up until about 3 months ago, my family had a full size table in our house since I was 11. Ours was a 3 pc 1' slate deal. The few times we moved it I was glad it was 3pc. It does take some extra time to level and fill the seams on the 3pc, but way more user friendly. If you have the room for a full size I highly recommend it. It makes you that much better when you do end up playing on a 4x8 table!