The wooden top is very substantial and a great working space. Installation is very straight forward and takes only 30mins to an hour. It takes two hands to 'drop' the table to the wall and no latch to lift it up. I am only able to give it 3 stars because the latch mechanism isn't as safe as other folding work tables I have. To that point if you pull up on the actual table, it's possible for the latch to disengage. This has happened to me, but the top didn't fall because the other side was still latched. But not a safe design.