My daughter has loved this table from day one.  We bought it several months ago, and there has not been a day that she hasn't asked to, "Go play sandbox." We have it on our top deck which gets sun most of the day, and the umbella is wonderful.  It covers all of the play area.  The only cons I have with the table are that the pre-drilled holes for assembly were not predrilled in the one I bought.  I also wish that the umbrella had a clip or something that would keep it from blowing away.  It gets pretty windy our top deck, and it keeps blowing out. One last con is that when the umbrella is not in, my daughter loves to pour sand down the whole that is left. I just put a paper there, but a cover would have been helpful. The pros, however, far out weigh the cons.  I love the cover, I love that it is just the right height for a two year old.  We use it as just a sand table, and we bought the STEP 2 water table to go with it, which I would also recommend.