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Teak vs acacia garden table for a wet British winter

Updated: October 2026

You are replacing a garden table that spent last winter under a wet cover, and you want the next one to face October to March without a chore you will drop in November. A teak vs acacia garden table is that choice: leave teak to silver, or take acacia only if you will oil it and cover or store it. The seven listings are in the [wooden garden table comparison](/hub/garden-furniture/wooden-garden-table). The Products Compared editorial team read those amazon.co.uk pages and public UK care guides on 15 October 2026. We did not weather a table outdoors. A qualifying purchase through our links can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are replacing a garden table that spent last winter under a wet cover, and you want the next one to face October to March without a chore you will drop in November.

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Furinno Furinno Tioman square

Best overall

Furinno Furinno Tioman square
6.1/10about £45.75
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GiantexUK GiantexUK 170 cm dining table

Rank 2

GiantexUK GiantexUK 170 cm dining table
3.9/10about £120.99
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Utoplike Utoplike two-tier side table

Rank 3

Utoplike Utoplike two-tier side table
5.9/10about £46.90
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On this page
  1. 1.Two hardwoods, and two names that are not
  2. 2.Teak in a British winter
  3. 3.Acacia if you will look after it
  4. 4.Which table in this set is which

Two hardwoods, and two names that are not

Teak and acacia are the two hardwoods in this decision. Ideal Home treats teak as the outdoor benchmark, and groups acacia with eucalyptus as a cheaper timber that usually wants a yearly preservative and storage under cover. The finish field is where meranti and bamboo borrow the word teak. The Furinno square names meranti in the bullets and teak in another field. Momleix is bamboo. Read the material bullets before the finish field.

Teak in a British winter

The Royal Horticultural Society say untreated teak silvers and can stay outside if the feet are not standing in water, and that good teak can last with no treatment. Jati say the wood stays sound as it greys, and they advise against teak oil because of mildew. Acacia is absent from the RHS list of oily hardwoods that can stay out, so the leave-it-out line stays with teak. The plantation teak among these seven is a varnished side table, a different finish from that bare timber.
Furinno Furinno Tioman square

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Furinno Furinno Tioman square
6.1/10about £45.75
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Acacia if you will look after it

Acacia is the hardwood you take when you will do the winter work. Kingsley Smythe tell a UK buyer to cover or store it through the wet months, and they sell teak, so weigh that interest as you read them. Garden Trading asks for oil once or twice a year after the factory coat fades, and warns that a cover left on for a long time can cause mould. Choose acacia if you will do that work from October to March, and skip it if you will not. The sequence is on the how to oil a wooden garden table page.

Which table in this set is which

In this set the teak is the Utoplike side table, plantation teak under varnish. Both GiantexUK tables are acacia. The 170 cm table has size lines of 170 × 90 × 75 cm and 170 × 170 × 75 cm, recommends wax oil, and says avoid prolonged rain. The folding bistro has oil advised and not included. If you will not oil or store the timber, you are closer to teak left to silver. If you will, the acacia pair are the dining hardwood here. Furinno stays meranti and Momleix stays bamboo. A bare dining teak is absent from these seven.

Common questions

Which lasts longer outside in the UK, teak or acacia?
The guides used here give no year count, so there is no service life to quote. The Royal Horticultural Society say good untreated teak can last with no treatment when the feet stay out of standing water. Ideal Home and Kingsley Smythe put the extra winter work on acacia: oil or a preservative, plus a cover or storage.
Can I leave acacia out all winter if I do not oil it?
Garden Trading ask for oil once or twice a year after the factory coat fades. Kingsley Smythe tell you to cover or store acacia through the wet months. A cover sealed onto damp wood can cause mould. If you will neither oil the table nor store it, acacia is the wrong side of this choice.
Will teak go grey, and does that mean it is failing?
Untreated teak turns a silver grey, and the Royal Horticultural Society treat that as normal weathering when the feet are out of standing water. Jati say the timber stays sound as it greys, and they advise against teak oil. You still wash the table and keep the feet dry. The Utoplike side table is varnished, so its care line is a damp cloth.
Is a teak-oil finish on meranti the same as teak?
Teak oil names a coating, and meranti is another timber. e-wood's note on dark red meranti treats it as distinct from teak, and as a weaker timber if you leave it untreated outdoors. The Furinno square table and the coffee table name meranti in the bullets while another field says teak. Use the material line as the species.
The Utoplike table says plantation teak and varnish. Which advice applies?
Plantation teak is the species, and varnish is the finish, so both apply. Follow the listing's damp-cloth care rather than a bare-wood argument about oil. At 33 × 40.5 × 44.5 cm and about 3.75 kg, it is a side table. It stands apart from an untreated dining teak at about £175.
I will not oil anything. Which way do I lean?
Lean towards teak you will leave to silver, with the feet out of standing water. Acacia sources ask for oil and for a cover or winter storage, so that timber assumes a job you have ruled out. The teak in this set is the varnished Utoplike side table, and a dining top you will neither oil nor store is absent from these seven listings.
Does FSC mean the wood is more weatherproof?
An FSC mark is silent on whether a table will cope with a wet British winter. FSC UK explain that the claim helps the due diligence of the business that first places timber on the Great Britain market. None of the seven listings showed an FSC claim in the fields captured on 15 October 2026.

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Sources

Public UK sources used for standards, care and consumer rights. amazon.co.uk listings supply prices, stars and review counts. Prices checked 15 October 2026.

  1. BS EN 581-3:2026 outdoor tables (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  2. General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (Great Britain) (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  3. GOV.UK product safety advice for businesses (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  4. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 19 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  5. RHS: maintaining garden seats and tables (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  6. Ideal Home: wooden garden furniture (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  7. Garden Trading: acacia wood care (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  8. Plia: choosing a garden parasol base (retrieved 15 October 2026)