Lockways Magnetic Dry Erase White Board| 40" x 30" Wall-Mounted Aluminum Message Presentation WhiteBoard with Pen Tray for Students & Teachers

Cheap home-office grade magnetic whiteboards are a dime a dozen, and they're all pretty much the same thing. There were other 48x36 brands that would have probably been a little less expensive ($50-ish) and any of them would have probably done the job. I ordered this particular one because 1) It has a dark (vs. alum. colored) frame. I'm doing teaching via the web and didn't want any chance of reflection/distraction from the frame... and 2) it won some German "best whiteboard" award. Big whiteboards are notoriously tough to get shipped to you without damage- this one arrived in decent shape, no dings or marks on the front face BUT it did have some minor damage to the back. It comes with four relatively beefy hollow wall anchors - I used what they sent (vs. using better/heavier-duty ones) and they worked fine. (BTW- I teach construction-related topics to superintendents and have 40+ yrs experience putting stuff together so mounting this thing was a 10 minute job. I used a line laser (but a spirit level would have been fine) marked the hole locations, tapped in the supplied anchors and screwed the whiteboard to the wall level and plumb. So why 4 stars instead of 5? Three things. 1) The top 2 *rear* screw trims kept falling off before I could get the screw through them .. so I attached with CA glue. That worked fine. But I realized you can't see them anyway so I just left the bottom ones off. More hassle than worth, and it was quite a bit of screwing around to use them. 2) The aluminum trim around the edge of the board is *NOT* straight. The mounting holes were set with a laser, but there is a marked "sag" -a fat 1/8" - in the trim which makes the board look like it's sagging on the wall. Doesn't impact the utility but it's noticeable. The reason it's there- the side trim pieces are cut a little too long, so it pushes the corners out and creates the "sag". No way to fix this - it is what it is. 3) The pen tray is a joke. It's a short, flimsy a alum. extrusion, and it did NOT fit into the edge trim (it's supposed to snap in). Well... the back flange was about 1/32" too long to allow that to happen. Luckily I have a bench grinder- so I had to shave a hair off the length of this thing to get it mounted at all - and it was honestly not worth doing. It's too small, too flimsy- pretty much useless. I did get it stuck on there and used a couple drops of thick CA glue to "lock" it in place. So those three issues cost the product at least one star and honestly I'd like to take off half a star each... So my real score is 3.5 not 4. Keep in mind the price of this thing was premium - I could have gone to Staples and picked up their house brand - it wouldn't have been any better, but it would have cost $10-15 less. I'm not expecting this to last forever, and I'll probably build a better pen/eraser tray anyway. Overall - this board will do the job - it just wasn't stellar. I'll post a picture of the "sag" when I get a chance. It's not terrible but to anyone with a trained eye for straight/plumb/level (the people I teach) - it'll stick out like a sore thumb.

Pretty standard whiteboard. Fortunately arrived intact despite a big gouge in the box from UPS. I’ve mounted these before, but if you haven’t, some recommendations if mounting to drywall: measure your location, then use a sturdy nail at one corner with a level on the top of the board. Swing to a level location, have someone hold it and mark your other three holes. I used different anchors than came with the board, but I did use the screws that came with it. Drill your top two anchor holes, screw the board in halfway. Verify the bottom two holes align, and if not adjust your markings. Then remove top two screws and drill the bottom two. Then screw all four in. Don’t forget to place the screw covers on the corners.The marker tray is tone to falling off if you knock it from the bottom accidentally. So much so that I’m not sure I installed it correctly. I followed directions, but it only seems designed to mount in one channel despite looking like it slides in to both a front and back channel. So maybe it’s a user error thing. If not, it’s a terrible design.After following directions to clean the board with board cleaner prior to first use, using a black Expo dry erase fine tip marker resulted in some ghosting after using the Expo eraser. Also happened with a black Expo extra fine tip black marker. However, there was no ghosting with any other color in the Expo line. Blue worked perfectly with no ghosting. So maybe it’s Expo’s black formula? That said, Expo is pretty much the standard, so ghosting with black ink is kind of a problem.The board is magnetic enough to hold single standard letter-size paper sheets or notecards. I haven’t tried it with any other magnets other than the ones that came with the board. But I can verify magnets work over the entire board.Do I recommend this board? I guess so. The ghosting issue is a little concerning out of the box. So is the tray - whether it’s bad directions or bad design, that needs to be fixed. But if you don’t care which color markers you use and don’t really need or care about the tray, the board works fine and looks pretty good when it’s installed.

EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED

Light weight and works well

Like the product very much

Got this dry erase board for middle schooler who was struggling with remote learning. He was not grasping some of the math concepts and was getting really frustrated and I could tell he was feeling defeated.He and dad started wring notes and problems that he would complete daily. Then they would spend time reviewing at the end of the day. This really helped so much. He uses it every day. He has even been writing himself inspirational messages (very shocking) daily. He practices in this board every day.It was very easy to assemble. It’s big enough to brainstorm and work out word problems. This is a great size. Very easy to clean. I paid a little extra for this one because it has that shiny finish. It easily erases and there is no marker residue. Also, when it was mounted, it stayed mounted on the wall. I was a little concerned that it would fall but it came with nails and has not moved.I thought that this dry erase board would eventually be used as a checklist for chores not just school work but he has been using it every day for academics so it is now solely for academic development. This is a great dry erase board that is the right msize for both kids and adults.

Ordered 2, 1 was flawed, can’t get one area clean as the surface is rough. Tried to deal with the seller a real hassle. I whist have to live with it. I would not buy this product again for that reason.

Solid built and great size.

Overall size is not 48x36 (47 x 34) and writeable size is 46 x 33 - just a heads up on this if the size is important for you

I use it for office and it’s exactly what I was looking for for a great price.

it's a goo value whiteboard. The marker imprint sticks around unless I use a wet cleaner, but it's what I hoped for.