🎨 Mabef Backpacker Easel (MBM-23) in Tan: Versatile and Portable Art Companion Review

After reading some of the negative reviews I moderated my expectations for build quality, hardware and finish and was ready to fix the bugs myself. But when it arrived I was pleasantly surprised. Good beech construction with fine stitching, the wood is oiled, the fittings are more than adequate. I only had one small defect in the form of a latch snapping out of the wood on one leg, but that was easily repaired with a dab of epoxy. I have used this easel extensively, carrying it around the…

Got mine today. It happened to come while I was remodeling (repairing) a half easel for a friend. A friend had a different model. So two easels - Mabef and Fake - stood next to each other in my studio. I modified the fake with a magnet so the hind leg doesn't fall out with every lift NO comparison: - Mabef has a lid over the drawer. The fake uses a folding pallet as a case. (You hold the palette over the drawer whether you like it or not. Otherwise all your stuff will fall on the floor.) Mabef…

I am giving 4 stars as I have not been outdoors. I like the easel but it arrived damaged and was not the easel I ordered. In the photo, in the version with a transparent structure, the easel is in the place where the canvas is held. I have the hard version (as shown here). Half of the back of the box was broken. I saw other reviews where this happened. I believe this is Mabef's problem as they package their easels for shipping and there is no protection for the easel. it's in a box much larger…