This is a great whiteboard. Looks really nice and comes with a sleek aluminum finish. Great size for the limited wall space in my classroom. Only issue is that it was manufactured poorly. The top part of the frame was supposed to be stapled into the backing board to hold everything together. However the staples were misplaced so the frame easily came apart and had staple dents showing through the front. Don't really have time to send back so I found away to secure it together and hang it so it is sturdy but definitely not pleased by how it arrived. Hopefully my experience was a fluke and not the norm.
This whiteboard looks nice and is sturdy. I purchased it for outdoor use but have only had it for a few weeks so we will see how it holds up to heat and sun. So far so good.
We purchased five boards for a private school setting using them three days a week. After a month they are erasing well and I've only used cleaner once. So far I'm happy. Keep in mind they are NOT magnetic.
I bought this to be used at a very busy car dealership as an appointment board. I've found *painting* on the grid lines much better than using the vinyl tape. For some reason this board was a little trickier to get the paint to stick to it whereas other boards I've done I had no problem. BUT when I re-did it no problem. (I do not sand it first prior to painting as it's too tedious!) I also left off the tray (I like that option of not having to have it as I use the board on it's side veritically rather than horizontally with the tray would normally be used to hold markers and erasers.)