Soho Urban Artist Pochade Box for Plein-Aire Painting French Easel, Lightweight, Portable & Adjustable, Mahogany Finish

Fantastic surprise when it arrived two weeks earlier than the date it was scheduled to arrive. Functional and solid Pochade with everything as advertised. It’s not a master carpenters construction but then it wasn’t £600.00+ so you can’t expect that. Great to use indoors too if space is tight. Highly recommend *****

I do like this box. I purchased this box to use at home, primarily for its mobility. I can sit it on my lap, or the tripod. It’s well thought out in its design. Some complain because it doesn’t tighten well. Yes it takes some strength to tighten it so that your canvas stays in place. Once it’s tight it’s great. It’s lightweight for easy travel, yet well built for the artist who wants to have all your tools readily available at your fingertips. I do have a large easel, but it’s not mobile enough. This works great. The max height allowable is a 17” canvas board. Rightly so as it’s not designed for the heavy large canvases. It can hold quite a few 9x12 or less canvas birds in its stowaway compartment. Long handle brushes fit in it. I prefer glass pallets, so I purchased a 9x12 New Wave pallet, which fits on top of the wooden pull-out pallet. I plan on adhering the glass pallet to it for a more stable ride. It’s a well designed, good looking, versatile unit.

Haven't used it outside but it looks and feels durable. It's very light weight but sturdy.

I gave this to my son that is just getting into watercolors. It holds all of his supplies and looks very nice. It does seem a bit delicate though and will need to be handled somewhat gently.If it were a little sturdier and built with dovetails, I'd give it five stars for looks and utility.

Received today with everything intact. Very nice looking box Can’t wait to use it.

This does appear to be a well made item, better build quality than I would expect for the price.However, it came without the D-ring attachments for the shoulder strap. I am not going to burn up a bunch of fossil fuels returning it, I am handy enough to solve this problem. There was also some schmutz on the handle, I think it will come off with some work.Also, it arrived with no instructions. There are parts and bits that I think are used to adapt the canvas holder to different sizes, but I can’t for the life of me figure them out.The mixing pallet/tray is beige not white, and it is made of thin plywood or particle board with a paper thin veneer on it. I doubt this will hold up to much paint mixing. Not a huge deal since I have a pallet that fit perfectly in it, but white plastic might have been a better choice here.