MEEDEN Plein Air Easel: Portable Tabletop for Painting with Aluminum Travel Tripod and Nylon Carry Bag - Tripod Easel Stand for Displaying

Well designed. Good quality wood and fittings. Nicely finished. Not as big as I thought it would be or too heavy. The carry bag is a plus. The box is very sturdy on the tripod, which has a nice ratchet mechanism and secure lockinglever, so you can angle how you wish. Well worth paying the extra for the tripod, which is a bit beefier than a standard photo tripod. Make sure when you lift the lid of the box, that you slide the wooden arm at side back, so that your canvas is supported sturdily from behind. Excellent value for money. Well done to MEEDEN!

It’s obviously not as sturdy as a heavier home based easel but this one is great quality and was perfect for plein air painting. It even withstood a little bit of wind. It was easy to transport with the carry bags included. Lots of space inside to carry your paints and materials etc. Also, I was really impressed with how easy it was to get the right level when on uneven ground. It’s just a simple case of clicking the lever on each leg until you feel it’s right. I’m really delighted with it.

This is very nice and looks good. Plenty of room for paints and brushes etc. tripod is sturdy. I’m happy with it overall but I find it quite heavy for traveling.

I have now been using this setup for nine months. I have added glass (painted grey) to both the palette and tray for extra mixing space if needed. My Rosemary's brushes do not fit so carry them in a light plastic tube separately. Otherwise there is enough room for paint tubes, small bottles of medium and palette knives etc... I like the fact that different size boards can be used and positioned with space above the palette so my wrists are more free. I have taken it to numerous locations to paint plein aire and find it much more user friendly and lighter than my French box easel. Reviewers who have issues with the stability of the tripod need to tighten all the levers...the plate on the bottom of the box also needs to be well tightened using pliers. Then the box is super easy to fit and remove. There are also buttons at the top of the tripod legs which need to be engaged to lock them. I am delighted that I can now walk further to locations away from the car much more easily. I would recommend

This product needs to be sturdy and steady when in place on the tripod. It certainly seems to be upon initial examination. Generally well-designed all-in-one unit.

No instructions included with the tripod. When the pochard box was setup, it didn’t seem to be as sturdy and stable as the description implied. The tripod legs didn’t lock after setting them to help with stability. The pochade was very wobbly and, at one point the tripod legs slipped causing the pochade to over tilt to one side causing the attachable brush table to fall off , painting was also tipped sideways. Luckily I did have water container standing in the pochard but did have my iPad mini, for reference, in the pochard and the iPad was tipped over onto the ground too. This was a test run use at home so I had someone to help me, however, if I had been using it for ‘en plein air’ I would have had to fix it myself with difficulty and no help. Completely un impressed with the expienience of using this. I will give it another go, at home today, but if it collapses again I will return it. At the moment I wouldn’t trust it to stand up to use as a field pochade and so,in my opinion , it is not fit for purpose.

Love the box. It’s lightweight and easier to erect than my old pochard box. It had a few Small scratches on which was a little disappointing but other than that all good. Speedy delivery and very well packaged.Good value for money and I would recommend.

Robust box easel. Not as sturdy as a solid floor easel but once tightened in position is sturdy enough for canvas boards or stretched canvas. It appears however that it costs more buying the box and stand since Meeden also offer the product without a stand for significantly less and the screw attachment for the tripod is apparently a universal camera tripod fit. Tripods on here are from less than £20. Worth buying seperately. Overall though its a good size, holds a range of support sizes and has sufficient storage for several brushed, paints and mediums. It can also store wet paint palates and wet canvas boards.