I have this one, a gift from grandma. It gets used daily, so it was worth it, and the white dry-erase top is very easy to clean although the raw wood is uncleanable (no varnish). However, there are a couple design flaws that make it a hassle so I curse it a lot with the daily use. One is that it should have a roll-up on the other side to roll up the drawn-on paper as it gets used so you can use the reverse side when you're done with the fresh roll. When we had pads of paper, there was a lot of reuse, it can't be done practically with this kind of roll paper. The other is those paper cutters - the paper goes down into a narrow crack between the pen bin and the drawing surface; to use the paper cutter (the wood strip) you have to pull it out, make the cut, and then feed it back into the crack (otherwise it's sticking up bugging the kid). It's quite difficult to do and a real hassle.

Daily use. Can you tell? So worth the $75, but for my money - shop for one with roll-up-the-used-paper feature and a better paper cutter, I think I saw one at Land of Nod.

Seems a little flimsy, the thin legs especially. But a nice idea.