Customer Reviews

Quartet Full-Size Instant Easel (29E)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Plusses:
* Box only 1'4" long, extremely compact
* Puts itself together like a robot spider in 3 seconds (!)(fun to watch!)
* Full 64" tall
* Plastic 2" toggle-arms slide up/down then lock into place to adjust height that display is supported at

Minuses:
* The plastic snaps on the support toggle-arms are made of a weak, hard vinyl-like plastic that does not lock well. Light foam core or a single piece of cardboard should be OK. However, even a full-sized 2.5' Post-it notepad is just barely too heavy for the support arms, causing the snap to not lock properly and sag. This results in the support-arm quietly slipping down the tripod leg. The snaps have to be engineered to extremely tight tolerances for them to work well without binding during adjustment but catch while holding on after snapped. If the plastic shrinks after cooling, the tolerance gets lost. Needs better material engineering or some kind of rubber on the snaps to hold them in place.

* I'm concerned about the fraying on the bungee cords rubbing against the raw metal ends of the tubes. Cords showed fraying and tube ends showed rust even after one month of usage. I guess the elastic cords might not last two or three years.

*Always the same height. No telescoping. No tray. No clip at top.

Overall: Good for foam core but not much else. I'm keeping mine in my briefcase as an emergency backup, in case my heavy-duty tripod disappears.

easily taken up and down thanks to internal bungee cords--like a tent pole. i would not put anything too heavy on it, though. i just use it for foam poster boards.

This easel is easy to carry in a briefcase. Sets up and folds down quickly due to bungee cord action! Just like the prior review stated, I wouldn't use this for anything too heavy. It is sturdy, but not heavy-duty.

Love these easels! Setting them up takes about two seconds and they pack up neatly and compactly.

Perfect for holding light weight items like posters. Promptly delivered & put to use immediately. Great experience.

The product arrived nicely packed, however the brackets that hold the picture were not sturdy and would move down the leg of easel. One of the brackets broke when trying to keep them from moving. Would not recommend this product.

The operative word here is collapsible. These easels open quickly and can be stored in a small place. However, they are good for only one piece of cardboard. Don't try anything like a 3 fold science presentation board, because it won't work; the easel is just not sturdy enough. Sometimes it's not easy to get the legs aligned and the clips which hold the boards in place are unpredictable at best. The clips slip and slide, and are not easily engaged. I wouldn't buy these again but I will use them while they last.

These are cheap. The plastic supports snap with the slightest bit of pressure... ended up having to tape my displays to them. Not a quality product

Great easel for the price. If you are looking for something real heavy duty, this is not the one for you, but for light presentations, great deal. It is very light and easy to setup. Those are the benefits. It is full size so it can accommodate a lot of material, just nothing real heavy (lots of poster boards that are thick stock), at least all at once.

I haven't used this yet but it looks pretty flimsy, time will tell. Thank goodness it'll only be used to hold a lightweight poster.