we bought this unit to serve for commercial use at tasting events...and I have to say that the packaging/assembly materials/instructions are amongst the best we've ever encountered (NOT like other big box stores) and it went together securely and precisely.
the top we selected was the steel top, it is heavy enough not to get dinged with light use...but is seems to be
wearing pretty well after several events, a couple of scratches and dings BUT as expected with a metal work surface.
All in all.... I would buy this again AND from this company