This has nice quality paints and is solid plastic construction. Tiny and easy to travel with. I also think the brush is quite nice for an inexpensive travel brush. My only issue was that there really isn't enough mixing space to be practical. It is small enough to put in my plastic box of sketching stuff with another small mixing palette. I wish I had gone for the step up which has the extra fold out mixing area. This little guy is a lovely little kit though so if you don't need a lot of mixing area or can come up with a way to carry extra then I would get it.