the same price as an all wood premium table. Cancelling my pledge and going to jump the gun on a custom table. Really appreciate the critical look.

Honeslty speaking the price look amazing but adding few things/shipping and VAT and we are at 1000$. The question is about the quality that a person is aiming, I will prefer to spend 1500$ even 2000$ to have a better quality table instead having a cheap solution. For example now I'm living in a rented appartment and I'm ok with IKEA forniture but if I will move to a property that I own i will for sure take something more quality and possible nicer (althought IKEA has some with a nice style)

Thanks great review and gives me lots of insight and gets me thinking. I have backed but still undecided. Love the size and price with the ability to get adapt it with more accessories. Also not a fan of the idea foam board and the wood inserts (look like rollers) but understand with low price point there are some trade offs needed. I have to say what really disappoints me is when Canadian companies charge more to ship within its own country then others like the USA, I understand Canada is large with much smaller population but still the optics to me aren't great and a turn off that we pay more; also don't love it being in USD for same reason but I guess that is for the most part the common accepted currency so easier.

Love the video thanks? So how did you attach the magnets to the topper? And what sort of magnets did you use?

This table only makes sense to me at its $399 pledge level. It's actually not so bad. But when I start to add the topper and consider a 6x5 configuration with a topper this product becomes less appealing. I dont think anybody believes those dowels are gonna prevent an arm going through the table if a person stretches over and presses down in the wrong place. But its $399, you get what you pay for. I don't have much confidence in rubber stickers holding the toppers in place either. My OCD would always wonder if it's on straight. Not only that, I'd be afraid of the boards coming apart every time I put a hand down or an elbow on the top. All those holes in the metal frame for accessories are nice IF you use them. If you dont use them, you will have them anyway. You can pay to plug them if it bothers you and yeah, the holes and the plugs both kinda bother me. You showed overlap when you put the playmats down so I dont believe them when they say its gonna be seemless. I'll just come right out and say this is not a good deal if you plan on a 6x5 with a topper. Gamefound has a significantly better 4x6 table for practically the same price with the only difference being its shipping cost if you live in the US. It's under $300 difference so its not too bad considering the quality. The table is called The Bristol Wide Large and there's really no contest in my mind. I guess my problem is I read they're offering a $399 table to compete with a $1999 table and I took it literally. I don't see it. This table can quickly become a $1999 table and the only "value", if you wanna call it that, comes into play with its shipping cost. You can argue 5x6 is bigger than 4x6, and that's valid. I only mention it because the 3x5 seems narrow. Maybe 3' is good for you. It's smaller than the table I have now and I dont want to imagine how losing 4 inches will affect my table hogs. If you think having the versatility of multiple tables is a selling point then good. This product might make you happy. I'm not the type to wanna put together and tear down a table on a regular basis. I can see the appeal here though. There's plenty of people looking at this thing on KS who are all about it. If this were a little wider with a better topper and a lower price tag I could suppress my gripes. They've told me none of that is possible. They have thousands of customers as it is. I guess we'll find out if they're happy in a year.

FYI, on an actual spill the FAQ on KS suggests you wait for it to dry(after wiping up the spill) before lifting out the leaves of the topper. In your case you lifted them within seconds of the spill.

this looks like the kind of thing that serves as a great start... then you head to lowes and pick up some lumber to make it really nice. for $400 cant really complain.

I am getting the table...I am getting some magnets! Thanks for the life hack!

Thanks for the helpful review! I did want to say that you shouldn’t talk tons about the wood pieces slipping if you put your own magnets instead of the rubber that comes with it. Your comments don’t apply at all to the finished product backers will receive.

I AM SO GLAD that I canceled on this and late pledged the Game Topper. I have no idea why I didn't look more closely at the the 3.5 Campaign when it came out. Luckily their late pledge is still open. I can't understand why anyone would pick this over the Game Topper. I'm only spending $500 more to the total cost than what I would have spent on this table plus I'm getting a bigger table that's usable in two sizes, portable, lots of accessories.

Tbh I will probably use a piece of plywood cut to fit tight instead of the rods and boards. Throw the mat on top of that or upholster some foam and speed cloth to the plywood.

Thanks for the review. Minimum shipping is near half the price to back it. This combined with the poor quality and ascetics make it a no go for me.

That foam board was (and still is) my biggest concern. Do you think it could be swapped out for some plywood to make the playing surface feel more substantial?

Great review! Pretty obvious fix for the vault floor is a couple of pieces of hardboard (cheap, and they’ll cut it for you at most DIY stores) with pine 1x2s attached to the backs with carpet tape. The 1x2s will take the pace of the dowel rods and hold the weight and stiffen the hardboard. I’d strongly consider using more of the hardboard sheet (or some nice wood trim) to make arm rests, spray painted and stuck on with magnets. These could be moved to the sides when the top is on.

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Great review.. don’t think this table is worth the money they are charging. Plus shipping is very high. I also don’t like the look of the table. It looks cheap they even charge for the plastic plugs for the holes on the sides of the table. The base of the table with foam board and mat just looks bad.