Choosing a drawing tablet brand

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Overview

No brand's products are consistently perfect.

All brands will eventually ship a product that has defective units or that will have sporadic problems with their drivers, etc. So, at some point you will need help.

This is why you MUST choose a brand that:

  • Supports its customers well:

    • Is publishing driver updates

    • Had good documentation

    • Has active customer support

  • Has enough other people using their tablets, so that you can get help from online communities.

Brands I generally suggest

I generally steer people toward:

  • Wacom

  • Huion

  • XP-Pen

  • Xencelabs

More here: brands

You'll find people who've had good and bad experience with each brand. Though generally I do think Wacom has a better experience for customers overall.

Brands vs specific tablets

Within a brand, they will have good tablets and bad tablets. Even Wacom, which is the market leader has some tablets I will not recommend.

Instead of only thinking of the brand, consider specific tablet models.

Online communities

Communities are where a people can learn and get help with drawing tablets. Depending on the brand there are different options. More here: Drawing tablet communities

Discussions

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