MEEDEN Artist Wooden Drafting Stool: Adjustable Height Art Stool for Studio

I bought this to fit in a small space between office height base units, the type you find in a kitchen but lower height to make them suitable for an office setup. I have a space just wide enough for knees to fit in a bit, 33 cm wide. This stool is quoted at 32cm but in reality is just 30 across the seat and about 31 at the widest point across the legs. This makes it absolutely ideal. It seems very solid indeed, and is certainly very stable for such a narrow design. The adjustment is very smooth and with a good height range. At the highest though it would certainly be unstable, but then it's very unlikely to be used that high so it shouldn't be a problem. The addition of a thick foam pad and elasticated cover should make it more comfortable, as sitting on any hard surface for prolonged periods is never recommended, not good for the bones in your own base! The stool itself though, absolutely great.

Quality stool . Assembly was straightforward. Feels very sturdy and looks lovely .

Good quality. Highly recommended.

I’d give this 4.5 if I could. It’s a lovely stool and perfect for getting the exact height, but looses one point ( would prefer it to be half point) for it being a bit precarious to sit on unless you’ve got both feet firmly planted on the ground.

Rubbish. Impossible to tighten enough to stop it becoming a Gelatinous waste of space after a few days of use. Unable to tighten it at all now. It is utter rubbish.

I was a bit taken aback to find this stool was delivered as a DIY kit. The wood components are excellent quality being very hard and dense beechwood. However the quality of the metal fixings - oh dear! I can only assume that Meeden-Art, a large US corporation, buys its hardware from the cheapest Chinese supplier they can find. The stamped out crossheads on the screws do not conform to any known standard form. Meeden supply a cheap bent tubular steel screwdriver, whose head I would guess is Philips #1 size, which does not remotely fit the screw heads. The screw heads appear to be halfway between a #2 Pozidrive and a #3 JIS (Japanese Industry Standard). I have a very large Brownell's gunsmith's screwdriver bit set (54 pieces) and none of them fitted the screw heads properly. This is not a cheap stool and Meeden should provide appropriate fixings with it. A Pozidrive #2 bit just about fitted well enough to get the screws tight if held very firmly in the screw. I would describe this as: "Spoiling the ship for a ha'p'worth of tar".

Strong chair. Sitting at a standard table. Good height. The winding mechanism very good. Asthecticly attractive

Very easy to assemble apart from the middle triangular 'shelf' that connects the three stool legs. Aligning each of the three fixing bolts through the legs into the slotted nut receptors in the shelf is tricky to align them correctly. You can easily miss thread the bolt end so my tip is to use a small dot of blue or white tack to keep the nut precisely aligned with the bolt as you secure it. The stool components are well made and once assembled it looks neat and is comfortable. Adjustment is easy and works well. It takes my weight (105KGS).

sera pratique avec le bon chevalet

Ben fatto, solido, facile da montare.

Der Hocker ist von seine Qualität sehr gut. Das Zusammenbauen war einfach und mit der beigefügten Anleitung kinderleicht. Lässt sich leicht in der Höhe verstellen durch drehen. Die Farbe passt gut zu meiner Staffelei.

Un tabouret de toute beauté une finition parfaite tout comme sa solidité

Muy buena calidad.