Product Buying Guides

We have over a dozen buying guides for rec room products around the Rec Room Guide site. I want to keep a master list of them for quick reference for new site visitors, as well as regulars.

Air hockey tables buying guide
Bar stools buying guide
Ceiling fans buying guide
Dart boards buying guide
Foosball tables buying guide
Home bars buying guide
Home theater seating buying guide
Leather home theater seating buying guide
Neon signs buying guide
Poker chips buying guide
Poker tables buying guide
Pool tables buying guide
Popcorn machines buying guide

We’ll update this list as we add more guides to the site.

Pool Table Lighting Height

Pool table lighting has significant effect on your and your opponent’s game—particularly if you are a precision pool shooter. When you’re determining how to come at that stripe or solid ball, you’re relying on the angles of the light on the balls. Poor lighting height will mess with the appearance of these angles, which means you might be considerably off when you hit your shot. Read the story »

Foosball Tables Buying Guide

Mama Boucher always said, “Foosball? Buncha overgrown monsters man-handlin’ each other… ‘Member when dat man wanted you to play foosball, Bobby?” (The Waterboy). I don’t know how that movie quote is relevant to this buying guide in the slightest, but it does mention foosball. But, I digress. Read the story »

Air Hockey Table Buying Guide

For some reason, air hockey tables and their popularity have waned over the years. Ping pong tables and foosball tables have become the more common in fixture in game rooms, leaving air hockey tables to die and only be found in old, worn down arcades near the beach. Read the story »

Stocking Home Bars

In addition to your cheapskate friends, you need to keep your home bar stocked with the following items. It may also be a good idea to add a tip jar to help recoup some of your costs. Read the story »

Home Theater Seating

Before you buy that piece of furniture for your home theater, it’s really important to take many things into consideration. In fact, there are six things you absolutely must think about before going ahead with any home theater seating purchase. Read the story »

Inviting Game Rooms

Follow these steps to create a game room that is inviting to all your friends, as well as families. Read the story »

Home Bar Styles

There are a variety of home bar styles for your recreational room that you can choose from. The question is simply what bar fits your persona the best. Do you want to have the image of Gilligan with a tropical themed home bar or James Bond with a sleek, modern theme? Read the story »

Poker Chips Buying Guide

If life were simple, there would only be one type of poker chips and it wouldn’t be so hard to decide what poker chip to buy for your frequent poker games with your buddies. But there are actually three different kinds of poker chips you can choose from, and each have their advantages. Read the story »

Round NCAA Pub Tables

There is a simple math equation that we like here in South Carolina. It goes like:

Steve Spurrier > Tommy Bowden

These college pub tables rock. They’re built by Olympia and come with a laminated top, a black outer trim and a sturdy black base. The laminated top doesn’t leave any fingerprints and protects the logo from gunk, which is ideal for those that find cleaning less than exciting.

The dimensions are as follows:

• Frame Style: Metal
• Table Height: 40 inches
• Table Diameter: 24 inches

The NCAA pub tables are available in almost all colleges. So unless you’re a fan of the North Dakota Big Truckers (real school?) you’ll be able to find a pub table with your favorite school’s logo. Although, as a South Carolina Gamecock fan, I’d suggest not buying (or liking) the following

Florida Gators Pub Table
Georgia Bulldogs
University of Southern California Trojans
West Virginia Mountaineers
Clemson Tigers
Ohio State Buckeyes

But of course, that’s entirely up to you.

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