Recommendation for best "light weight" table for shows ?

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I need a table for shows and a tent. Tent will be what I can find that is light weight.

Thought you all would know of a good light-weight Table. Something that doesn't weigh a ton but strong enough to hold what most of us showcase.

Costco has this https://www.costco.com/Office-Star-6'-Centerfold-Multipurpose-Table.product.11488588.html for around $69 on line but maybe cheaper in the store.

Walmart has some like it too.

It isn't that I couldn't lift soemthing heavy but with everything else I have to lift.... best to plan ahead :)
TY
 
I am using this one and a 4ft version of that. It's not the lightest thing in the world, but I can manage it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002LUHGO0/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I also got a folding utility cart (I bought mine at a local hardware store). I can't recommend it enough, especially when hauling tables, displays, and 20+ soap "flavors"... and the venue won't let you pull your vehicle up to your spot.
 
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TY, Which Utility cart ? there was one at Big Lots but they didn't have an open box to really look at it.

Oh that table is a good price !
 
TY, Which Utility cart ? there was one at Big Lots but they didn't have an open box to really look at it.

Oh that table is a good price !
Lin, the one that amd posted is almost the same exact one you posted from Costco if not the same. I have one and it works wonderful for me at my shows (I only need the one as a side table, as the shows I do actually provide tables and chairs)
 
My utility cart looks somewhat like this one, but was about half the price. I bought mine at Menards (like a Home Depot/Lowes for those who aren't familiar). Mine folds out both ways like the one on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HOGSOPG/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

BTW: I am not really endorsing the Amazon cart, it just happened to be the first one that Google found that looks like my Menards cart. My work firewall has the Menards website blocked otherwise I would have linked that one specifically.
 
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I have that Costco table (two of them, in fact) that we use for shows. They are NOT lightweight, in my opinion. The product description says it is 35 lbs, and at the end of a long day of selling it feels like 50 lbs. It does fold up nicely and has a built in handle, but if weight is an issue I would look elsewhere. The utility cart idea sounds great!
 
I'm sure you're looking for TRULY lightweight tables. Google search camping tables, you get an entire array of foldable aluminum tables. They can handle quite a bit of weight too
 
The 1st link was the tables and I see they are the same. They are light but as Viore said not at the end of a day LOL I may just get it anyway as I only need 1 table.
I think Camping tables will be too lightweight. I have used those in the past camping and they don't hold up well. But a good thought.
That is not the cart I was thinking about, we call those hand carts up here. The one I saw at Big lots was like this one
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0079P1KH6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I was reading on the Craft Fair Notes thread where others have said that some carts just are not good across bumpy grass area. So I was thinking that a 4 wheel cart would be better. I just need to find out how much weight they can hold.
 
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