Review on Inspiroy Wireless Controller Battery Free Tablet 10 5 by Justin Bowen

tl;dr A reasonably priced mid/large tablet with great workspace, excellent tracking/pressure/tilt and a really useful physical dial but horrible buttons. Get it if you need a steering wheel and don't mind the awful use of buttons/keypads. Otherwise, you can save some money by choosing one of Huion's no-dial options. The Good: - Fantastic value for money (90 in some promotions). after adding to cart). The tracking is perfect, no random fluctuations. I don't use stabilization. I didn't notice any lags or gaps. The default pressure curve means you have to press too hard, but the software makes it easy to tweak this. I can gradually increase or decrease the pressure and it responds smoothly with no obvious pressure surges. Tilt also responds smoothly with no obvious jumps. The drawing performance is impeccable and that's what really matters here. The size is great. I would have preferred a few inches more, but then it wouldn't have fit on my desk. The workspace is slightly smaller than a sheet of printer paper, which is enough to move your hand and make the right strokes. In contrast, the tiny pill makes you paint with your wrist and fingers, leading to a lot of cramping and pain. - The dial is very comfortable and it's physical! This is the difference between scrolling on the touchpad and using a regular mouse with a scroll wheel. There are 3 customizable modes that you can switch between with the middle button. I only use two to scroll through frames when animating or rotate the canvas when illustrating, which speeds up my work. At each position of the dial there is a click/lock that makes it easy to move a certain number of steps. It also sounds good when scrolling through frames quickly. I can't find any other tablets with a physical dial and latches in this price range, so I'd definitely recommend it if needed. The build quality seems to be good. It's a thin sheet of plastic with no sharp edges that lays flat on the table, and the non-slip feet do the trick. I'm impressed they managed to put batteries in this thing. - The handle is comfortable, a little light. - Comes with 10 spare tips in a donut holder that is pretty solid and stays in place. I don't expect them to wear out very quickly as the surface is pretty smooth with little texture. Disadvantages: The surface has a very low roughness up/down. It didn't affect my drawing at all (my sketchbook has bumps) and I didn't even notice it until I finished a few drawings and ran my hand over them. I agree, but you may not. The watch face is click-activated, which means you can activate it forward/backward without missing a click. It must actually be activated at the same time or later. Nibble: The detents in the dial are not tight enough, the actuation force should be much higher. I'm picky about tactile things and would prefer really sharp, firm clicks between positions, as well as some texture/ribs on the dial for grip. - If you are left-handed, the dial is on the bottom right. I have an armrest on my chair so I can use it comfortably. If you don't, your hand will likely hang off the table. Personally, I prefer to use my thumb on the dial and my index/middle finger on the buttons, so this placement fits. Nitpick: Strangely, when you set it to left-handed mode, the tablet image in the software's orientation tab rotates 180, but the image in the button mapping doesn't rotate and remains right-handed. However, the keys are rotated 180 in the key assignments. - Nibble: There is no difference between the keys, which means you have to look at them instead of identifying them by touch. They have alternating horizontal and vertical stripes for lights, but should also have matching horizontal/vertical tactile bumps. - Nibbles: The pen sometimes creaks on the surface. Ugly: - Keys suck, with little drop and soft response. They have the exact opposite problem, like a watch face that you can press until you feel a click, but they don't actually activate until you press the buttons very hard after clicking. I keep clicking to switch tools and realize I'm still using the previous tool and then I have to press the button harder a second time and Ctrl+Z is my mistake. They also seem to miss very fast pressing, but it could just be that I'm not pressing hard enough. Annoying enough that I could just use my keyboard if I couldn't get used to pressing very hard. - I don't need the wireless feature personally, but once I tested it, it seemed to work fine with no lag. However, after about 20 minutes it just stopped working and restarting the tablet didn't help. The only solution was to disconnect and reconnect the wireless dongle or go back to the USB cable. This is the only driver/hardware issue I've encountered (Win 10, 64-bit, Driver_14.8.129.1220_beta). I agree as I had no plans to use it wirelessly at all and the wired mode is very reliable. you can not be