My new Nadeau Easel, the Stapleton Kearns version, is a vast improvement over my former Chinese Gloucester easel. The assembly of the Chinese version was just wrong. The palette support bars were not attached to the main part of the easel...Leg length adjustments on the Nadeau Easel are made easily by pulling out brass knobs, then releasing so the spring snaps into the hole automatically. My favorite feature of the Nadeau Easel is its stability...I can use my Nadeau Easel to paint in any size, from teeny to huge; what other setup can claim that? ...I love this thing! The Nadeau Easel is by far my favorite piece of art equipment ever.