Tribesigns Round Dining Table

Is the Tribesigns Round Dining Table worth buying?

Yes, for a dining room that can give a 120 cm circle its own clear floor and four people at every meal: the Tribesigns Round Dining Table costs £158.99 and 481 owners rate it 4.6. You get a 30 mm top, the thickest board we came across at this price, sitting on a metal trestle frame rated for 100 kg, which is a table built to stay out rather than fold away.

It is the wrong buy for a tight kitchen or a household that regularly seats six. A 120 cm disc wants 120 cm of clear floor on every side, and it is sized for four. If either of those is your problem, the £115.96 Jocoevol Round Dining Table or the £59.99 VASAGLE Golden Oak Kitchen Table solves it for less money.

What does 11,310 cm2 of tabletop mean in daily use?

A 120 cm circle is 60 cm of radius, and 3.14 x 60 x 60 comes to 11,310 cm2 of usable top. Split four ways that is 2,828 cm2 per person, which is a full place setting with a glass beside it rather than plates nudging each other. Divided by the £158.99 price, it returns 71 cm2 of tabletop for every pound spent.

That 71 cm2 per pound is the figure to weigh up, because the same money spread over a rectangle buys more board. What you get instead is density: a 30 mm top, roughly 1.18 inches, does not flex, drum or bounce when somebody leans on the edge, and the round shape means nobody at the table is talking to the back of a laptop screen.

What comes in the box and how heavy is it?

The box contains the table itself, which measures 120 x 120 x 75 cm, plus an assembly guide, so the chairs are a separate purchase. Parts arrive pre-perforated with picture instructions, which means one person can complete the build without hunting for a second pair of hands.

Moving it is the heavier job: 26.3 kg in a single disc is an awkward lift through a doorway, and it takes two people to turn it over safely during assembly. Once it is standing, a damp cloth followed by a dry one handles everything the tabletop meets, and the non-slip feet keep it steady where the floor is not quite true.

Where does the Tribesigns round table fall short?

At £158.99 it is one of the dearest tables we ranked, and every pound returns 71 cm2 of top against 175 cm2 for the £59.99 VASAGLE Golden Oak Kitchen Table. The £99 difference buys 810 cm2 of extra surface and a board twice as thick, which is worth it only if the circle itself is what you came for.

The footprint is the second cost. A disc of this size asks for 120 cm of clear floor in every direction and will not slide into a corner the way a rectangle will, so a narrow room loses the advantage the round shape is meant to give. And at 26.3 kg it stays where it is put, which is a problem in a room that gets rearranged for Christmas.

How does it compare with the Jocoevol and the VASAGLE?

The Jocoevol Round Dining Table is £43.03 cheaper at £115.96 and gives 8,990 cm2 on a 107 cm circle, so you give up 2,320 cm2 of surface for the saving, with 1,160 owners rating it 4.4. It also carries a shelf under the top, which matters more on a circle than on a rectangle because there is no spare corner to park the condiments.

The VASAGLE Golden Oak Kitchen Table costs £59.99, seats four to six on a 140 x 75 cm rectangle, and returns 175 cm2 for every pound, so it wins on seats and on space per pound while giving up the round shape and the 30 mm board. Take the Tribesigns when four is the permanent number and the room is wide enough for a circle; take the VASAGLE when six turn up and the room is a rectangle.