Camp Chef Sherpa Table & Organizer - Portable Aluminum Camping Table for Outdoor Cooking & Gear Storage - Perfect for Camping, Picnics & Backyard BBQs

Pros: It is well made and should last a long time. Initial assembly was not particularly difficult (although you do have to pay attention). The top is nice and sturdy and it is made of metal, which is important when using a hot camp stove. It protects the fabric underneath very well. You can get a ton of stuff into it. The little dividers unzip, so you can have two long shelves instead of four little ones, or even no dividers at all if you want. This is key for larger stuff like cutting boards and so on, which you can squeeze in easily around the four bags it comes with. The little bags that fit into it are also heavy nylon and should last a long time. The idea is that just like you have different drawers in your kitchen, you can have different bags of stuff so everything stays organized. If you want to be super-organized, you can even put little labels on the drawers. It is very clever, because one of the biggest hassles in camping is keeping everything organized and accessible.While it is very handy when you are camping, it is even more handy when you come back. Clean everything up, and then pack this thing back up and store all the camp gear for the next time - all ready to go. There is no more digging in boxes every time you go camping to find this or that, most everything you need can go right back into this for storage. It greatly simplifies the process of packing for car camping trips.Downsides: The interior of the Sherpa is a bit smaller than the external frame that goes around the outside. So if you are really pressed for space in your vehicle, this takes up more cargo volume than the same amount of stuff all crammed into just a cardboard box would. You are sacrificing some packing efficiency in the car for the convenience offered by this. It is a worthwhile trade off, unless you already have great trouble fitting all your camping equipment into the car.The zippers on the little cloth bags aren't great, they can be a little tough to work sometimes. That is something they could improve.The only other problem I have with it is the weird little pouch on the back side to store the folded table top. The top itself is of excellent quality and neatly folds into 1/3rds for storage. But the pouch to hold it is an afterthought. I guess the pouch is to protect it during transit, but it actually probably makes it more vulnerable to damage than if you just left the table top installed on the top of it. That way all the little clips that hold the tabletop ] to the frame (which are plastic) aren't exposed in a way that they could be broken off by jostling in the car or something heavy slamming into the side of it. I do take the top off when the thing is in transit, just to keep the table top from getting all scratched up, but I have to pack it carefully into the car so that the little pouch with the table top clips isn't going to get dinged up by anything.I would also definitely not put this up on the roof rack of the car, both because it is going to be fairly heavy when it is full of stuff, and also because I don't know whether it could survive the wind pressure up there at speed. Although it is well made and the fabric seems very good, I don't think it is quite that sturdy.Obviously, this is so big and heavy it is only really good for car camping or tailgating and such. If you want to schlep this deep into the woods, I suppose you could do that, but it wouldn't be much fun to carry it more than a few hundred yards.I really like that it works as a cookstove top, then kitchen sink top for cleanup, then a good, sturdy table for whatever else you need. It is very versatile, particularly if you are at a site where there is no built-in picnic table. Although I have never done this, you could even lower the legs and turn it into a kind of camp coffee table to sit around for drinks or cards or whatever. I also really like how you can put everything away - if it starts to rain and you need to throw everything back into the car or into a tent, it is ONE thing to move all your kitchen stuff at once, and that is incredibly convenient.