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

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

10lb compact, expandable easel ideal for outdoor travelling artists; includes palette and a tin-lined storage drawer; padded leather luggage handle and adjustable leather shoulder straps. Oiled, sanded beech wood construction. Accommodates canvases up to 33.5" on a pivoting canvas holder. Features 11.5" x 16" folding palette and 6" x 16.5" x 1.75" drawer. Made in Italy.

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Impressed by Build

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…

Pros
  • Pleasant to use
Cons
  • New Competitors Arrived

Revainrating 5 out of 5

CELEBRATION. Along with fakes, this is the gold standard.

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…

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Cable is shorter than other picks

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great easel but shipping box issues causing damage

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…

Pros
  • Certified
Cons
  • Disappearing