This is the second Fome palette box I've purchased (I also own the "bijou" style box with integrated water bottle). They are much heavier duty that the usual metal watercolour palette boxes and are nicely made and finished. PROS: Having three mixing wells in the lid is very handy and I especially like that the inner flap has a plain flat mixing surface and is lipped on three sides to minimise spillage when out in the field. Capacity is good: you can put up to 23 half pans in this box with no special modifications by adding 7 half pans in the central section. (I can only fit 7 half pans, short end to short end in this section, but your mileage may vary – it might be possible with the right pans and/or some sanding to fit 8 half pans, long end to long end and thus get a total of 24.) The central section can also take 4 whole pans plus a half pan, which is a good way of carrying larger quantities of the colours you use most. CONS: The outer rows are fitted fixed metal dividers which means they can ONLY take half pans. That said, the dividers are simply punched from the base sheet and folded up, so it might be feasible to fold some of them back down, creating spaces for whole pans; I have not tried this. A minor negative is that the tin rocks slightly when placed on a table. I recommend resting it on a folded cloth to avoid that issue. Obviously this isn't a problem when holding it in your hand. The issue that arises when using it hand-held, though, is that the lid with the three wells can flop down past horizontal unless you make point of extending your fingers under it. There are two nubs that are clearly meant to stop this but they don't extend enough and they don't actually meet. I solve this problem by taking one of those bar magnets that you get on the back of corporate name badges and attaching it to the base of the box just along the hinge. When the lid is opened it's stopped by the magnet and can't flop.