How to choose a massage table?

How to choose a massage table?
You need to take her shop[ping with you - not as exciting as a surprise but infinitely better. She needs to try each table - putting it together and folding it back up and carry each preferable up at least one flight of stairs - this is the only way to find what combination of weight or stability she needs.

The two desires of stability and load verses weight is a choice only she can make
My sister is a massage student and I want to get her a massage table as her birthday present. But I see that massage tables come in different sizes, colors, shapes, and with different accessories. I don't know what kind table should I choose. Are there any basic rules to follow?

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