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Review on GAOMON S620 6.5 x 4 Inches Graphics Tablet - High Precision 8192 Passive ๐ŸŽจ Pen - Ideal for Digital Drawing, OSU, and Online Teaching - Mac Windows Android OS Compatible by Brian Cooper

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Affordable and reliable - a great tablet for beginners and teachers

When I first saw this tablet I was quite skeptical; Even for a smaller tablet, it was incredibly affordable, especially when compared to other brands' prices. I ordered this tablet because there isn't much to lose; In addition to the Gaomon warranty, I was offered a 3-year protection plan for just under $5. Already a better start than any other tablet I've bought. The tablet arrived much quicker than expected and I was also pleased to see how well everything was packaged. I've attached a small unboxing video here; I went further and removed the plastic from the products (tablet, tablet pens and gloves) prior to shooting but everything was replaced as received. Zone. 4 keyboard shortcuts Everything else: S620 tablet itself; AP32 pen without battery (8192 pen pressure levels, pretty standard pen pressure but impressive for such a small tablet); 1 USB Type-C adapter and 1 Micro USB adapter. drawing glove. There are more tips on their website over the life of the tablet, but they provide enough to get you started.) This tablet was set up in no more than 10 minutes, Gaomon's website was very easy to navigate. If you have another tablet, make sure you uninstall that driver before installing this one. The same goes for any tablet, only one can work at a time. No big deal, just a tip for tablet beginners! After about an hour of using the tablet, I received an error message on my computer and the driver stopped working. I went back to the Gaomon website and immediately on the main page (it's so big you can't miss it) there was a link to download their generic driver which would fix the problem right away. respect for them. Driver issues are very common on all tablets, but I've never seen a company openly admit and try to give you as much access to fix them as Gaomon does. I didn't have to deal with this fix at all and the tablet worked fine and took 2 seconds to load the new driver. Super rare for tablet companies, you usually have to dig. There was only 1 cable for this tablet, which I was very happy about. There is no mess! It's definitely portable and fast. The glove also fits me, which I wasn't expecting as tablet manufacturers tend to ship either large or very small gloves, but this one fits me perfectly! There are also USB ports in case you want to use your tablet with your phone; As said, it is designed for portability and ease of use. The included pen tips are enough to extend the life of the tablet, overall it's a lot. As for the performance of the tablet itself, it's as good as my $350 Wacom Intous (Medium). Obviously it's a lot smaller than what I'm used to, which required some adjustments, but that's to be expected. I got acquainted with it in the same hour and then worked on it like I would any other tablet. It worked just as well as my Wacom. The only drawback was the handle. I really enjoyed the pressure for the first hour or two. After about an hour I had to put in a little more effort to get it to connect and get the pressure I wanted. Again, this required some tweaking and wasn't my favorite. I'm more used to buttons that don't have as much "buffer room" so it's more of a personal preference. Once I got used to it after another hour or two, it wasn't that bad. However, for such a small and inexpensive tablet, it's surprising that it works SO well. You will definitely get a lot for your money. I've never used keyboard shortcuts before but I figured "why not" and set up a few of them to use on this tablet and wow I missed a lot! I like how these buttons click a lot more than my Wacom. Their sensitivity is very good and the context menu is right in the driver menu, so navigation and setup is very easy. I would highly recommend this tablet to budding artists (I'm going to give this tablet to my little sister who has just started digital art/animation), it's cheap, easy to use and very portable. It does its job well, what more can I say? At a time like this when so many of us are doing everything online, I would also recommend this tablet to teachers (my own struggle with writing equations with the mouse), it really helps with online signing! I'm really amazed that I spent hundreds on a tablet that I could get for less than half the price for the same quality from Gaomon. Leading tablet manufacturers don't always fit, Gaomon has much better protection plans too! And I got a free tablet glove. Now I wouldn't offer this tiny tablet to full-time artists like me, they have other sizes that I expect will work just as well for less than $100. Hell, I could even buy a screen tablet for less than my Wacom desktop tablet. If I had known about Gaomon when I was first looking for a tablet, I would have certainly saved myself a lot of time, money, and confusion buying from them.

Pros
  • FOR Osu! AND GAMES
Cons
  • Reliability