Blog posts tagged with 'product testing'

Last year, we started making videos where we stressed tables and chairs to the breaking point. We've tested our 6-ft NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Table and our 8-ft NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Table. We've put an 8-ft NES Rectangular Wood Folding Table to the test. This year we hope to test some of our round tables to show just how strong they are. We're also going to be testing some of our competitors' table to see how they stack up against the tables that we offer.

Today we're going to be putting a Lifetime Table to the test. Lifetime manufactures and sells tables, chairs, and a host of other products. We're going to be testing the Lifetime 6-foot commercial plastic folding table and comparing it to our NES Reliable 6-foot Rectangular Plastic Folding Table. On paper, the Lifetime Table looks to be the stronger table as it is rated for 2000 pounds of weight evenly distributed across the top, while our NES Reliable 6-foot Rectangular Plastic Folding Table is only rated for 1000 pounds. However, in a previous stress test, the NES Reliable 6-foot Rectangular Plastic Folding Table managed to hold over 2500 ounds before failing. How will the Lifetime folding table stack up against our 6-foot commercial plastic folding table? Let's find out!

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Well you caught us – we’ve been negligent and completely missed September’s round up of interesting and relevant articles around the blogosphere. We’re sorry – do you forgive us? To make up for it, we have October’s round up for you full of the very best content for the very best readers (you silly ;)).

When meeting with a potential client for the first time, caterers need to get their prospects to talk so that caterers can read between the lines and determine how their prospects feel, learn about their needs and how to best serve them. Maybe they’re more interested in food presentation or in having a certain dish that has importance to them. This article dishes up a number of questions so you can learn what’s important to your prospects and how best to meet their needs. Check out the article over at Catersource Magazine.

The staff you hire can make or break your business when the key to success in the foodservice industry includes outstanding service and top notch food produced. In this article, CRFN asked four industry experts for their views on hiring the best people for your operation. Read the article to learn the secrets that have made their businesses so successful.

With the business climate becoming better every passing day, no longer are event rental companies in a discount death spiral of discounting far or fast enough. Now, many companies are using discounting as a strategic business tool instead of a way to survive. Check out this article from Special Events Magazine to see how other event rental companies are utilizing discounts.

With Fall officially here, it’s time to begin planning your holiday party inventory needs. With holiday parties on the decline over the past few years, BizBash along with Seamless surveyed 1500 event professionals to forecast the state of the corporate holiday party for 2013. Check out this infographic to see the results.

Source: BizBash

Rounding out the month of October was Halloween. To celebrate the season, we took a chainsaw to our wood folding tables to solidify our claim they were solid wood instead of medium density fiberboard with plywood laminated to it. Check out the video in this post to see more.

We hope you have enjoyed this month’s round up of posts. If you ever come across content you think is awesome, we’d love to hear from you - just shoot us an email at info (at) nationaleventsupply.com!

Day 88—September 4, 2013

The last time we looked in on our long-term table test, our 4-foot NES Rectangular Plastic Folding Table was going strong while the top layer of our 4-foot NES Rectangular Wood Folding Table was starting to peel badly. Now that summer is over, we thought it would be a good time to look in on our table test and see what August’s heat and humidity has done to both of the tables. We were really curious to find out if the peeling had progressed on the wood folding table, and whether the weather was starting to deteriorate the plastic table. So after almost 90 days, how are the tables holding up?

As you can see from the picture, the layers of the plywood have continued to separate with the top layer curling and the layer below starting to buckle and form waves. The tabletop continues to discolour from exposure to the elements. However, while the wood deteriorates, the metal hardware on the table has not begun to rust and the powder-coated table legs are still in pretty good condition.

The plastic table is still showing no ill effects from its time out in the elements. One would merely need to wipe the table off and it would be suitable for use at an event. Again, the metal hardware on the table has not taken any damage from the moisture in the air, or the rain storms that we have had.

After the last check in on the tables, I was wondering if we would see more peeling on the top layer of plywood or if it would completely separate as the glue holding the layer together weakens. The top layer has continued to separate, but it is still firmly attached to the table. The buckling of the second layer sort of surprises me. I didn’t expect that we would see deterioration of an inner layer simply because it is somewhat protected by the top layer of plywood.

I’m not surprised by the lack of deterioration of the plastic table-top. I was sure that if anything was going to survive a test of the elements, it was going to be thee plastic top. I am very happy that they metal table-legs on both tables are coming through this test in with flying colours. It will be interesting to see what happens to them as the temperature decreases this fall, and what effect snow will have on the tables.

Our last three stress test videos have focused on our wood and plastic rectangular tables. We've seen how much weight it has taken to overstress a 6-ft rectangular plastic folding table, an 8-ft rectangular plastic folding table, and an 8-ft rectangular wood folding table. Today, we're going to take a look at our NES Reliable Folding Bar Chair. Our folding bar chairs are made of the same material as our NES Reliable Plastic Folding Chairs which we overstressed and endurance tested. Will the NES Reliable Folding Bar Chair be able to hold as much weight as the NES Reliable Plastic Folding Chair? Watch the video and find out!

Image courtesy of Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

We've had an "EXTREME HEAT ALERT" here in Toronto for the past few days, so in honour of the "EXTREME" weather, we've put together this video to show the "EXTREME" strength of our 6-ft NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Table. We've stress tested our 8-ft NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Table back in March, and did a stress test video for our 8-ft NES Rectangular Wood Folding Table back in May. While the 6-ft Table isn't as popular as our 8-ft table, it is a stronger table. The 6-ft NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Table is BIFMA rated for 1000 pounds evenly distributed across the top, tying it with the 5-ft NES Reliable Round Plastic Folding Table for the title of strongest plastic table in our inventory. If you watch the video, you'll quickly discover that NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Tables are commercial grade tables capable of holding an incredible amount of weight!

Now that you've see just how strong our 6-ft NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Tables are, if you have any questions about them or any of our other products, please feel free to contact one of our fantastic sales reps. The 6-ft Rectangular tables are currently in stock in both our Vancouver and Toronto warehouses and are ready to be shipped from coast to coast to meet your needs!

Image courtesy of Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net