I love this coffee table because I don't have room for a small dining table so now I can sit on my sofa and eat with the table top up. The mechanical lift system is nice smooth and solid, only thing I don't like is that it doesn't lift very high so I have to adjust my knees to fit under it but them I have long legs, and it was not easy to assemble, it would be pretty difficult for someone who's not mechanically inclined, it took me several hours to assemble