MEEDEN Movable Large H-Frame Painting Easel - Heavy Duty Art Easel Stand for Adults, Solid Beech Wood, Holds Canvas Art Up to 78.7" HighThe Forest Stewardship Council

Excellent painting easel. Can handle huge canvases yet it is pretty compact footprint.Easy assembly.Fit & finish of easels parts is excellent. Easy to adjust knobs. Easel can be positioned from horizontal to totally plumb vertical. Important if you want to use a projector to transfer your art to canvas. Arrived in perfect condition because its well packaged. It may be expensive but you get what you paid for!

awesome, very solid, not to bad to put together. would order again.

Some assembly experience and skill are helpful, but not absolutely necessary. The instructions are good, but need to be followed closely. Most importantly, the easel is well engineered and fabricated. It is sturdy and versatile.

This is an astonishing easel for the money. Upon opening the box I found all the individual pieces carefully wrapped in protective padded sheets and separated by foam. All the pieces and bags of hardware were clearly labelled and the instructions very easy to follow. The kit even includes the correct tools for the light assembly required. Everything lined up and fitted together perfectly.I really can’t get over how solid and high quality the easel feels and how premium the unboxing experience was. It’s a little disappointing to see it’s made in China but it really doesn’t feel like a cheap mass market product at all.In terms of function it’s very flexible and will accommodate most canvases in all the positions one might prefer to paint in.I would highly recommend this easel to anyone looking for a top quality piece at a very reasonable price.

If I could give ten stars, I would. This is one of the best-designed and -made items I have ever purchased. The packing was perfect. All parts were labelled in order of assembly. The assembly was illustrated with clear and accurate line drawings, depicting the assembly as cumulating (in other words, not disconnected details). The wood is, indeed, beech—a very strong, straight-grained hardwood. All hardware fittings are metal, except for the plastic hand-knobs. Every part was precisely machined, and all slots/rabbets/holes perfectly aligned. Amazing. So many products now are made for the owner/purchaser to complete the assembly. This is, of course, a profit-boost in terms of manufacturing and shipping. Fair enough; I get it (especially the shipping costs). But never before have I seen the constituent parts so well made and precisely fitted. Let me repeat: Amazing! BTW, there is a very well made video online detailing the step-by-step assembly. You don't really need it, but it's there. Last point: great easel. The ability to position your work horizontally is a major benefit for, say, cutting frisket, applying paint that needs to flow out, etc. Everything about this item is absolutely first-rate. Last time: Amazing!

Great easel. Assembly instructions are confusing, but nothing you can’t figure out.

I was so excited to get this easel and gave away my original 2. It was easy to put together, but it did have a couple of nuts missing. I am just now getting to paint on it . I was in the middle of moving to another area of the house and turning it into my art studio. so still getting stuff arranged and also having to attend art events.

My new Meeden Deluxe H Frame Easel arrived on time as scheduled. I’d been looking for a new versatile, sturdy studio easel I could afford for a few years, to no avail. Recently I found this one ( I believe it just cane out) and though there were no reviews yet I decided I’d waited long enough and would give it a try. The price was very doable. Opening the box, I found everything perfectly organized and laid out nicely. Each piece was either covered in bubble wrap, or pocketed in nice cloth sleeves for protection (pictured). The kit even included all the tools needed to put it together, even the screwdrivers, wow!! My only disappointment came when opening the instructions and it was written in Chinese or Japanese ( I don’t know). All I had to do was respond to the sellers prior email to make sure everything was intact, I asked for English version and within an hour they responded with a PDF in English- PERFECT! The easels instruction were spot on. The instruction drawings are precise and no attention to details were wrong nor left out. I, a 60 year old woman put this together by myself in less than an hour. Honestly, I am blown away by the whole experience, the affordable price and easel itself! I can do oils on it or angle it flat for my watercolors, or work on 2 paintings at a time or use the upper self to hold my iPad references for painting. This easel will hold a very large canvas up to 78” I believe, yet it’s footprint is not as big as I expected- this is a positive! It rolls on sturdy casters making it extremely easy to move around. I love the brass bracket pull that holds the bottom tray in place regardless what level you need. I got so tired of my old easels tray slipping off the bottom regardless how tight I made it, sending my canvas crashing to the floor! This can’t happen with this bracket system they’ve installed. Normally you’d only find this feature on far more expensive easels. Another plus is you can put your easel shelf low enough to sit to paint if needed. The easel is sturdy and I believe I am really going to love it. I am a professional artist and very picky about my easels working for me. I know what I need after a lifetime of painting and purchasing easels. This easel seems to fit the bill, and it’s beautiful as well as sturdy and versatile! I hope since mine is the first review, you will find it helpful in choosing this easel. I could not be happier! I believe this one is a winner!