I have finally let DH talk me into getting DS a Brio train set .. I've been against it because of the cost but his cheapie ikea one is getting so much use and can't really be expanded well enough so I've agreed to add it to his Christmas list.
But then I have decided that I do not want to be taking apart and putting together this intricate train set 10 times a day as we do with his ikea one. So I would like to keep it set up on a train table.
And then I priced train tables

Does anyone have one and think it is actually worth the expense? Did your children get a lot (like a LOT LOT) of use out of it? Was it useful for anything other than a train set?