Dropped $60 on a digital art tablet and it was a total waste

I bought this cheap tablet off Amazon last month for about 60 bucks because I wanted to try drawing without spending big. First week the pen stopped working right, it would skip lines and make jagged marks on the screen. I tried updating drivers and restarting my computer three times, nothing fixed it. Now it's just sitting in my drawer and I'm back to using my mouse. Has anyone else had luck with those budget tablets or am I better off saving for a name brand one?

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3 Comments

jennifer83323d ago

Is it really that serious for 60 bucks though lol

stone.lisa22d ago

Wait the USB port thing is actually wild to me LOL. A tablet that only works on USB 2.0 because 3.0 is "too powerful"? That sounds like something that would break my computer honestly. I had a similar cheapo tablet from some brand nobody's heard of and after two weeks the pen pressure sensitivity just stopped working completely no matter what I tried. But 60 bucks for a lesson about drivers and power outputs feels kinda steep when you couldve spent that on takeout instead. At least youre not alone in the paperweight drawer club.

vera_robinson3622d ago

Understand that the real problem with these super cheap tablets is the driver support, not the hardware itself. Most of the time the company that makes the budget tablet stops updating the drivers after a few months so they don't have to pay for the software updates. So even if the pen works fine at first, once your computer updates its operating system the tablet becomes a paperweight. You can try looking for open source drivers like the ones for Huion or XP-Pen knockoffs, sometimes hobbyists fix this stuff for free. Also check if the tablet works with a different USB port, I had one that only worked in a USB 2.0 port because the USB 3.0 port was too powerful for the cheap circuit board. But honestly for 60 bucks you might as well just treat it as a lesson and save up for a proper Wacom or used iPad.