It has been long considered that Tortoise Tables are the best thing to keep your tortoise in. Now this all depends on the species, the environment where the table is kept, and whether or not you wish to hibernate your tortoise, provided it is a hibernating species.
All Mediterranean species, including Horsfield tortoises, seem to do very well in both vivariums and tortoise tables as they naturally have night temperature reductions in the wild, whereas Tropical species tend not to.
It is easy to understand that it would be more difficult to maintain a reasonable night temperature in a Tortoise Table than in a Vivarium, so Tropical species may not fare as well as a Mediterranean kept in this situation.
As winter approaches, night temperature starts to drop followed by colder day temperatures, which will naturally start off the motions of hibernation. First signs will be lack of appetite and eventually refusing food altogether. Around this same time, we start to heat our homes raising the ambient temperature, but for how long?
Heating tends to go off or go very low once we are in our warm beds at night not realising how the temperature in your home drops. Plus, if you are out at work all day, your heating again will be switched off and, with a cold background temperature, the Tortoise Table may struggle maintaining a reasonable temperature.