Flash Furniture 23.25" Round Aluminum Indoor/Outdoor Bar Height Table with Flip-Up Top, Heavy-Duty Aluminum Flip-Up Top Cocktail Table, Silver

These tables are not "perfect" - but they don't cost $100 either. Their shortcoming of manufacturing, and their assembly instruction shortcomings are easily corrected.I have posted a picture of my thoughts on assembly to this review.As a lifetime builder and career engineer, I found these tables to be fully acceptable.Yes - the "directions" are VERY poor. There are alignment notches/bumps which must be aligned and are not clearly shown. And parts of the drawing are simply wrong. You might want to try my instructions in my picture below - print them as a letter-sized picture. I hope that anyone using them finds my recommended assembly and fix very helpful.In regard to some other negative review comments :There IS a manufacturing shortfall with the part K tilting mechanism - but it is easily fixed with a bit of attention and a flat file. See my instructions.While I agree that the fit quality of the threads is not good - I did not have a stripping problem.The person with a table "getting more wobbly" and the one with the crooked tables probably did not line up the notches/bumps of the K-D-B parts - the fault of very poor instructions. You might try to disassemble and reassemble.The "too short part C rod" person probably threaded the C rod too far into part K - this is again the fault of the poor instructions. I discovered the flaw and had to partially disassemble to correct it. See my solution in my instructions about C to K assembly.Also : Start with the fact that the table IS the size it says it is, don't buy it then expect something else. If you don't want a table that tips, then don't buy one - or just don't tip it - but don't expect that you can throw some part(s) away and still have it work.Printing the attached picture is probably best, but my suggested assembly is as follows :Flash Furniture 2-Foot Round Aluminum Indoor-Outdoor Folding Bar Height Table with BaseThese instructions use the original "names" as of June 2020, including the top as part "B" *NOTE : Before assembly, anyone who has some mechanical skills should verify that part K's latch mechanism works easily every time. Both of my tables needed a little flat-filing to remove casting bumps, and to assure a flat surface on the hook of the latch. With a little filing I found that the latching mechanism would reliably move fully into place, securing the table. Save the bolt - it attaches K to A.General instruction : I recommend that you use a little bit of grease on every thread, especially the feet. This will ease assembly, and will make disassembly or tightening possible later.By far, the easiest way to assemble this table is upside down.Place A upside-down on a soft surface. The picture with K is WRONG (the manufacturer should fix this, and probably rename the parts at the same time *) - You must align parts K and A's bumps and notch !! This will be at 45 degrees, not in line with the top's arms as is shown. Attach K to A using the bolt which was inside K.Dispose of both plastic thread protectors from the C rod with threads on both ends. Then, after spinning an F nut fully onto either end of this rod, thread and tighten this same end tight into the coupler of the other C rod. Then tighten jam-nut F against the coupler.On either end of your now-long C rod, thread an F nut down, but not all the way : leave about 3/8" plus of unused threads. Put on the lock washer L and the flat washer G, then thread the long C rod into K. When the washers and nut touch K, tighten the nut.Now slide the shorter part D tube over the rod, then the coupler part E, then the longer part D - BUT ! You must make sure that the end with the notch will be up - towards where the legs go.Remove and dispose of the shipping bolt holding the weight J to the legs. Assemble legs B onto the rod/tubes of C and D. Note the bump on part B legs - this MUST line up with the notch on part D. Here you have a choice - the tube with the notch can be rotated - this means you can align the legs with any part of the top you like. If you are assembling only one table, I recommend that you align the base-legs and "top-legs" - this will allow a folded table to sit as close to a wall as possible.But if you are assembling many tables, and will need to store them, then you might want to assemble half with the base-legs and "top-legs" in alignment, and half of them at 45 degrees. This will allow for more compact storage with table tops folded.Reinsert the weight into the legs, Install G then L then thread one F down and tighten ( This will be easier if you have a 17mm (or 11/16") socket wrench ). Thread on the other F and tighten.Thread in the four feet. Turn your table over and enjoy !* The manufacturer probably should rename the parts so that their assembly falls into alphabetic order.A=A, B to I, C=C, D to H, E to G, F to D, G to F, H to L, I to K, J=J, K to B, L to E.( The manufacturer should add one flat piece of protective cardboard on the table top side when packing.

This is a sturdy table with easy to adjust legs to make it steady on uneven surfaces. It's taller than many might want at 45 inches per my measurement. I can see why people who are used to step by step instructions with labeled parts would complain about the assembly but it's actually quite easy to assemble if you read through the reviews and follow a few simple suggestions. Since there are so many complaints about the instructions, I've been meaning to write this review for some time but it's been a while so I may not be perfect in the below suggestions.1. The nut and bolt which hold the base weight to the base for shipping purposes is just that - for shipping purposes. My memory is that it has no part in the assembly so add it to your collection or throw it away after you've finished assembly. Just make sure you've finished assembly before discarding it since the parts could have changed so I assembled mine.2. Make sure you have a good 17mm (that's my memory) wrench and, if also available, socket wrench, to finish off tightening as the final step. That will give you a very sturdy table.3. It has very few parts, all of which can be identified by the photos, and the diagrams show where each part (and how many) go. It just takes a little study but not that much since there are so few parts.4. The best suggestion I read was to build upside down. Securely attach the the folding bracket to the table top, then attach the support rod to the bracket, then slide on the support tubes with the middle connector, then the base, then the base weight and then attach it all together with a washer, split washer and two nuts. Note that there is a notch in the bottom tube that fits into a slot in the base that keeps it from rotating. Securely attaching the folding bracket to the table top and then the two nuts to the bottom weight gives a very sturdy table. This is a really good place to use a socket wrench to make it quite tight.5. Note that the middle support rods are not totally screwed together or into the folding bracket or there won't be enough threads left to attach the bottom weight. I didn't realize that until the end of my first time through and had to remove the bottom legs and middle tubes to lengthen the support rods. That took all of an extra couple of minutes.As noted, the table is taller than many might want (45 inches per my measurement) and requires some pretty good engineering skills and the right tools to shorten. We ultimately decided it was too tall and, at the risk of the purchase price, I shortened it five inches, which made it a perfect height for us. I would not recommend doing that unless you're really good at that sort of thing and have the right tools. Even with that, I got lucky and it worked out. The process included (i) removing half of the folding bracket to use as a large washer (the support tubes don't fit flush against the table top so I used a portion of the folding bracket for that purpose), (ii) drilling out the folding bracket so the support rod could screw directly to the table top and (iii) shortening both the support rod and support tubes. Again, I don't recommend trying this. If a 45 inch tall table is too tall for you, I suggest not buying this table. If that height works for you, then this is a great table for the price.