The Stiga tables in the US are not the same as the really nice ones you get in Sweden. I think they contract their construction to someone in North America and put the Stiga name on them. The are ok, but the surface has kind of a plastic texture, which is really different from the ones I have played on in Sweden. Pinpongmannen, I think you might not like the US version. These "faux-Stiga" are among the most popular in the US because they are sturdy and inexpensive but the Butterfly tables play better IMHO, they are a little slower, ball bounces a littler higher. You almost never see Donic or Joola tables here, but I have played on them in Europe and they are quite nice. My club has Tibhar smash 28s but I have not seen them much in the US. Great tables. I played on Double Happiness and Double Fish tables in China, they are really really fast tables. It's not that they are bad, but they take getting used to. Actually, Cornilleau tables have some of those same characteristics.