Table Tennis Cover Central

If you are planning to buy, or have already bought, a table tennis set for your home, you will probably want to consider buying a cover to protect the table when it is not in use. For tables that fold vertically in half, there are numerous covers available on the market that will protect it from dust, dirt, and knicks (if inside) as well as weather and sun damage (if outside).

As with all table tennis supplies, there are numerous choices of brands from which you may choose when buying your table tennis cover. We’ll look at a few and give you an overview of the brand as well as the covers it offers.

One of the most popular brands for all table tennis gear is a company called Stiga. Stiga is a Swedish company that now sells premier equipment for competitive and at home play all over the world. This includes not only tables, paddles, balls and the very useful pingpong ball machine, but of course table tennis covers as well. Stiga sells a table cover that is indoor use but that covers a table that is either folded (vertical) or unfolded (horizontal, just like how you play on it).

Another global leader in table tennis supplies and accessories is a company called Butterfly. Their primary North American distributer is Martin Kipatrick. The Kilpatrick/Butterfly partnership offers a stylish black table tennis cover with the pink Butterfly logo and nylon handles. It is measured to fit most tables for at home play.

These are the two leaders in ping pong table covers, but there are a number of other brands that offer their own covers as well. Killerspin and Ketler are good options to look into, as well.

When buying a cover, you’ll want to choose between quality and durability (depending on how long you want it to last, and how much wear and tear you expect it to get). You’ll also need to decide if you want it to work outdoors as well.

For pricing, you can expect to spend anywhere from $20 to $70 for most of the brands discussed above, depending on where you purchase it.

No matter how much you spend, a cover at all is better than no cover, as it ensures more safety for your table when it is not in use.

Having a table tennis set in your home is a really great way to have access to a fun and affordable family game that doesn’t have to take up too much space. Of course, traditional table tennis sets involved a large stationary table that could only be stored away by folding the legs down, as with a folding card table. This makes storage easy, but the process of folding and unfolding these tables is a burdensome one.

With the advent of fold up tables on wheels, at home table tennis became even easier to play. Most tables available for purchase on the market today feature a single solid base with wheels, and are easily folded and wheeled away. No more turning the table on its side to stow the legs away: simple push the ends down and the middle up, and wheel your table tennis game to the side of the room, so it only takes up space when you actually want to use it (which you can easily do with very little hassle at all).

This is where table tennis covers come in. Say you store your table tennis set away and use it just once a week, or maybe even less when life gets busy with other activities. While modern tables are easy to store against a wall, it’s also easy for them to get bumped and scratched. After all, it’s the playing surface that is exposed. A dent or nick that wouldn’t matter as much on another table can really mess up a game of ping pong, which is why it’s important to buy a table tennis cover to keep this from happening.

Covers are available to fit most size ping pong tables when they are folded in half vertically for storage. However, there are also covers designed for a table that is unfolded. Say you have plenty of space and don’t need to fold and store your table, but you still want to keep it clean and protected when it is not in use. Your best option is to find a table tennis cover that fits both folded and unfolded tables.

Protecting the table is the best way to ensure that you can enjoy this great game for years to come!

If you have a table tennis table, you’ll probably want to get a cover for it. This isn’t absolutely necessary, but since you have already spent money on the table itself, it is certainly a good idea to keep the table in good shape so it lasts you a long, long time.

Traditionally, there was no such thing as a table tennis cover. In fact, the game has its roots in 19th century Victorian England, where it was invented as a way to bring tennis to the indoors (and make it, of course, small enough to play on a standard table).

People would take books from a shelf and line them up vertically to create a net. They would tear the lid off of a cigar box to serve as the paddle. And for the ball, they would use a ball of string or, even more creatively, the round end of the cork that closed a bottle of champagne.

Of course, as they game became more popular, official equipment was manufactured and sold. Table tennis spread across Europe and across the ocean. It is now most popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan, but there are casual and competitive leagues in many countries and continents.

With at home play came the development of the folding table, which instead of coming as two tables that align to make a whole playing surface, is a table that folds in half and is easily wheeled to the side of the room. This allows people to save space by only having the ping pong table unfolded when they want to use it.

This is why a table tennis cover is now necessary. Folded tables are easily dented by other furniture, children’s toys, and other every day bumps and dents. To protect them, a table tennis cover is designed to fit over a folded table (or an unfolded table, and some covers will actually work for both).

This is a simple and relatively inexpensive way of ensuring the good condition of the purchase, allowing you and your family to play this game for years on end without ever needing to buy a new table.