I absolutely love this table. I am surprised that so many people had issues with it, but it looks like most of it was packaging issues and cracking wood.I had no issues whatsoever. I bought the black one. The top and bottom panels are wood and the sides are made of metal. The flip top seemed a little bit flimsy at first, but I have taken good care of it, so I’ve had no issues with it. Assembly was much easier than I thought, and instructions were easy to follow. There were no cracks in the wood.I haven’t had any issues with the outlets so far. I use it to plug my phone in, and there’s a small divet in the side to put your phone cord through so that your phone cord doesn’t get crushed by the flip top. I also keep my fitbit charger in there, and charge my Fitbit inside the table. I haven’t used the usb much, but they work perfectly.Before you get this table, make sure that the spot you want to put it in is close to a wall with an outlet. Many people forget that to make the outlet work, you kinda have to plug it in. :) When they get it, they’re pretty disappointed that they couldn’t put it in the middle of the living room like they wanted. If that is the case, you could get an extension cord also.The top compartment has SO MUCH SPACE. A lot more space than I thought it would! I put everything in this thing- tv remotes, coasters, tissues, papers, my phone, my tablet- everything.The only downside that I’ve noticed is that it’s obviously a little hard to open the flip top when you have stuff on top of it. So, if I have a cup full of water on the flip top side, a book, and a box of tissues, and I want to open it to grab my tv remote, I have to move all of that stuff to open the table. I wouldn’t classify that as a complaint, but just something I hadn’t really thought about until I started using it.Moral of the story: If you don’t want to have to move stuff just open your table, you’ll have to put the majority of your stuff IN the table, and use the non flip top side to put the few stuff you want on top of the table, like a box of tissues. I guess that’s why there’s so much storage though, right?Let’s not forget the bottom space also. More shelf space to put tissues, bags, bowl of whatever, snacks, whatever you please.Overall, this table is pretty awesome. It’s coventient to be able to store all of my stuff right next to me, and charge my phone on top of that.