VISWIN Studio H-Frame Easel, Tilting Flat & Adjustable Beech Wood Art Easel for Painting, Movable Large Easel Stand for Adults, Artists, Hold 1 or 2 Canvas up to 78" - Walnut Brown

Came packaged securely, shipping was fine. Item was initially delayed, then arrived well before the new estimated date. Assembly went smoothly, took less than an hour for me to accomplish. The easel feels solid. I don't plan to be moving it, so I did not install the wheels, but with the rubber feet it doesn't seem like it will be prone to wandering around.... as long as I don't get too enthusiastic! Haven't begun to paint with it much yet, but the ability to hold two canvasses and myriad adjustments should make this easel very useable. Satisfied with every aspect of this transaction so far, thanks!

Sturdy nice, good quality wood. I like that it can be tilted horizontal. Can be moved around. Collapsed and doesn't take much space. Assembly? each piece was numbered and they put each kind if hardware piece labeled in big letters in a separate easy to open bag. I ran into a glitch with the hinge screws holes on one side were marked wrong, but it was an easy fix (nail and hammer and used my electric screw to get the screws in). Step 5 of the assembly the diagram was confusing. The bulk piece should be on a flat surface while you try to thread the long screws through the pieces of wood.Overall, a nice easel, luxury for a fraction of the cost.

Clever design, great value, perfect for us because we had an empty corner in our room that looked naked.

UPDATE, final: After contacting the seller, they addressed my issues and mailed a replacement beam that arrived extraordinarily quickly. This one seems sturdy and I am cautiously upgrading my rating to 4-stars for now. The new beam is working well, and doesn't appear to be cracking. Time will tell. This easel still has issues I don't care for, but for the price and with this customer service... if you know what you're getting, then feel free to buy away. If not this easel, then another by the same seller should serve just as well.UPDATE, Third Use: Today, while tightening up the height beam, the same beam cracked! Images included. This thing is fragile. You can't use something for painting if it breaks under normal usage on the THIRD TIME OUT. Don’t get this or any of the easels that are mass produced for multiple distributors like this one. AVOID.ORIGINAL: If you haven't noticed, every easel in this price point and style... are all exactly the same. Whoever makes these must sell to multiple distributors.This easel has three issues: One, it is beech. Beech is a cheap, nonrenewable (they take forever to grow, but there are still a lot of them so they’re cheap for now) wood that is easily damaged. Put it this way: Pine, a softwood, is more durable.Still, we don't expect to be roughhousing with an easel, but expect easy scratches and dents.Second, if used like a traditional easel where it is upright and you never plan on using this one flat for "drip" paintings... you may wish to avoid as it's VERY difficult to get it to stay still... unless you buy a couple clamps to keep the moving frame to the stationary one. This works very well, but it's annoying. You could just bolt them together if you feel like drilling. I might do that.Last, the hinges. By the gods, the hinges. These things are loose as heck and could be so much better. Fortunately, you don't have to buy new ones!Here's the fix!Take a pair of long groove pliers and crimp the metal wrapped around the pin tightly. It's almost impossible to overdo this, so put your back into it. This will take out nearly all the play in the hinges. Put them back on and the easel becomes MUCH more study front and back.Combine this fix with the clamps, keep the wheels off, and it's a fairly study easel for the price.Some closing complaints are that the aforementioned wheels are good for moving the easel, but not while painting/drawing and not in storage. Remove them. The "two at once" thing is nice enough for keeping a second painting while the first one dries or for display, but don't expect to paint since there's no way to lock it expect friction fitting it with the slide below or above it. In the end, this is just one extra slider, so don't purchase for that alone. There's also no place for art supplies on this easel, and that's rather lame. The instructions lack a notice about which way some things go together. Be prepared to have to undo part of the build and think your way through logically how to build the base.Would I purchase again? No. This is the easel you get, use for a while, and then it becomes your backup/display easel that you never paint on again. It's not bad for the price, but be prepared to fix it up a little to get it in decent shape. I'm still keeping it, but next time I'll find something else.

My daughter loves it.

Love my easel! Just wish I’d waited a couple days to save an extra $20 with the Black Friday sale 😅 And there is one small thing that kinda leaves me wondering if there is a flaw in a piece I received? The piece that goes in the middle in order to hold two canvases has no lip or groove along the short edge to secure a canvas or board in place. Hope you can see it in my 3rd and 4th photo. 2nd photo shows the longer edge (with both lip and groove for lager canvases or thinner boards) for comparison. The effect is that whichever surface is being held by the short end needs to rely on tension to stay in place. It’s workable, but not ideal. (Note that I’ve checked the other parts to make sure I didn’t mix it up with the correct piece.)Something else to know is that enough pressure will push the top of the canvas backward even when tightened into place. I didn’t find this to be an issue while painting, but when placing the 2 boards you see on my easel in my first photo, I had to use my foot to keep the easel from tilting backward while placing the top board. If you have a painting process that involves a lot of pressure being applied to your surface, this could be a bigger issue for you than it is for me.The boards on my easel by the way are 2 feet by 4 feet. I’m about 5’2” and the top board is positioned for me to paint comfortably standing up. So that gives you some idea of size and what this can hold. There’s definitely room to hold something much larger or to position things higher for a taller person. And it’s very sturdy!As for the instructions, I am very visual and had no problem putting this together on my own from the illustrations. I love that even the tools I needed were all included.Note: please ignore the mess on my floor; im just waiting on the matching art cart that got delayed in shipping. 😅

One of the picture holders cracked under pressure. Because of the design, you have to tighten the knob to keep the picture holder level and to minimize wobbling. That puts pressure directly onto the smallest, weakest point. Pretty sure this can't be fixed.UPDATEI contacted the manufacturer. They honored the lifetime guarantee. The factory sent me a new part. That's good. Also, the new part has improvements that will fix the original flaw. I've bumped up my rating to five stars. If this easel model (with improvements) fits your needs and budget, go for it.