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IKEA's table tops are $9 for 40", $22 for 47", $29 for 59", $47 for 78". The finishes are better than they were long ago too. The metal legs that fit any top are $4 each. If you're not near an IKEA, they ship anything under about 4 feet in length for $9.99 -- you can double up 4 feet table tops to make longer ones.

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Exactly this. I looked into doors as table tops and found them to be more expensive than table top from IKEA. So we went with IKEA

Which is the most durable material for a table that I can select in an IKEA? They offer a variety of materials.

We only buy one top [0], but it holds up well. 4 years and counting and most of them are in fairly good shape.

[0] https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20251139/

We use these at my wife's office, plus the corner pieces. We put them all on legs with wheels and stuck dual lock on the corners. Now she has desks that can be drug around and reconfigured for a pittance.

Though that kind is hollow. They have solid fiberboard but it caps at 59 inches and it's more than double the price.

Ikea's “Gerton” tabletop (90€ / $100. 155×75cm = 61×29.5”) is really, really nice — it uses ≈5cm-wide beech hardwood strips glued together and reinforced across the width with some metal . It works with Bekant legs (if you have a 10mm wood bit and some masking tape handy), which are also available as sit/stand legs (that's 430€ / $350, though. the non-adjustable ones are a lot cheaper.)

The hollow ones are a bargain until you try to attach a clamp on monitor stand or lamp. The clamp crushes the table top as you tighten it.

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