I got this one. For those who think it's overpriced, you need to see it in "person" before you make that judgement. It's really nice, and so easy to use, and is in line, price wise, with other pochade boxes. My support bars are just the same as yours, with one bent out more than the other - meaning it's deliberate and not sloppy work, also there must be a reason for it that won't become apparent until you try to alter one of them.
@RobertoDomeneghini no prob - actually the upper support is sunken deeper into the wood - hence the wider gap to compensate. I used mine today, took a bit of courage to ignore people and get on with the painting 😅
@@paulfogarty7724 great, how did it go? Yes, getting to a spot and start preparing your tools is the terrifying part, but once you start painting, I notice everything around becomes a blur :P
Thanks for your comment. I personally found that most plein air setups and pochade boxes cost around the same or more, with more or less weight based on functionalities. It's a matter of needs mostly, in my case I like the smooth exterior, weight and size, which makes it easier to carry around. Alternatively, it's possible to DIY a pochade box to meet your own needs, and I see some people going that way, but in my case that was not an option.
@@robdomeart I agree. They all cost too much. Especially when we can make our own for less than $20.00. Each person must do what is right for themselves. Myself, I make what I need according to and adaptive to my own needs. I'm happy for you. I how you get nothing but pleasure from your purchase.
I think the price is high, but the feel and stability are really wonderful. I have several pochade boxes and travel easels but this one is lighter and has small lovely details. It can handle the realities of the outdoors better than my other boxes. This is a small thing, but this box and tripod don't have sharp joints that "bite" me in the fingers during field installation like my other boxes. I feel that at the price it should come with the accessories, but that's just me. Other than that, I love it and look forward to spending many years with it.
Roberto, thank you for this review and especially for mentioning using it with sketchbooks. I only work in sketchbooks with watercolor and was wondering whether it could hold one. You're the only person I've found who addressed this! Glad to know I can make it work or buy the separate holder!
I think the problem today is that a lot of people see art equipment as something that you buy in a small stationery that sells kids school bags and jotters - a hobby for the old and Idle... then their eyes pop when they hear the price of something like this. When I left Ireland for America I was amazed at how much more seriously art was taken. The art shops were stunning with anything you could want.
Yeah, I know what you mean :) I come from a similar reality.
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I think it depends where in Ireland you are. Dublin, Cork and Belfast have really nice and well stocked stores. I normally buy from them with the occasional box from Jackson's. People thinking art equipment is akin to kids is a common concept, I found it literally everywhere in and outside Europe.
It looks well built which to me is important, and I agree it's a good size for painting on the move. I think everyone has their own needs and desires when it comes to art equipment. For me, I want a pochade box that will also carry all my materials so that's what I shopped for. Others like these boxes which keep the palette and the other equipment separate. To each their own!
Totally agree. The reason I like this type of pochade box it that it's thinner, as I usually place different things in different pockets or compartments of my art bag or a backpack without needing a large open compartment or carrying a wooden suitcase :P What pochade box do you use?
I noticed that with the main body (medium size) and the two flaps for brushes, it’s about the same weight as the Sienna plein air medium pochade which is cheaper but bulkier. I feel like there’s a market for a super lightweight minimal pochade box that’s around $100-$150. That will be the sweet spot for a lot of artists including myself.
Never tried the Sienna plein-air but for me being able to fit everything in a big shoulder bag or small backpack is very important. Weight is important too of course and I feel that all pochade boxes on the market have a compromise one way or the other, even though I'm personally ok with the u.go weight (but i'm not using the glass palette with it). There are few artists making and selling their own pochade box, I'm not sure about the price but I believe something like @patrickokra one might be lighter? He has a video on his channel about his plein-air setup. Hope that helps.Thanks for your comment.
@@robdomeart Thank you! Yeah I’ve seem his pochade box. It’s a great design but a bit out of my budget at $250 and currently sold out. I also really like the look of sienna so I think I’ll try that for now. Love your videos they’re super helpful. Thank you 🙏
@@H_0735 Let me know how it goes with the Sienna :) and thank you so much for watching my videos😊
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I was looking for some recommendations on pochade boxes and saw your video... well, some €400 for a pochade box with no storage is way overpriced in my opinion. I could ask someone to do it by hand and probably save money. Said that, I'm curious to see how it goes, specially watercolour (my preferred medium). Also, if you could use metric system, please? Or maybe both. I find it very hard to wrap my head around imperial measures. Anyways, thanks so much for the video! It was really interesting seeing you assemble and test it, and I appreciate a non-sponsored review 👌 And you're so enthusiastic, it's contagious!
wow that's expensive. I think I got mine here in Australia for like 300aud on sale..(180euro). There are other artists making their own pochade boxes and selling them, you could look up Leon Holmes or Patrick Okrasinski. That said, I find it such a joy to use with gouache and oils, but for watercolor I would still go for building something like the Guerrilla Painter Flex Easel out of wood or aluminum or simply use a mdf board with a t-nut glued in the middle of it to be able to attach it to a tripod head (this was my previous setup and it's so easy to make and so practical). I then screwed at the bottom of it a piece of balsa wood to be able to hold sketchbooks too (kinda like a music stand). Hope this helps :) And sorry for the confusion on the measures. I'll use both systems next time, thanks for pointing it out. Thanks for your comment!
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@@robdomeart So I went to check Jackson's (they have EVERYTHING) and there it's £220/€260, and they also offer the accessories and so. In other words, Google is stupid and showed me US stores only (I'm in the EU/UK region), hence the price. I'm so sorry about that, I sound far grumpier than I should & with the wrong info D: I would still prefer something with storage, but £200 is a price I would pay for good quality. So looking forward to see how you use it! 😊✌
@ Definitely a better price 😅No worries, I'm planning some new videos using my pochade box, trying to schedule some time to go out for plein air painting. I'm also using it in the video on my channel 'The Importance of Trying a New Medium, Gouache Painting' if interested. 🙂
I got the smaller version, they're very very good, but I do think they're overpriced. I wasn't able to get the add on accessories because of how expensive they are, but then I realized, I can literally stick anything metal on the magnets, so I just use a metal pencil tray that you get when you buy a pack of pencils. I sit my brushes those and it works fine. They also had a tripod I could buy with it, but once again it was really overpriced so I just bought another tripod from a different store that works perfectly fine as well. But other than that, its a great design, its so light and portable, especially the small one. I can carry the box, tripod, paints etc and even a small seat all in one bag.
I too have my own tripod😄. The magnets really help in getting creative with the add-ons. I started using mine at life drawing with oils and honestly I find it such a joy to use. I'm curious about the small seat, any advice?
@@robdomeart the seat is just a small fold up seat I got at a store that sells cheap products from China. They’re not the most comfortable but I just use it for urban sketching. I’m sure there are more fancy fold up seats from art stores you can get though. For the metal pencil tray, I sit it on the magnets at the front of the pochade box, nearest to you, rather than the ones on the sides.
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@@MarkWhippy You can check outdoors stores too. I find those to have the most variety and better prices.
Hi, thank you for your clear overview. It could be nice that you specify also in metric unit (with text). I guess US fellas will like to have the weight in imperial unit too. Please continue your great work. I really enjoyed watching
Thanks for letting me know :) I've been using it with gouache and oil painting, also painting from life (I upload my paintings and studies on my Instagram account if you'd like to check them out) and never actually had any issue with the palette sliding or else. It also cleans super easily which is great. So don't worry about it, I think it's an awesome product and you'll surely enjoy it :)
@@robdomeart thanks for your feedback. I'm not too upset about the sliding;) I really love this box with the tripod. Great size (medium), adjustable, lightweight. Expensive-ish, but it's perfect for me.
How can the metal supports be made of stainless steel. I thought all stainless steel is non magnetic. Try a magnet on your stainless steel cutlery sometime and I bet it is non magnetic.
Good point. I did a bit of a research and apparently there are 5 families of stainless steel, with different chemical composition, some magnetic and others not. Not sure of the one used here, but ferritic stainless steel for example is magnetic. Thanks for watching.
*a very beautiful and well designed piece of art related equipment/kit...for me it is begs to be further augmented and personalized on the outside (and possibly within) by the means of laser etching or pyrography and wire inlay designs...as every nick and scratch that the pochade attracts in the future would only make it even more attractive and desirable from a creative standpoint...in my personal opinion of course*
@@robdomeart *look to some of your amazingly talented friends who might be graphic artists..personally i'd consider making it look very ornate with intricate wire inlay designs in the corners and possibly your own personal sigil displayed in the center...make it look ancient and distressed...i look forward to seeing what you eventually do with this*
This is indeed, NOT the best POCHADE BOX
The best product is the one that meets your needs :) Which one is your favourite?
@@robdomeart Jack Richeson Sienna Plein Air All-In-One Pochade Box
Super helpful overview, really nicely presented. Thank you!
Glad to hear. Thank you!
I got this one. For those who think it's overpriced, you need to see it in "person" before you make that judgement. It's really nice, and so easy to use, and is in line, price wise, with other pochade boxes. My support bars are just the same as yours, with one bent out more than the other - meaning it's deliberate and not sloppy work, also there must be a reason for it that won't become apparent until you try to alter one of them.
I love mine too, I use it mostly for gouache and acrylics studies and plein air :) thanks for letting me know about the support bars.
@RobertoDomeneghini no prob - actually the upper support is sunken deeper into the wood - hence the wider gap to compensate. I used mine today, took a bit of courage to ignore people and get on with the painting 😅
@@paulfogarty7724 great, how did it go? Yes, getting to a spot and start preparing your tools is the terrifying part, but once you start painting, I notice everything around becomes a blur :P
Costs way too much for what it is. Way too much
Thanks for your comment. I personally found that most plein air setups and pochade boxes cost around the same or more, with more or less weight based on functionalities. It's a matter of needs mostly, in my case I like the smooth exterior, weight and size, which makes it easier to carry around. Alternatively, it's possible to DIY a pochade box to meet your own needs, and I see some people going that way, but in my case that was not an option.
@@robdomeart I agree. They all cost too much. Especially when we can make our own for less than $20.00.
Each person must do what is right for themselves. Myself, I make what I need according to and adaptive to my own needs. I'm happy for you. I how you get nothing but pleasure from your purchase.
I think the price is high, but the feel and stability are really wonderful. I have several pochade boxes and travel easels but this one is lighter and has small lovely details. It can handle the realities of the outdoors better than my other boxes. This is a small thing, but this box and tripod don't have sharp joints that "bite" me in the fingers during field installation like my other boxes. I feel that at the price it should come with the accessories, but that's just me. Other than that, I love it and look forward to spending many years with it.
Roberto, thank you for this review and especially for mentioning using it with sketchbooks. I only work in sketchbooks with watercolor and was wondering whether it could hold one. You're the only person I've found who addressed this! Glad to know I can make it work or buy the separate holder!
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching :)
I think the problem today is that a lot of people see art equipment as something that you buy in a small stationery that sells kids school bags and jotters - a hobby for the old and Idle... then their eyes pop when they hear the price of something like this. When I left Ireland for America I was amazed at how much more seriously art was taken. The art shops were stunning with anything you could want.
Yeah, I know what you mean :) I come from a similar reality.
I think it depends where in Ireland you are. Dublin, Cork and Belfast have really nice and well stocked stores. I normally buy from them with the occasional box from Jackson's. People thinking art equipment is akin to kids is a common concept, I found it literally everywhere in and outside Europe.
It looks well built which to me is important, and I agree it's a good size for painting on the move.
I think everyone has their own needs and desires when it comes to art equipment. For me, I want a pochade box that will also carry all my materials so that's what I shopped for. Others like these boxes which keep the palette and the other equipment separate. To each their own!
Totally agree. The reason I like this type of pochade box it that it's thinner, as I usually place different things in different pockets or compartments of my art bag or a backpack without needing a large open compartment or carrying a wooden suitcase :P What pochade box do you use?
Thank you for this review! I enjoyed it 😊.
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it :)
So, it's been a year. Are you still living this pochade box
Yes. Still using it and loving it :). I'm using it with oils or gouache now.
I noticed that with the main body (medium size) and the two flaps for brushes, it’s about the same weight as the Sienna plein air medium pochade which is cheaper but bulkier. I feel like there’s a market for a super lightweight minimal pochade box that’s around $100-$150. That will be the sweet spot for a lot of artists including myself.
Never tried the Sienna plein-air but for me being able to fit everything in a big shoulder bag or small backpack is very important. Weight is important too of course and I feel that all pochade boxes on the market have a compromise one way or the other, even though I'm personally ok with the u.go weight (but i'm not using the glass palette with it). There are few artists making and selling their own pochade box, I'm not sure about the price but I believe something like @patrickokra one might be lighter? He has a video on his channel about his plein-air setup. Hope that helps.Thanks for your comment.
@@robdomeart Thank you! Yeah I’ve seem his pochade box. It’s a great design but a bit out of my budget at $250 and currently sold out. I also really like the look of sienna so I think I’ll try that for now. Love your videos they’re super helpful. Thank you 🙏
@@H_0735 Let me know how it goes with the Sienna :) and thank you so much for watching my videos😊
I was looking for some recommendations on pochade boxes and saw your video... well, some €400 for a pochade box with no storage is way overpriced in my opinion. I could ask someone to do it by hand and probably save money. Said that, I'm curious to see how it goes, specially watercolour (my preferred medium). Also, if you could use metric system, please? Or maybe both. I find it very hard to wrap my head around imperial measures.
Anyways, thanks so much for the video! It was really interesting seeing you assemble and test it, and I appreciate a non-sponsored review 👌 And you're so enthusiastic, it's contagious!
wow that's expensive. I think I got mine here in Australia for like 300aud on sale..(180euro). There are other artists making their own pochade boxes and selling them, you could look up Leon Holmes or Patrick Okrasinski. That said, I find it such a joy to use with gouache and oils, but for watercolor I would still go for building something like the Guerrilla Painter Flex Easel out of wood or aluminum or simply use a mdf board with a t-nut glued in the middle of it to be able to attach it to a tripod head (this was my previous setup and it's so easy to make and so practical). I then screwed at the bottom of it a piece of balsa wood to be able to hold sketchbooks too (kinda like a music stand). Hope this helps :) And sorry for the confusion on the measures. I'll use both systems next time, thanks for pointing it out. Thanks for your comment!
@@robdomeart So I went to check Jackson's (they have EVERYTHING) and there it's £220/€260, and they also offer the accessories and so. In other words, Google is stupid and showed me US stores only (I'm in the EU/UK region), hence the price. I'm so sorry about that, I sound far grumpier than I should & with the wrong info D:
I would still prefer something with storage, but £200 is a price I would pay for good quality. So looking forward to see how you use it! 😊✌
@ Definitely a better price 😅No worries, I'm planning some new videos using my pochade box, trying to schedule some time to go out for plein air painting. I'm also using it in the video on my channel 'The Importance of Trying a New Medium, Gouache Painting' if interested. 🙂
I got the smaller version, they're very very good, but I do think they're overpriced. I wasn't able to get the add on accessories because of how expensive they are, but then I realized, I can literally stick anything metal on the magnets, so I just use a metal pencil tray that you get when you buy a pack of pencils. I sit my brushes those and it works fine. They also had a tripod I could buy with it, but once again it was really overpriced so I just bought another tripod from a different store that works perfectly fine as well. But other than that, its a great design, its so light and portable, especially the small one. I can carry the box, tripod, paints etc and even a small seat all in one bag.
I too have my own tripod😄. The magnets really help in getting creative with the add-ons. I started using mine at life drawing with oils and honestly I find it such a joy to use. I'm curious about the small seat, any advice?
@@robdomeart the seat is just a small fold up seat I got at a store that sells cheap products from China. They’re not the most comfortable but I just use it for urban sketching. I’m sure there are more fancy fold up seats from art stores you can get though. For the metal pencil tray, I sit it on the magnets at the front of the pochade box, nearest to you, rather than the ones on the sides.
@@MarkWhippy You can check outdoors stores too. I find those to have the most variety and better prices.
Hi, thank you for your clear overview. It could be nice that you specify also in metric unit (with text). I guess US fellas will like to have the weight in imperial unit too. Please continue your great work. I really enjoyed watching
Those are some great points Michaël, thanks for your feedback!🙂
I just received the same pochade box. The palette also doesn't quite fit snugly:(
Thanks for letting me know :) I've been using it with gouache and oil painting, also painting from life (I upload my paintings and studies on my Instagram account if you'd like to check them out) and never actually had any issue with the palette sliding or else. It also cleans super easily which is great. So don't worry about it, I think it's an awesome product and you'll surely enjoy it :)
@@robdomeart thanks for your feedback. I'm not too upset about the sliding;) I really love this box with the tripod. Great size (medium), adjustable, lightweight. Expensive-ish, but it's perfect for me.
How can the metal supports be made of stainless steel. I thought all stainless steel is non magnetic. Try a magnet on your stainless steel cutlery sometime and I bet it is non magnetic.
Good point. I did a bit of a research and apparently there are 5 families of stainless steel, with different chemical composition, some magnetic and others not. Not sure of the one used here, but ferritic stainless steel for example is magnetic. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Roberto. We learn something new every day. All the best.@@robdomeart
*a very beautiful and well designed piece of art related equipment/kit...for me it is begs to be further augmented and personalized on the outside (and possibly within) by the means of laser etching or pyrography and wire inlay designs...as every nick and scratch that the pochade attracts in the future would only make it even more attractive and desirable from a creative standpoint...in my personal opinion of course*
Indeed. I’ll have to think on how I want to personalise mine :)
@@robdomeart *look to some of your amazingly talented friends who might be graphic artists..personally i'd consider making it look very ornate with intricate wire inlay designs in the corners and possibly your own personal sigil displayed in the center...make it look ancient and distressed...i look forward to seeing what you eventually do with this*
You could put a bit of weather stripping on the clamp that's too tall
Good advice. However after using it more and more I never had any issues with the tolerances or else.
@@robdomeart sweet!
Your accent is gorgeous!
😄Thank you!
in a six minute review you showed the actual product being used for maybe 2 minutes . the rest was you talking !
I’ll be uploading more videos on painting with it soon. Thanks for your feedback.