The Meeden Pochade Box is an all-in-one pochade box that was designed for travel from sea to summit and anywhere in between. You can attach a tripod for using the pochade box outdoors, and also as a table top easel for indoor use.
Company name: Meeden
Website: www.meedenart.com
Pochade box name: Meeden Pochade Box
Type: Pochade Box
Price range: $150-$200
Weight: 9.9 lbs / 4.5 kg
Palette size: 9″ x 12″, 23cm x 30cm
Construction: Beechwood
Description
The Meeden Pochade Box has 3 large compartments with 2 removable divider slats for adjusting compartments sizes, so you can carry enough supplies for a day’s painting.
The bottom contains an adjustable wet panel storage area (unfortunately not stretch canvas panels) which allows you to carry 3-4 wet panels of any size from 8″ x 10″ to 9″ x 12″ during travel. There is no need for a wet panel carrier since panels can be stored conveniently and securely behind a sliding magnetic door. However if you want to paint on stretched canvas panels, do more paintings, or paint on larger sized panels, you will need a separate wet panel carrier.
The pochade box comes with a 1/4″ tripod socket, which is standard for camera tripods (not included). This means that all camera tripods can be used with this small art easel box. We highly recommend the ones with quick-release tripod adaptors because they will make putting the pochade box on and off the tripod a lot easier.
The hinged adjustment arm the lid can be held at any painting angle, and would even go completely flat for watercolor painting. The star knobs on the arm make the adjustments easy.
Construction
The Meeden Pochade Box is made from lightweight beechwood, a utility timber that is tough in small sizes such as pochade boxes. It is coated with a walnut varnish for protection.
All adjustments of the panel holders and lid angle arm are controlled with easy to adjust plastic star knobs. They are easy to grip and result in much tighter holding power. The maximum size panel you can use is 17′ / 43 cm.
How to set it up
The lid of the Meeden Pochade Box is held firmly in place at any angle thanks to the lid adjustment arm.
The arm is designed in such a way that the pochade box can be used on a flat surface as a table easel. Rubber bumpers are on the bottom of the box just for this purpose.
This pochade box comes with a 1/4″ tripod socket, which is standard for camera tripods. This means that all camera tripods can be used with this small pochade box. I recommend the ones with quick-release tripod adaptors because they will make putting the Pochade box on and off the tripod a lot easier.
Compare pochade boxes
To compare the Meeden Pochade Box with other pochade boxes, see my Guide to Pochade Boxes.
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I have one of these and I hate it. It does NOT hold the angle of the panel even if you screw it down very hard. And the latch is wonky. Do not recommend.