Customer Reviews for Outdoor Essentials 72 in. x 28.5 in. x 28.5 in. Premium Picnic Table Kit with Hardware included

Structurally strong, but the lumber is "construction grade," meaning that it has many imperfections, and several of the pieces were warped. I needed a belt sander and lots of wood filler to make the table safe (no splinters), and I used an exterior stain/preservative to make it presentable. The table turned out okay in the end, but next time I'll splurge on a higher-quality product to avoid all that work.

You get what you pay for! There is nothing Premium about this so the name is misleading. That said, I spent a couple of hours with a portable belt sander and a palm sander and made it usable. Some nice stain and it turned out pretty good.

The truth is, for the price I paid, I expected something much better, the wood is useless, it is chipping and comes broken, the screws are not complete either.

The kit is wrapped in cardboard so you can't see the splintered pallet wood scraps used to build this table. The parts that are pre-assembled are attached with dozens of cheap box nails that will never last a year outside. Get yourself a flap sanding wheel with an angle grinder and plan on sanding this rustic mess for a couple hours. Probably a good idea to put in some deck screws to replace the box nails. Because this was on sale, it was cheaper than new wood so I kept it.

A little elbow grease with some boiled Linseed oil to protect it and I rank it up there among the 500 dollar sets.

I could see how some would receive various quality of wood. I feel like I may have gotten lucky! I didn’t have any issue during install. Assembly went together smoothly with no assistance from a helper. Wife picked out a deck stealer color and off we were. Only a one day project, stained and assembled. If you can live with some imperfections (it’s only a picnic table) I think it’s a great purchase.

This picnic table is great and very sturdy. It was easy to assemble, but it you have an elevated work surface that would make it much easier. It did not come with instructions as the box stated, but I was able to find a YouTube video from the company that walked us through all of the steps.

This is a solid product that should last for years. Appreciate the tabletop and benches already assembled, just need to mount it to the legs. Spent half a day sanding - we're in AZ and always in shorts :) Am stain painting it and LOVE it!!

Whomever put the picnick table together messed up!

Is this picnic table perfect, No. But we sanded it and built it and stained it. We love how it turned out and it's great for our outdoor space.

Yes the wood has imperfections but they can be fixed. Also our table measured 71x 27 but close enough. It was delivered assembled too so God bless Home Depot! We’re gonna’ do a little sanding and staining. If you’ve priced wooden picnic tables lately you will appreciate how sturdy and affordable this one is. We love it!

The wood is the messed up garbage no one would buy. Paid for delivery and considering returning, but also lazy.

Proud of myself I built the picnic table my husband who would taken weeks to get to was surprised and had to sit on it make sure it was sturdy. Never underestimate a woman with tools.

The parts were easy to assemble. The table is beautiful and strong.

I believe they make these picnic tables out of the bad lumber that customers toss aside in the stores. I thought this would save me time and money, but I spent hours filling the cracks and holes with wood putty and sanding it before I could paint it. Nails that held the table top and benches together were splitting the wood and some were nailed over the edge of the boards so they protruded out. With the help of my 13 year old daughter, we completely, disassembled the table, rounded the ends of the boards, sanded, spray painted, and varnished to make it look like it was built off giant popsicle sticks. The end result looks great, but next time, I'll hand select the lumber and build one from scratch.

Nice and easy to installation, Just follow instruction. I put wood stain(golden oak color) before assembled. After stained color, It is Much looking better than original wood color.

It was easy to assemble and completely met my expectations. I stained the table with Behr exterior solid stain before assembly.

You can't beat the price of this picnic table, if you can find it. I saw it at my local Home Depot out in front of the store and thought it was a great idea but when I went back the next weekend, they were sold out. I wound up driving an hour to another store just to find one. I was really excited until I opened the package and started putting it together. The wood was of very poor quality with huge cracks. They didn't mention this in the instructions but you will DEFINITELY want to do a really good sanding of the wood prior to putting it together. And you NEED a power sander to do so.

Some pieces had holes that weren’t fully drilled, some planks were a bit crooked, I had to sand some mold, and I stained the wood with Ready Seal Natural Cedar. I used about $15 worth of stain with two coats. Overall it was a fun project that my friend and I completed in a few hours (including the stain curing time). In the end, the picnic table looks and feels great. My whole family loves it. Embrace the imperfections and you will really like this picnic table.

Wood was damaged on both my items very poor material

Looks good after I used red barn paint on it B

For the price it’s passable, but it is very low quality scrap wood, including old id stencil. Raw edges made it hard to assemble solidly. There is nothing “premium” about it.

45 minutes to assemble. 2 days to sand and stain. Total splinter factory. Wood looked like it had been thrown off a building before it was bundled into a kit.

I’m on my way to get new table top boards and seat bench boards to replace. The wood in this kit is utter garbage (hence the price). The base of it is still in great condition which is its only saving grace. All the top boards are terrible- avoid if you can.

Do not be deceived by the product photos. Bought this table kit today. Brought it home and unwrapped it. Most of the wood has splinters and knots. It's like they purposely culled through the lumber yard to find the scrap material to cut and assemble the basic parts. I wasn't expecting fine furniture, but this is ridiculous. Not worth the gas to return it or worth the sealer to weather proof it. I will need to spend time cleaning it up the best I can so we don't get splinters and if it lasts a season or two I will be surprised. Then it goes on the burn pile. And not worth the effort to include photos. Trust me, it's pretty much junk. Should be sold for half the price if that.

Super easy to assemble. Just make sure you have a drill and an assistant.

The wood is very unfinished and knotty. You can tell they’re missing the personal touch. Wish I didn’t purchase this.

Pre-drilled holes were not predrilled - and the construction was such it wasn't possible to even drill them (many nails in the way). It therefore was not possible to construct the table.

Went to store to pick it up and it was already put together saved me the trouble of doing it myself