Camping experts- tables for kids to eat at which are best

[MilaMae]

The ones with the seats attached or just plain tables with everybody sitting on camping chairs. With the latter am I just heading for food carnage if we're eating inside, kids are 6,6 and 5?

I have found that with some camp chairs you are sitting too low for comfort...depends what type of chairs you have. At your DC's age I would say the fixed ones are preferable until they get too big, heavy when they can be a bit wobbly, especially on uneven ground.

The ones with seats attached.

Cut down on the washing too as they are close to the table and spill less down their T-shirts

in our experience the ones with the seats attached break very easily. - hasn't happened to us, but to several friends.

we've bought table with benches - the table folds up into the top of the benches, and is very stable. Means benches are close up to the table, and are a reasonable height for children and adults.

is quite pricy - £80, but really worth it - here

Ooooh, I like the look of that, PandaG...seems like a good compromise.

Now that's what I'm toying with but is that table deep enough,looks quite thin to accommodate 5 X plates?

There is the Dijon one too but wondering if it's huge.

How old are your dc Panda?

our DC are 8 and 10 - but we camped at ha;lf term with 3 other families with (between us) 11 children ranging from 3 - 13, who all sat at 3 of those tables pushed together, along with at least a couple of the adults.

You can easily get 3 children on a bench, and we had plates on each side of the table and some bowls of bits down the middle, so I'd say the table def wide enough for 5 plates.

Therte is also this:-

www.outdoorworld.co.uk/royal-aluminium-picnic-bench-set-p-1298.html

Had good reviews for being sturdy at Argos.

Hmmmmm

that one does look much sturdier than the plastic all in ones I have seen collapse.

What I like about the separate benches one is -it is useful at home too, as a spare table when catering for the masses
-it is height adjustable

• you can fit 3 children (or maybe 3 slim adults) on each bench
• I think it is easier to move the separate benches and table inside and out, rather than lugging the whole thing

suppose it depend whether you would use it for anything other than camping?

We have 2 X folding tables at home(soooo should have got a bench set instead of plain tables) we could use but can't get separate benches to go with them. This is making me hesitate slightly on a bench set as we'd have 3X folding tables(dp might just kill me).

Now musing at stools as cheap to go with said folding table but worried about height being correct.

Looked at that table I linked to,is sturdy but thinking the kids would grow out of it.

Liked the way your set had adjustable legs(would be good for uneven ground),mine hasn't got that.

Hmmmmm starting to bore myself now.....