Plum Surfside Wooden Sand and Water Picnic Table

My 2 year old grandson loves this sand pit and, when the lid is on, uses it as a table to eat or play on.Sadly, the water section is only a bag, which is attached with screws making it difficult to empty and clean, and the sand section is lined with a piece of black fabric, which isn’t attached and is easily removed. Without the liner, the sand, when dry, falls between the planks. A couple of sturdy trays would be much more practical for cleaning and storage.

Item arrived with one part damaged. Waiting for part to arrive from PLUM direct seeing as marketplace seller REFUSED to help despite paying a lot of money for this item.Actual item is sturdy (have managed to get it up but making sure not to use the side that is broken), holds a lot of water & sand, my girls love it (age 5 & 12). The only slight disadvantage is there is no easy way to 'tip' the water out as the part that holds the water is screwed in. Kids playing ends up with sand in the water so trying to clean this was awkward.Overall would reccomend highly, and PLUM customer services were fab. Much better value that plastic water/sand pits, can be kept up & used as a picnic bench.

Not easy to assemble at all. Luckily we had a drill so had to drill new holes for each part practically. Everything else was pretty straight forward. The only down fall is that my water bit leaks. So every time my son wants to play I have to keep filling it up. Which is a pain. It is gorgeous though

Our children (4 & 3) absolutely love this table. There's plenty of room for up to 4 children to play comfortably and it's ideal that it converts to a picnic bench. The table lid protects the sand and water from the elements (and cats!) and it was easier than I'd expected to assemble. My one gripe is that the compartments for the sand and water are not removable so emptying the containers is tricky. I would have preferred a couple of proper trays that could be lifted out for cleaning. But overall we're really pleased with the purchase. It's so nice to have a decent looking piece of children's furniture instead of plastic, and the kids are happy which is what really matters after all.

This is overall a great table. The self assembly did take a while, and I advise having an electronic screw driver, but it is sturdy once put up.The big drawback though is that there is no way of draining the water side, so it's really hard to clean it out properly. I wish I hadn't fitted the waterproof bit, and just got another cloth and made both sides have sand in.

Great look, and design. My son loves it, and it is a good height for him (2 years old) to stand and sit.Only had it for 2 days but good quality from what I can see, hopefully it holds up to the lovely rainy weather we have currently...It could do with a supporting piece of wood across the width under the sandpit, and water tray (from plum logo to the other plum logo) as it is not as sturdy as I would have hoped when I rocked it to test its strength.One other point to make is that a few screws were missing which fortunately for me could be replaced using what I already had at home, plus sourcing from eBay. The missing ones became apparent when I had pretty much finished building it, so the the thought of dismantling for a refund was not an option!Plenty of other spare screws, for the other ones however!

Lovely little picnic table that doubles up as a sand water play table. We had issues with water section lining (it leaked) however after contacting the seller they sent the replacement so the after sales care is great !I think containers for sand and water would be better and cleaner like I’ve seen on some other brands. Good item nonetheless (wear and tear to show its true quality in due course)

UPDATED REVIEW: I bought this in March 2014 and whilst we were pleased with it at the time (despite sone design flaws) I am sad to say it has only lasted us just over 2 years with not-very-heavy usage. One of the wooden side panels of the sand tray has split quite badly so it's unstable and will likely collapse if used and a base panel of the tray has warped so the sand is dribbling out. Not great - do we get it fixed or chuck it? Replace it? But would our boys get that much more use out of it (aged 3 and 6) - it would have been nice to last 5 years, especially for the price. What a shame as we loved it.OLD REVIEW: Kids love sitting at it for picnic lunches and playdates. However, the amount of sand/water you can put in it is quite small and there is a tendency for kids to chuck sand into the water which mucks it up a lot. The water is also then impossible to drain easily if you want to change it.An improvement would be a plastic water tray/bowl made to the size of the area (although this would add to cost, I know). In the end I took the plastic sheet out (hubby was gutted as it took him ages to screw this in!),found some more mesh fabric and filled them both with sand.