How is the price so low? This modern dining table is the result of the world's top dining table manufacturers competing against each other to sell to you directly. Therefore, the only thing that makes this a cheap dining table is its price. Why tempered glass? Tempered glass has substantially higher strength than conventional glass. It has enhanced thermal resistance, and in the rare instance it breaks, it breaks into small cuboid fragments rather than irregular shards of glass and therefore is less likely to cause injury