I want to buy a pool table, but can not afford a nice $3,000 slate table. Wal-Mart has nice looking and affordable tables that are made with MDF instead of slate. I know the pool table may not last as long as Slate. But does anyone know how long the MDF one will last if well taken care of? This way I will know if I decide to go the cheap route it will last longer than say a year? lol

Well, it won't play like a slate table out of the box, so in the sense, as soon as you get it, it's trash. If you keep it in your basement, or happen to live in a humid climate, it will likely warp within a few months. A used quality slate table is much better, but even a cheap, crappy, used table with actual slate will be 100 times better than anything with MDF.

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