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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 Jimmy Jefferson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Inexpensive and reliable - 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 removed the plastic from the products (tablet, tablet pen and gloves) before shooting, but everything was assembled so how it was delivered. Contents includes: Tablet Specifications: 6.5" x 4" active area. 4 shortcut keys. Everything else: the S620 tablet itself. AP32 pen without battery (8192 pen pressure levels, also known as pretty standard pen pressure, but impressive for such a small tablet). -C Adapter & 1x Micro USB Adapter Drawing glove Spare pen nibs (enough for the life of the tablet, more nibs are available on the website but they provide enough to get you started) This tablet took no more than 10 minutes to set up 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. Never mind, 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 download link for their generic driver that 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 supply 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 used to it in the same hour and 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 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! Like how these buttons click so much more than my Wacom. Their sensitivity is really good and the context menu is right in the driver menu, so it's very easy to navigate and customize. 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 mouse), it really helps with online signing! I'm really amazed that I've spent hundreds on a tablet that could get 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 first looked for a tablet, Full time workers, 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 first looked for a tablet, full-timers, they have other sizes that I expect would 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 first looked for a tablet, I could even buy a screen tablet for less than my Wacom desktop tablet. If I had known about Gaomon when I first looked for a tablet, full-timers, they have other sizes that I expect would 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 first looked for a tablet, I could even buy a screen tablet for less than my Wacom desktop tablet. If I had known about Gaomon when I first looked for a tablet, full-timers, they have other sizes that I expect would 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 first looked for a tablet,

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