WacomIntuos Small + Replacement Nibs

I had high hopes for this tablet. I already own a small version of this that is not bluetooth and really enjoyed using it. I was excited to get the chance to upgrade to the medium when the price dropped, so expected the exact same performance from this as I got from the small.That is not the case, as this medium size does not support multi-touch gestures. A disaster for a Mac user with multiple screens that I slide between. This can't be used as a full-time mouse because of the lack of gesture support. I hit problems as soon as I needed to scroll down a page that didn't have a scrollbar. The only way this can be operated is with the pen. So now I have had to resort to using a mouse and pen while working on Painter and Photoshop and just using the mouse for general computer use. I am sorely disappointed by this.The bluetooth battery life is reasonable. A three-hour art session saw the battery drop by 40%. The battery also drops a few percent while stored away for a day or two.My other big bugbear with this, which annoyed me with the small size too, is the surface damage done by the nib. My brand new tablet was marked all over by the time I had finished my first piece of art. It no longer looks new and pristine, but old and used like my two-year-old small tablet. It just scores too easily for my liking and I am not heavy-handed with it. It is just rapid wear and tear. There must be a way to have a nib that doesn't score the surface or a surface that is not so easily marked.I would not have bought this if I knew multi-touch wasn't supported on this. Gutted.

I'm a beginner, and I chose the medium size, which I'm more than happy with. It's very slim and lightweight, but feels well-built for the price. On the Wacom UK website, the price for this is £179.99, but on Amazon, I paid £109.99 (new) which is a steal.It connects via BT to my Dell XPS (Win 10), and charges fairly quickly. I can also use it via USB although I wish the USB lead was a bit longer as I prefer to use the port on the other side of my laptop (the far side, because my laptop is hooked up to an external monitor, which it's sitting to the side of... anyways), but I use BT instead.The colour is pretty cool. Would be nice if they came out with other colours, but that's not the most important thing here to consider.The pen feels nice in my hand and it comes with 4 standard nibs (one's already installed and the other 3 nibs are inside the pen, revealed by unscrewing the top of the pen. The nib tool is built into the top of the pen too. It has a nice weight, and feels natural to hold. The two buttons don't get in my way but is easy to reach with my thumb because I place my thumb just below the bottom button, normally. Drawing on the tablet feels natural. Looking up at the screen whilst drawing takes a little practice but feels quite natural.Online registration was fairly straightforward, and I was able to claim all 3 software that's on offer. I haven't installed them because Illustrator and Photoshop serves my needs.Wacom's software + driver were very easy to install and setup. You can customise your tablet and pen settings for both general use and per-app use, which is very handy.The only thing I would ask for from Wacom at this point would be to release a Paper version (like Intuos Pro Paper but without the hefty price tag) in Medium size. It kinda frustrates me I can't lay a piece of copy paper over the tablet and trace over it with the pen, even though there are other ways around that.

I love using small tablets like this instead of using a mouse. I’d highly recommend every heavy computer user to buy one.This Wacom is as good as any other I’ve had. It’s as sensitive as you need it to be, fully adjustable and super responsive. The drivers are great once setup, but they have their issues. I disconnect the tablet sometimes to take with my laptop. When I reconnect I loose mouse mode and have to either reboot or re select it in preferences. Sometimes it randomly looses mouse mode and sometimes touch mode gets stuck on for no reason. All driver issues and not hardware related. Sort it wacom. Other than that, it’s perfect as mouse replacement or for drawing.I had rsi from using a computer too much for my job, the movement of a mouse constantly over a day took its toll. Using a pen like this solved all my issues. After 10 years using a pen instead of a mouse I can confirm it helped me massively. It’ll take time to get used to the change but persevere with it.

I needed a new tablet to help at Uni and freelance work and these are the tablets they have us use in lessons. But I figured I'd get my own so I can draw on the go and at home. No need to worry about batteries or cables coming loose - I really like having a portable cable as my previous tablet had the usb cable attached which meant over time it was bending a breaking. Having a pen stylus that needs no batteries is a weight off my shoulders so I don't have to preserve my drawing time to save battery life. I can't fault this tablet. Only thing I would say is that when installing the software and tying to get the free drawing program it wouldn't let me gain access so I did have to call up customer services to get that resolved (in the end I haven't used the Corel paint program much as I do find it difficult to draw with, as I'm used to Photoshop)