Ugee 19" Graphics Drawing Pen Tablet Monitor with Screen Protector and Pergear Clean Kit

UPDATE: 12.3.2014Update - There were some things I didn't have time to include in this review and other things that became apparent more recently. All new information is marked with an "update" tag.FINAL UPDATE: 12.9.2014- It must be noted that I corrected the loose, flimsy pen problem on my own, and it was my own fault. The pen was not screwed in correctly, and when the pen nib was put in I failed to screw the bottom on tightly enough to hold it in place. It must also be noted that the "charging" stand is not a charging stand but a nib holder. (I'm sorry for being dumb ;_;)....and the pen actually does take battery (there's one deep inside) but also mainly works on an electromagnetic level, meaning it will probably be a loooong time before I need to replace it, if at all. I'm happy and I have removed that negative part of the review. I look forward to completing some paintings with this tool. :)So. This tablet. I don't know much about the maker, nor did I even know this tablet existed until recently. I was in the market to upgrade to a tablet I could actually use for a project of mine (game art, CG art specifically). I previously owned a Wacom Bamboo, which worked well enough...except not only was I left handed but I was left handed AND lacked enough hand-eye-control to draw with it without making five million mistakes. I have been drooling over drawing tablets with screens for years.When I came across the money to upgrade...it wasn't very much. On my budget, it would take me about FIVE YEARS to save up enough for something "fancy" like a Wacom Cintiq. I'm not going to compare or knock this brand, since I know very little about it. I've never used a Wacom Cintiq.Instead, I'm going to share my experience with this product to other people finding themselves desperate to upgrade with very little money to do so with.BOTTOM LINE :This product does it's job. It draws. On a screen. Like you were drawing on paper. I was wondering whether drawing on such a slick screen would be difficult but it proved to be fluid and easy.But people tend to have more questions than that. So while I'm not a tablet expert, I'll do my best to explain the "pros and cons" of this tablet.DESCRIPTION:This is a very large screen (19in), larger than a sheet of printer paper and closer to a large bristol board. But the size is why it is great...when you're in an art program, you have your tools to one side and your drawing in the middle, making the extra room very important. Don't even think about trying to draw in your lap with this. You're going to struggle if you try. (Just...trust me.)This tablet is for setting on a table, in front of your computer. The stand is built in, and you can easily adjust the stand to whatever height you'd like....EXCEPT for completely flat (or, at least, it is very difficult to make it flat) which is why it isn't for drawing in your lap. Not to mention the four different cables hooked up to the inside.The tablet comes with all the cords you need. (In my case, at least.) An adapter, a USB plug-in and a wall plug-in (it has to be plugged in to the wall AND your computer, with both the USB and adapter to work, which didn't bother me that much). It comes with a pen that is medium in size, thicker than a pencil but not crazy thick like a marker. The pen has a button that can be triggered to right click. I'll talk about that later. The pen is wireless, electromagnetic (with backup battery), and has a nib holder (!). I'll also talk about that later.It also comes with gloves (to prevent you from smudging your screen while drawing and/or to clean the screen) and a cleaning cloth.It comes with clear instructions that, if you follow them, make installing a breeze. After installing, you calibrate the tablet to your computer until it matches up. It even gives you a chance to test pen pressure and colors to make sure they work well. In my experience, the tablet's resolution was a bit lower than my computer's but perhaps that can be fixed. Also, if your computer screen is larger than the tablet screen (yes, my laptop's screen is huge), expect another change in resolution, proportion wise. Didn't bother me that much or distract me while drawing so *shrug*.PROS AND CONS:PROS+ So easy to use. Really. It's a dream come true since I draw best when, you know, actually looking at what I'm drawing while drawing and I struggled with hand-eye-coordination with screenless tablets.+ The pen pressure works wonderfully, dare I say better than my Bamboo's pressure levels. The pen knows when I'm just tapping. It knows when I make a quick, light line. It knows when I'm pressing down hard, and if I press down hard enough, it will start pooling. It works very much like a real ink pen.+ The screen, while not exactly hyper HD resolution, gives a clear detailed picture.+ The pen matches up with cursor well enough that I do not have to worry about mismatched lines. It follows the pen without lagging behind.+ While I'm sure that a lot of it is the speed of my laptop itself, it works fast with no lag in general. Unless I leave it for ten minutes or something, I don't really worry about the lag while the screen "wakes up."+ Coloring is equally fluid, and responsive. In other words, the pen has the same good pressure and recognition whether working with paint, pencil or ink, and the same goes for making lines or tapping dots.+ I tested it on the following programs and it works on all of them well:* Clip Studio Paint Pro (Seriously amazing results here, and props have to be given to the program itself as well as the tablet. Painting and inking was so fluid it was just like doing it on paper. All that is needed is to be careful and know what you're doing.)* Photoshop (it should be noted that the program is Elements 8, however the brushes are quite dynamic to the point I'm sure you'll be fine in Photoshop CS, since I have a little experience trying it in CS as well.)* GIMP* Paint Tool Sai* and of course the desktop itself XDUPDATE + Another thing I felt was nice was how kind the seller was. The seller frequently checked in during the shipping process, to ask if the tablet had arrived, and also asked if the tablet was working well for me. I've never had any seller actually check in on me, so the friendliness of these guys was pretty cool.CONS+ The screen is not...textured. It's glossy and glassy, slick. That doesn't bother me when drawing, in fact I like it, but it does make glare an issue if you put it at the wrong angle, to the point you have to move your body to overcome the glare. But if you turn it right and are in sitting in the correct lighting in the first place this won't be a problem.+ Like I mentioned, I wish it was possible to improve the resolution. Not a dealbreaker or star reducer...I just wish.+ Since the screen is basically glass, it may smudge on you easily. But that's why you should wear the gloves and why you have a glass wipe.+ It is very bulky, only for drawing on tables with lots of room. UPDATE - The cords themselves are what require the most room.+ UPDATE - Sometimes I feel like the pen acts a little bit *too* realistically, occasionally requiring me to tilt the pen like I would a real ink well pen in order to get any flow. This is a problem I noticed only in Clip Paint Studio though, so it may be a problem specific to this program's already realistic ink pen.+ UPDATE - If you try to run multiple programs, especially high memory ones, expect lag. This does NOT happen when running multiple low MB art programs, however, I tried to make a speedpaint of this tablet, running a video capture that made a video full of GB, and I noticed lag. But I think that would happen with every tablet ever, trying to run a high GB program alongside drawing. XDBOTTOM LINE: It works. It just works. If you can do better, then go ahead, but if you're in the market for an affordable tablet...here you go. Give it a shot. I love mine.The drawing I had posted was too crap- the fault of ME, not my tablet, so I'm replacing it with a better example: http://imgur.com/rU03e3aSomeone who is a better artist than me could do *amazing* things with this tablet considering it responds so well to pressure and color! Possibilities are endless!

The page kept saying it would arrive a month from now, I think I ordered the 24 February and it arrived the 27 of February talk about a pleasant surprise!Now on the the productwhy o why are there so few reviews, and why is this such a little known brand ? I feel no difference between the Ugee and my Intuos4, not kidding the pen pressure is that accurate. Inking goes wonderfully weather you are a slow inker or a fast paced one. Blending colors, or coloring in general, in CLIP Paint Studio is absolutely a joy. Or maybe you like sculpting ? It preforms like a blast in Zbrush as well.10/10 perfect score for pen performance. Having tried more non wacom tablets this was the thing I feared most but Ugee seriously know what they are doing.How does it feel ? It feels great if you ask me, its not too heavy but its not light, the materials are good. You're not supposed to trow it around, its not superbly overprotected so treat it with care. The surface is slick, you really do need something like a smudgeguard (or a cut up sock if you're impatient like I was) I like it but this might be personal.The drivers are very straight forward and easy to install, however the translation seems amiss at 1 point. Do plug your Tablet VGA into your PC and NOT your monitor like the manual says ! Set it up as a second monitor and you're on your merry way. That's all really, it doesn't look like you can make any fatal mistakes regarding the drivers.I don't see a point in making a list of cons comparing it to a certain tablet I'll never be bothered to own. If you want to upgrade from a normal tablet to a monitor tablet and you don't care about fancy pants touch tech or buttons at the side, this Ugee is currently one of the best,and most affordable with recent technology, solutions.---Edit;-After a few days of use a minor annoyance pops up once in a rare while, is the pen just not functioning at all, not even when plugged in, I think its a driver issue because after a reboot it just works fine again. So I'm keeping an eye open on the main site for any updates. Mind you this is rare, has an easy fix, and is not a dealbraker personally seeing it draws/sculpts wonderfully.-If you're planning on heavy usage (+5 hours a day) try to get a spare pen somehow (I hope this seller will get some in the future), I'v found the batterylife of the pen rather mediocre but then again I'm practically conjoined with my tablet by now.(( has been fixed, just plug the USB of the tablet in and out, pen seems to do alright now ))--- May update;Well the driver not functioning seems to be a rare event now to nearly being none existand that is good, sadly enough now it seems the tablet occasionally simply not do anything for 4 seconds. if you are drawing it will update your strokes when it's back making it look like some strange freeze/lag, programs affecting are Kirta, Clip and Photoshop, I suspect 3D coat as well ,I'm not sure about Zbrush . Strange thing is, this also happens on my clean laptop, both pc and laptop are win 7, I haven't had the chance to see if it happens with Win 8 driver but I might be able to grab a friends laptop for that.