Holding the work · review
A folding plastic work table that carries two different Amazon references depending on the country — and two different load ratings on the same page.
The end of it Honest about what it is: a folding support with clamps. Check which reference your store is selling before you compare prices.
Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgments are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
A portable folding work table measuring 910 × 555 × 755 mm (35.8 × 21.9 × 29.7 in), in weatherproof plastic, with a quick-open system Keter states at 30 seconds and two 300 mm (11.8 in) clamps that mount horizontally or vertically. Part number 17182239. The load rating appears twice on the page: 450 kg (992.1 lb) in the title and 453 kg (998.7 lb) in the feature list.
A bench is judged on one thing: whether the workpiece stays where you put it while you apply force to it. Mass resists the force, a flat top gives you a reference, and the vice or clamping system does the gripping. Everything else — storage, wheels, folding — is convenience, and convenience is nearly always bought by giving up one of the first three.
That trade is the whole choice in this category. A listing that publishes a weight and a clamping capacity is telling you more than one that publishes a color.
By that measure this table gives you the clamping and gives up the mass and the flat reference. That is a legitimate trade for anyone whose workshop has to be put away at the end of the day; it just needs to be made knowingly.
Germany sells this under one Amazon reference and Britain, France, Italy and Spain under another. Everywhere else in this group, one product means one reference across every market, and that is what lets us compare prices honestly. Here we cannot be certain the €106 in Germany and the €149 in Italy are quotes on the same table.
We are flagging it rather than averaging over it. If you are comparing across borders, check the product photographs and the dimensions on your own store before assuming the cheaper listing is the same thing.
No such listing: the American Amazon shop answers the reference with a search box rather than a page.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Dimensions | 910 × 555 × 755 mm (35.8 × 21.9 × 29.7 in) |
|---|---|
| Load rating | 450 kg (992.1 lb) in the title, 453 kg (998.7 lb) in the feature list |
| Material | Plastic, weatherproof |
| Clamps | Two 300 mm (11.8 in) clamps, horizontal or vertical |
| Setup | Quick-open system, stated at 30 seconds |
| Part number | 17182239 |
| Amazon reference | DE B0097ESTQM · GB B09BD55LJ7 · FR B09BD55LJ7 · IT B09BD55LJ7 · ES B09BD55LJ7 |
| EAN | 0795186787042 |
The German store sells this product under one reference and the British, French, Italian and Spanish stores under another. That usually means two versions or two packaging generations of the same table. The practical consequence is that the German price and the Italian price are not necessarily quotes on the same item, and this is the only product in this group where that is true.
The listing says both, in different places. 453 kg (998.7 lb) is 1,000 pounds converted, so the two figures are almost certainly the same claim rounded twice. It changes nothing in practice, and it is the kind of internal inconsistency worth noticing on a page you are being asked to trust.
Not well. A plastic top flexes and the whole table is light enough to slide, so hand planing will push it across the floor. It is a support and clamping surface — for cutting, assembly and holding sheet goods — not a joiner's bench.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
7.5/ 10
Honest about what it is: a folding support with clamps. Check which reference your store is selling before you compare prices.
A shared garage or a balcony, where the bench has to disappear between jobs
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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