Have any of you removed the annoying Laguna table and just trays for eating or watching iPad's etc?

CCC

Open to any ideas. It is just a pain to move.

JP2558

Ours is in the attic. Too heavy, and too finicky when installing. We leave our bed made all year round, and outside it's not practical for our needs.

VictoriaP

The first two years of ownership, the Lagun sat in a storage bin at home. I have a tray with handles that I use as a side table/cupholder/nightstand. I eat holding my bowl or plate in my hands or lap, exactly as I’ve done at home for years. (My dining table really needs to be donated to someone who will actually use the silly thing.)

This spring, I added a second mount near the door, and put the Lagun over one end of the dinette, to use as extra counter space (which was a big help) and as something of a coffee bar area while in camp. This works well for me because I’ll literally never use it as a dining table, and because I’m solo, losing one end of the dinette is no big deal. 

Marceline

My 2013 T@B came with an even worse table. I thought about installing a Lagun, but I have a folding aluminum table that I can use indoors or outdoors. 
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Slackers

If the bed is deployed we use a serving tray as a platform for food/drinks/etc.  We haven't removed the Lagun table because we often use it outside when at the campsite.  I have a someday project to replace the Lagun table surface with a lighter 3/4th inch wood or laminate top. 

mntrails

I made a replacement top 1/2 the size.  Serves well to eat on and as a stand for a laptop or book but swings well enough out of the way that its not bothersome.  

MuttonChops

It is always interesting to hear/read other folks views on features of a product.
While I would agree the Lagun Table in my 2018 is not ideal in all aspects . . .
I really do like it

Yoshi_TAB

Hi,  When we get to a site, one of the first things we do is set up the Lagun table outside.  It is stowed in TV.  We really like it outside for cooking (near an outlet) and a coffee station.  In addition to using gas stoves, we have a single burner hotplate we use a lot and for longer trips a pannini press (when on shore power).  

I made a lighter table top with drop leaf sides for the inside.  It's the same size as the lagun table, but becomes much narrower with the drop leaf sides down.  I bought a second set of lagun hardware.  After dinner, we place it outside the tab door  (if we eat inside) and in the morning, bring it inside for coffee or breakfast (again if the weather is lousy or cold).  If it's raining or I'm too lazy to take it outside at night, I just stand it up in front of the the passenger side bed before going to sleep. We just did this routine everyday for a recent 8 week trip.  We did not find it a hassle or a pain.  But everyone is different.

Good luck and happy table top...

pthomas745

I used to just sit the table top on the driver's side bench, with the "stub" of the table in one of the gaps between the cushions.  Kind of a night table setup.  I recently did the "move the table to the passenger bench" side of the trailer and it is excellent.  Can be used as extra counter space for the kitchen, etc.

Sharon_is_SAM

We used it only a few times inside.  The outside mount is awkward with our tent set up.  We travel with the bed deployed.  If we need to sit inside in cold weather, we break down the bed and use our home made, wide bed slats as a place for drinks and plates as needed.  

webers3

I do not find it annoying, I like it quite a lot, I think it’s versatile and works quite well in the small space of our 320. Not sure what would work better without adding another piece of furniture to have to carry. 

SLJ

I added a second mount near the door on my 2021. Use it as more kitchen counter space, a table by the door to set thing on that I can reach from outside without entering, and it makes a great headboard at night (fits vertically in the post) and is out of the way.

CCC

Marceline said:

My 2013 T@B came with an even worse table. I thought about installing a Lagun, but I have a folding aluminum table that I can use indoors or outdoors. 
https://amzn.to/3as75Yw

I have the same one. Didn't think about using it inside that might be the ticket. Would be so much easier to move. Tempted to ditch the laguna and get another of those.

Marceline

Slackers said:

If the bed is deployed we use a serving tray as a platform for food/drinks/etc.  We haven't removed the Lagun table because we often use it outside when at the campsite.  I have a someday project to replace the Lagun table surface with a lighter 3/4th inch wood or laminate top. 

If you like to use it outside, as long as you're going to the effort to make a new top, I would make it out of something weatherproof like Starboard. Or maybe use the top from an aluminum camp table. 

Denny16

A a good quality marine or Baltic Birch plywood properly sealed on the edges and top/bottom surfaces will hold up fine to occasional wet weather.  I made a Lagun table top from a 12”x16” mahogany 3/4” board I had left from a boat project.  This would also,work, with a good varnish or Urathane finish on it.
 Cheers 

Slackers

Thanks @Marceline and @Denny16 for the ideas.  Yes, it would only need to hold up against occasional wet/humid conditions, but I think the look should approximate that of the rest of the camper.

Denny16

If you use Baltic Birch and stain it gray, it would match some ofmthenTaB’s woodwork or interior color scheme.
 Cheers 

ScottG

The evolution of attitudes is funny. My T@B (2015) came with a clunky table that you would raise for dining and lower to provide support for the bed. It was almost universally hated, and a popular mod was to ditch the table and install simple slats for the bed. Many owners also purchased and installed the much heralded Lagun table themselves. Eventually, nuCamp transitioned from the cumbersome "elevator" table to the Lagun and and slat combo.

Slick as it was, I always thought futzing with and storing the Lagun would be annoying, so never installed one. In the rare event that I need a surface in the seating area, a few carefully placed bed slats make a passable coffee table. YMMV!

Slackers

@ScottG the use of bed slats for a table would be more effective if that glass were half full.  

KimmieGuy

I use the table for outdoor use only.  I have learned though that it does not like water particularly.  It’s a little warped on one edge.  I love it outside mounted for the radio and the phones, since the plug is real close for charging.  

Mickerly

I guess we're strange. We made a larger table, 20x36in. It stays outdoors mostly. 6 coats of polyurathane, makes it water proof. It is longer than stock and the mount is off center. This makes it reach back to the kitchen (320CS). All the way up and it's even with the kitchen countertop and down for eating.

rcarlson1957

Have both the inside mount and an outside mount. Usually cook outside and eat outside. If not, we use small trays on the split twin beds. The original table was just too big for us. I made smaller surfboard style tables and found we rarely used them. Find it easier to use a GCI Folding Camp Kitchen outside and just small trays inside. 

Michigan_Mike

I had an inside mount and installed an outside mount for the table in my former 2015 320 T@B.  A friend made a nice table top and we enjoyed it outside as it was like having your own cafe and dining area.  Add in a small Bluetooth speaker and the atmosphere was complete.  I took the mounting post in to a machine shop and had them drill a hole to allow the table to be mounted lower.  It was a better product than the clunky table frame and table that use to com

homerd

On our trip to Alaska I wish I would have left it at home. Seemed to always be in the way, but when needed was nice to make and set adult drinks on. Next trip I will leave at home along with the side velcro attached cushions!

WayneW

We like our Lagun table. I might make a new top out of some nice wood this winter but all in all, we like it. It always stays inside. We set up an outdoor kitchen on an aluminum table where the outside mount is. 

We sleep in the twin bed configuration so we never have to take it down. We put it right in the middle and use it as a nightstand. I did change the mount under the table so it’s off center front to back. That way it sits a bit farther back at night (more room to get up at night). Conversely, we rotate it the other way when we use it for eating and it comes out farther, more centered over the cushions. 

AnOldUR

We don't leave home without it.

MarkAl

We year round camp with the trailer (rain and cold) I can't envision cooking inside w/o the extra shelf. Additionally we don't want to deal with storing separate trays. However I also find putting it away for travel and night use is annoying. I have the @SLJ mount in mind for storing and head/foot board. BTW we also offset the table like @WayneW. We love this change as it makes better use of the night stand application but beware it promotes some additional swinging to position it well. We rented a T@B with the old style boat anchor table - THAT I would have tossed!

Maxcamp

If you don't mind the look, saw 1/2 inch off one end, sand flush and bullnose with a router.  It will then fit standing on long edge  between the two bed seats.   Or I made a new baltic birch ply top for ours. 
Travel : leave the post vertical, swing arm vertical, bungee together. 
Sleeping :  lay post on floor and stand table on edge under bed.

MarkAl

@Maxcamp8 not sure, do you mean block the hot air vents on the bottom or ? pic? We only pull our slats 1/2 way with a split cushion to allow walking space between beds so it can't fit on the floor.

rcarlson1957

Our 2018 came with indoor one and I installed extra mount outside by outlet when bought camper...even made surfboard tops for both of them. But find it's easier to use trays inside and folding GCI table outside. Makes life simpler for us. 

Maxcamp

pics

TRAVEL.   Three-piece foam topper and bedding not shown.  Post makes a good bump stop for them and the loose plywood bed insert which gets wedged in with foam.  


SLEEP.  AC vent works just fine.


SLEEPING


CARRY