Drawing Tablet XPPen G430S OSU, Graphic Drawing Tablet with 8192 Levels Pressure Battery-Free Stylus, 4 x 3 inch Ultrathin, for OSU Game, Online Teaching Compatible with Window/Mac Black

I had no idea if this would work for the application I had intended it for. That is, being a mechanical designer, sometimes advantageous to mark something up on screen by hand in a natural fashion. As it turns out, it worked perfectly and continues to do so no matter what application I use it with. You can even use it as an extremely precise mouse if you want to, hovering the stylus over the pad. It’s small enough at 4 x 6“, to easily get stashed somewhere when you’re not using it and not have it take up half an acre of desk space. And I really like the little things that went into the design and function such as it knows immediately when you pull the stylist out and self activates ready to use. I also really like the fact that it comes with probably half a dozen stylist tips doesn’t use those tiny quadruple-A batteries that are in some Bluetooth stylus pens, and has all kinds of customizable function buttons and so forth that I could probably burn more time than I care to consider tailoring them if I want to. If like me, and you don’t need a full a size or bigger surface to draw on, this is ideal. It has an app interface that allows you to customize all different kinds of things, including stylus, pressure and angle, and on, and on and on, and probably most important of all at least for me it works, and it works well. I didn’t have to break the bank getting something bigger or more than I needed, and was able to blindly pick and win the lottery for exactly what I need. Probably the most difficult thing from starting out and it’s normal I expect, is tailoring the sensitivity and so forth to your writing style. Hand position, elevation of the stylus on the pad, stylus angle and pressure. It is extremely sensitive, which I think is fantastic, but it will take a little bit of getting used to and adjusting, so you’re not over or under correcting. Zero regrets: I should’ve gotten something like this years ago.

I've been a freelance Motion Designer/3D/VFX artist for around a decade now and started using tablets exclusively 15 years ago due to wrist pain from using a mouse. This small, cheap tablet is without a doubt the best tablet I've ever used--for my purposes. I use a pen/tablet as more of a mouse replacement than an illustration tool--though I do use it for that some too. Size of tablet is a huge factor for me because the bigger the tablet is, the further away the keyboard is. This causes me to have to have one arm stretched out all day long which causes a host of physical problems. This little tablet fits right on top of my trackpad, so it is directly under the keyboard. The small footprint allows me to work without a table, setting the laptop...on my lap. This is an absolute godsend for a digital nomad who travels full time. If your needs are similar: a small sized pen tablet that can function as a mouse replacement. THIS IS IT! And it is crazy affordable. There are some small issues with jitter in the upper left corner, but I remap the surface away from it and prefer a smaller active area anyway. The smaller the active area the less I have to move my arm and the faster I can work. (I really on need something the size of a credit card.) Another issue I have is that when I first wake up my computer, the mapping will be back to default. Not a big deal on it's own, but unfortunately the software doesn't fire up when I click the icon either. It used to work but stopped for some reason. I end up having to reset to fix the issue. Not a deal breaker but annoying for sure. Still, this tablet is amazing and I highly recommend it. It's the best purchase I've made in a very long time. :)

This thing got me through my freshman year. Took some getting used to and the pad is a bit small, but it's sensitive, responsive, reliable, and portable enough to take with me to class or the library.

This definitely came as a surprise. The affordability factor was the main reason for the purchase. It is used as a signature pad in a healthcare office. Most of the pads that we order for this purpose are close to $200. The fact that this is literally 10 times cheaper and IT WORKS for what it is intended, makes it a worthy $20 investment. This connects to a regular USB, and works alongside your mouse. The one downside of using it in a public environment is the fact that the stylus is not connected to the pad. If you are using it at a home setting than this is a perfect affordable tool. I am teaching a 5 year old and a 7-year old to use a stylus for basic computer animation and it is a great stepping stone to moving onto more advance (and expensive) design tablets.

When I first purchased the tablet, I was in love! It's perfect for if you're new to digital art and if you need something light and easy to take with you. I take animation classes where we use drawing tablets and this is easy to use because I can fit it in my bag to take between classes. Very easy to set up, no buttons or anything to learn how to work, and you can also enable and disable certain pen features to your own tastes. However! I bought this December 28th, 2017. It hasn't been a full year yet, but I'm running into some problems with it. The pen and tablet randomly haven't been working, I tried everything the support website told me to do, and still no resolution. The pen randomly decides to draw when it's not pressing onto the tablet piece, or will randomly click and drag things? Until I unplug it. For the money, you get what you pay for. This is a cheaper alternative to Wacom, kind of like the tablet that you buy so you can start making art, but when you're financially able to, you buy a nicer one. If it didn't start having these issues, I would rate it 5 stars, but because it hasn't even been a year yet and I can't even use it, that's what makes me place it at 3 stars.

Very good for the price the pen does leave some marks but so far it's not affected the quality and it works perfectly I've been using this for a couple months and I haven't had any issues (you do have to set it to your dominant hand I believe it starts off as a left handed pen)

XP-Pen G430 4 x 3 inch Ultrathin Digital Tablet Graphic Drawing Tablet for Game OSU and Battery-free Stylus-designed! Gameplay I enjoy using the XP-Pen G430 because it is compact, light, and doesn't require drivers. This is really helpful when I am traveling and want to have a tablet ready for use. It works well with osu! since there isn't any input delay and the 4" x 3" active area is easy to navigate with the pen. The hover range (10mm) is also pretty far, so any hovering players can enjoy it. I play osu! pretty often and the tablet is pretty good for me; I just wished it was a little bit bigger when I got it, but I adjusted to the size now. The pen itself is very light and has two buttons; one is for right click and the other one is middle click. The only downsides that the G430 has is that it is quite small compared to a Wacom device, such as the intuos small, which requires an adjustment from tablet to tablet. The scroll feature uses middle click instead of a click and hold + swipe to scroll pages. Otherwise, the tablet is nice for the amount paid. I was introduced to XP-Pen at Anime Expo 2016 and they are a nice company with friendly employees. Shipping was on time and came in a small envelope package that contained the product box as well as the product itself. There is packaging material in the product box itself, so it shouldn't break or have any damage when it reaches its destination.

I've been working in the digital design and visual FX industry for over 2 decades.. I've owned and used tablets for my illustration and Zbrush work for MANY of those.. I have ALWAYS preached to new artists and illustrators that, despite me owning a LOT of Wacom products, you DO NOT NEED a large expensive tablet to produce quality art. THIS tablet has proven me WRONG!! Do you NEED a big and expensive fancy tablet? Absolutely NOT.. Can THIS tablet be used to produce quality illustrations and other art? NO.. your work will be 10x better spending the extra $10 on the Huion model that is one size larger.. (yet actually has thickness.. this 2mm stuff is useless trash with poor performance). Why? Simply put, using it flat on a desk, the tablet isn't large enough to properly hold it in place. The "real estate" for holding it still is useless.. And my preferred method of holding it in my hand/lap is completely out of the question due to the thickness mentioned above. I'm not telling you that you NEED to go buy some $200+ Wacom or even a higher end model from this company or Huion. I'm simply telling you that the extra $10 for the (one size larger) Huion WILL improve your ability to get what you want from your hand to the program you're using. Trust me, I do this for a living, and after my Wacom Intuos bit the dust, I ordered this AND the Huion to see which to keep. I believe I've explained why I'm choosing a return this one and keep the Huion. (I'm probably misspelling that by the way). Oh and just a side not, I had this less than a day, and Amazon is CHARGING ME for the return print label so I'm not even getting my refund (not all it).

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Work with Microsoft Word flawlessly. I use this for Chinese text input. Way faster and accurate than using mouse.

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Very good product