Lightweight Aluminum Easel with Travel Bag

by PRO ART USA

• TRI-501
• Arts & Crafts

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 21 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00251CUJQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (181 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,193 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)
  • #5 in Office Products > Office Supplies > Binders & Binding Systems

Product Description

Lightweight Aluminum Easel with Travel BagThis easel is extremely versatile! When the legs are fully extended it can be used as a floor easel or outdoor easel (for plein air painting). When the legs are collapsed down you can use the same easel as a table easel for art or display purposes. Comes with a nylon bag complete with a shoulder strap. Folded down the easel is only 21 inches in length; and weighs less than two pounds! Maximum canvas height that can be clipped onto the easel while painting or drawing is 32 inches. The metal tray that holds artwork is adjustable and can be removed.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

200 of 201 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Durable, Affordable, and Small! February 7, 2010

By Devin Hanson

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I was a little iffy about purchasing such a cheap easel for my large sketchbook drawings and heavy canvas paintings, though was pleasantly surprised to find that this easel is VERY durable and can hold my heaviest sketchbooks and canvases without becoming "shaky." I am 6'4" tall and am able to stand comfortably while using this easel and can still use it as a tabletop easel if I'd like. If you are a college art student like me, you can understand how difficult it is to haul around all of your supplies across campus. This easel can completely fold down into a small bag (included) that I can easily fit into my backpack, which doesn't cause a strain on my long walks. I was pleased with the price, durability, and light, compact size of this easel and I strongly recommend it for start-up artists like me and other college students.

81 of 84 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Compact and easy to carry February 18, 2008

By Vicki C. Goodner

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I really like this product and the price was great. My only complaint is that the legs spead fairly wide apart, hard to set up in small confined areas.

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Easel is light but sturdy enough, adjustable. March 25, 2009

By JF

Can be easily moved around because it is so light, but still feels sturdy enough to feel secure while using. Adjustable.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Affordable, light, and compact! April 8, 2010

By J. Huang

Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a great easel! It's extremely light, and surprisingly compact--and it even comes with a bag! I'm used to the traditional, very heavy wooden easels, so I was a little afraid that it'd be shaky, since it's so light, but it's been fairly steady--watch out for wind though. I love that it can be adjusted to a table-top easel too! Great to carry around, bring on trips, etc. All this for a great price! Two complaints: 1) the top part that holds the easel, if adjusted too high, doesn't always stay straight--but that's not a problem if the easel's holding a canvas or sketchpad. 2) it opens rather wide, so it's a little hard to use in smaller spaces. Overall though, this was a great buy, I'm so glad I decided on this one!

32 of 39 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Frustration galore January 29, 2011

By The Dissatisfied Artist

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So I used the easel for the first time today, looking forward to working on some art and ended up fighting with the easel for 70% of the time. First, the screw on the bar portion that holds up the sketchbook/canvas would not tighten, so the bar kept sagging on one side. Second, I placed just a large sketchbook with a masonite board and the legs began to bend and slide all over the place. The easel kept sliding toward me and sagging in angle. Third, I don't know what one of the reviewers are talking about when they say that they are 6'4" and comfortable using the easel standing up. I am only 5'6" and I felt that even the highest height setting could not get my sketchbook eye level with me when standing.
But it really is tiny and well collapsing and light. Otherwise, it sucks.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Easel June 28, 2010

By J. Misquez

Amazon Verified Purchase

I recently purchased this easel for oil/acrylic painting. I normally use a 11x14 canvas and it fits in the easel clip like a glove.

For being as lightweight and simple as it is, it's very sturdy.

I was very pleased with this purchase and would highly recommend it to anyone who needs a small compact lightweight easel.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Versatile Easel May 3, 2010

By Robert B. Macdougall

Amazon Verified Purchase

The Lightweight Aluminum Easel is terrific for my purposes of displaying a display board that doubles as a "white board". This easel is very easy to extend and adjust. The light weight and compact size make it ideal for traveling and quick set-up and take-down. I would like to have had a better picture of the easel before I purchased it. I was concerned initially that a easel this inexpensive was of high enough quality to hold up and fulfill my needs. I do not regret the risk I took in purchasing this product.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars artisl easel January 30, 2010

By Roberta A. Keogan

very portable easel for the artist with little space or who likes to work outdoors