4 Keys to Buying the Right Table Tennis Conversion Top

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I love how our table tennis conversion top allows us to enjoy more fun in the limited space of our basement rec room. It's fast and easy to implement and it provides the function of having both a billiard table and ping pong table in one room.

Table tennis conversion tops simply fit right on top of your pool or billiard table. With this Info Barrel, I will discuss four key points to consider when you shop for the best table tennis conversion top.

Conversion Tops for Billiard Tables, Yes; Snooker Tables, No

The first step is to preclude you from buying a conversion top for your snooker table. Often times people consider snooker and billiard tables to be identical. This isn't the case.

Snooker tables usually are actually larger than ping pong tables. They're usually about 2 feet longer and 4 inches higher than standard home billiard tables and ping pong tables. You technically may still make conversion tops work despite this size discrepancy, but it may look awkward and feel even more awkward when you're playing.

I generally suggest people with snooker tables instead opt for an easy folding ping pong table.

Measure Twice, Buy Once

The old construction and home improvement adage of measure twice, cut once applies to buying the right table tennis conversion tops as well. While most tables come in standard sizes, not all of them do. So before you invest in a ping pong conversion top, I urge you to make sure you measure your pool table and check its measurements against the available conversion tops.

This might just sound like common sense, but I actually know a few situations where people impatiently skipped this step and regretted it. Something as large as a table tennis top isn't a cheap and easy thing to return.

Don't Go Too Thin

Cheap table tennis tops are prone to warping. For this reason, you want to go a little thicker with your conversion top. So I suggest you aim for a three quarters an inch thickness or more. This will be a little heavier and a little more expensive, but you'll thank me a couple years down the line. Warped ping pong surfaces can really ruin the game and the fun.

Also, thicker surfaces often tend to give you a more sturdy and reliable bounce. The best way to test the bounce will be to drop a ping pong ball straight down from 30 cm. It should bounce straight back up to about 32 cm.

Get It Done All-In-One

You can buy individual table tennis components separately. But I don't understand why you would want to do that unless you already own a majority of the components.

Table tennis conversion kits provide you everything you need to setup your conversion top and start playing right away. You save money and time by buying the kits altogether and it also makes certain everything matches.

So consider these when you shop for the right table tennis conversion top. It's a fun and inexpensive way to step up the fun factor in your rec room so I congratulate you on researching this topic in the first place.