Our Little Girl has had the chance to play with different sand and water tables outdoors before. This one works well outside, though we did have to empty one of our sandbags (flood area) since it doesn't come with sand. Ultimately we stuck to using it indoors. We just cleaned it off, and use it as a place to play with kinetic (magic) sand without making a huge mess indoors. Still a possibility for mess, but much better than just playing on a coffee table or the floor. Overall it's a nice product, can't say that it will get a huge amount of use. But at this price, it's a reasonable deal.