The game of beer pong and tailgating are becoming quite a couple lately. I think I read somewhere (I think it was in Tailgater Monthly if I recall correctly) that beer pong is the No. 2 most popular tailgating game, second only to cornhole. So with the growing popularity of the tailgating game it stands to reason there would be an number of companies out there vying for a piece of the beer pong pie. How can you recognize which one is the best for tailgating and not just getting hammered in your uncle’s basement? You turn to us, the tailgating experts, to show you the best on the market.

I recently discovered EZPong Beer Pong tables and found them to be ideal for tailgating. If you are the type of beer pong player that prefers a hard surface beer pong table, EZPong is by far and away the tailgater’s beer pong table.

Like most of the other aluminum portable beer pong tables, EZPong beer pong tables are sturdy, includes a 8′x2′ playing surface and weigh about 22 pounds. So what makes it the ideal tailgating hard top beer pong table? As you can see from the above photo, three main attributes make it the best beer pong table for tailgating specifically.

Start with the way it folds and stows away. Many standard sized beer pong tables fold in half. That means you need to budget for something 4′x2′ to be taking up space in your tailgating vehicle. EZPong Beer Pong tables fold into a 2′x2′ portable case with high quality carrying handles. Less space taken up in your car on the way there leaves more room for more important stuff like, um, let me think….. BEER!

The second feature that I like about this beer pong table is the ping pong ball holder. How many times have you broken out the beer pong table while tailgating and then found out you forgot your box or bag that holds your spare ping pong balls. Kind of hard to play beer pong using rocks and pebbles you find in the parking lot. With the convenient ball holder attached to the bottom of the table, you’ll never worry if you were the one responsible for bringing the beer pong balls. They travel with the table and it holds up to six ping pong balls. That’s more than enough even if you are playing with someone with the worst aim in the world.

The third feature that sets the EZPong Beer Pong table apart from the others is the built-in stainless steel bottle cap opener. No more running around and seeing if someone has a bottle opener on their key chain when it comes time to refill or start a new game. Also, make sure to set up your beer pong table with the bottle opener side pointed at the hot girls tailgating next to you. That way they will notice it and hopefully will come over the next time they need a bottle opened.

Also, for those of you on a budget, EZ Pong offers the Starving Student” beer pong table. The tables are prices significantly lower than the regular tables without sacrificing quality. The only major difference is that the Starving Student beer pong table does not include a bottle opener. But think about this…. If you are really a starving student, you are probably using Natty Light in a can to play beer pong and who needs a bottle opener if that is the case. Other than that, it is pretty much the same. How do they pull it off? Not sure but then again, if it is the same quality as the the other tables, do you really care. It is a beer pong table priced at less than $100.