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๐ŸŽจ ArtBin 6838AG Sketch Board: Portable Drawing Surface with Built-in Art & Craft Storage, in Grey Review

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Description of ๐ŸŽจ ArtBin 6838AG Sketch Board: Portable Drawing Surface with Built-in Art & Craft Storage, in Grey

Versatile Sketch Board: The ArtBin Sketch Board is sized to securely hold a 9 x 12 pad in two convenient locations, on the cover and in the open inside compartment. Perfect for sketching on-the-go!. Pencil Organizer Included: This sketch board has an organizer inside with 24 stitched elastic loops to hold all of your pens, pencils and markers securely in place. Internal Compartment: This sketch board has an open internal compartment for storing pens, pencils, markers, erasers, sharpeners, pastels and other small art and craft supplies. Portable Storage: The ArtBin Art Sketch Board has a lightweight, low-profile design that is easy to carry or slip into you backpack, purse or tote bag. Product Details: This sketch board measures 16" L x 11. 5" W x 1. 5" H. It comes in a gray color.

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Good idea. Terrible performance

I liked this idea. My husband has the Contractor version for work and I've fallen in love with it. I figured this one would suit me better with all the pencil slots. NOT CORRECT! The quality is completely different. Pages do not close completely even if they are blank. If I dare to put a pencil or pen in the holder, it won't close at all. When trying to store documents or pages I better pray they don't fall off the ends because they don't close completely. If you want to write or sketch, payโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Quality construction
Cons
  • Requires socket

Revainrating 2 out of 5

The indentations in the middle of the two surfaces of the tablet get in the way when drawing

The ArtBin drawing board is well made and a great all round solution for carrying pencils, charcoal and drawing pads. . (It will fit 2-3 9x12 notebooks, depending on the number of sheets in the notebook.) The biggest problem is that the two artboards (inside and outside) have indentations right in the middle. So if you want to draw with free paper, you're out of luck, even if you use an underlay. If you look at the photo showing the open (and empty) drawing board, you'll see an indentationโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Great for me
Cons
  • No instructions

Revainrating 1 out of 5

The photo looks nice but unusable.

So after reading the reviews I bought it anyway. Was hoping it was just a few of them with a casting error and maybe they are. But I had a dimple on the outer work surface and the inner work surface. After speaking to Kristen at Artbin, she didn't seem to care or think that a countertop dimple should be a problem. She also informed me that the inner clip is not for holding the paper while drawing, just for holding the paper, so that's not a problem either. I can't believe a company makes aโ€ฆ

Pros
  • few competitors
Cons
  • unreliable