Martin Quattro 4 Legged Canvas 92 AE044 Review

It is light and strong, even lighter than a flimsy wooden French easel. Assembly and disassembly takes 10 seconds. With the 4th leg he is very stable. The width of the front legs is adjustable, allowing the use of smaller blades. I paint on large canvases and the widest width is enough for the 24 x 36 canvas I currently use. The price is great. Most easels cost twice as much due to the inferior technology. The 4th leg is really important.

I bought this to hold a whiteboard so I can illustrate things I talk about in presentations. For this purpose it works very well. However, one of the footrests broke on the second use. With products like this, I'm used to opening the cam and using gravity to force my foot to a fully open position before pushing it back in. This time the foot slid sideways and as it hit the footrest I heard plastic snap and the foot fell to the ground along with a few small pieces of plastic. Part of the latch…

We have purchased over 16 of these easels for our non-profit organization. We use them to show light photos in a traveling photo exhibition. Unfortunately, most of our easels break within a month or two of purchase and become unusable. They don't break because we mishandle them, but because of their fragile design. Both the plastic clips that hold the legs in place and the clip at the top of the easel break very easily. Some easels came to us broken in boxes. Easels that don't break are…