XPPen Updated Deco 01 V3 Drawing Tablet, 16384 Pressure Sensitivity, 8 Custom Shortcuts, 220 Report Rate for OSU Drawing Pad, Remote Teaching & Animation, Compatible with Android, Windows, macOS

FIrst xppen tablet and I'm glad that I went for a bigger size, for ref it's a the width of my 70% keyboard and about 1/3 taller than it. It's the perfect size for my hands to not feel cramped. The green is also amazing (keep in mind that the screen protector will inevitably make the color more muted) Pros - glove prevented me from feeling like I was sweating on the tablet, pen holder is convenient, included adapter for mac is a godsend, so glad I didn't have to worry about compatibility - pressure levels & pen feel really smooth and nice - whoever designed this sideways tablet cable is genius, my old tablet had a normal upright cable that eventually frayed after a few years of usage, I'll see how this one holds out but I have high hopes - so many shortcut buttons - screen protector is such a good idea, easy to clean on & beneath since it's liftable (only the top part has adhesive) Cons - I personally hover my left hand on/above the leftside buttons, which are convenient but sometimes it leaves marks like sweat/oil beneath the protective cover. I'd have to lift up the screen protector and wipe on the tablet and below the protector

After my old XP-pen Star05 finally died on me after many years, it was time to get a new drawing tablet. This new one is a nice and big tablet, runs smoothly, and the buttons are fantastic. The active drawing area alone is larger than the entire size of my old one. No complaints, I love it. Software is easy to set up and the pen pressure is decent. It's wired, so it does need to be plugged in, but the connection is fast and the chord is long. It's also just really cute. I'm so glad I found one in pink, and the price was great. The buttons are customizable which is great. The pen moves smoothly across it and even after taking the protective sheet off (because I was deforming it), there's no scratches on the surface. The replacement nibs fit into the pen holder. They come in a separate bag but you put them inside the pen holder in the little grooves. All you have to do to use it is plug it in and install the driver which you can find easily on the XP-pen website.

I'm going to preface this by saying that I only got my XP-PEN Deco 01 v2 today, so, what I'm going to say is based on a total of around three hours of use so far. If my experience with the tablet or company changes in the coming months, I'll update the review, so, here goes. I use GIMP 2.10.22, and it's been my experience over the past decade I've been using GIMP, that it's usually either really fiddly to set up a tablet with GIMP (unless it's a Wacom, of course), or a tablet straight up just isn't compatible with the software. But with the Deco 01 v2, it was so incredibly easy. All I really had to do was was set the tablet up as normal, and then go into GIMP's input device settings and enable the Eraser function, choose a Brush Dynamics profile, and that was it. I was off and scribbling in about five minutes, when all was said and done. So, I'm super happy with my purchase of their product. This is technically my third tablet, but the first one I've been able to actually get to work with GIMP without any real hassle. First tablet was a Genius MousePen 608, and that KINDA worked with GIMP, but not really (it kept losing cursor position and I'd have to restart GIMP what seemed like every 10 minutes or so to get the cursor tracking back). The next one was a Turcom TS-6580B, and I couldn't get that one to work with GIMP no matter what I did. It's actually still sitting on the chair where I left it almost five years ago. Can't find the pen, though, so it's not really useful, anyway, and it was an active stylus and thus required 1xAAA battery. This drawing tablet is amazing so far. But yeah, the construction seems solid enough, the lit corners for the working area are a nice touch, especially if you're gonna be using it any at night, and having the little shortcut keys on the side is convenient. And I'm not gonna lie; the extras that are included with it certainly make it what I'd consider a decent value (other brands, you should be taking notes from these guys), and it comes at a decent price too, which, of course, is something to consider. The only thing I could mildly complain about is that I wish the PN05 stylus that comes with the Deco 01 v2 had the eraser end, and that could potentially be alleviated by swapping it out for another stylus, but I don't know if any other styluses from XP-PEN (or from anyone else, for that matter) are compatible with the tablet. So, maybe if anyone knows, one way or another, you could let me know in a comment to this review.

This is my first drawing tablet. In this review I hope to cover my "newbie" impressions, its Linux compatibility, and its general utility. First, my "newbie" impressions. Very soon after I received this device, I realized there are several things about it that aren't for me: 1) It too large. This was a surprise for me because I was convinced the size would be perfect, but for me as a beginner, I suspect that I would do better with one size smaller, and it would certainly sit better on my computer desk; 2) I very much dislike the upright pen holder. I realize now upon receiving it that I would much prefer to attach the pen to the side of the tablet. The upright holder isn't designed for being put in a desk drawer and having a separate piece is just annoying and amounts to clutter. Now, about Linux (2023, KDE, Debian): This tablet operated fully as a plug-and-play device, even before installing the manufacturer's drivers. I'm guessing that usability a side effect of Linux's WACOM support. What that plug-and-play support doesn't give you, though, is the detailed customization features that the tablet offers. For that you do need to install the manufacturer's Linux driver package. The manufacturer impressed me with the recency of its Linux driver support. I received the tablet on 2023-12-19; the model has been on the market for over four years, and the date of the driver package was 2023-10-23! There were drivers for multiple Linux distributions, and a detailed web page describing how to install them (standard, boring, nothing special). Once you install the drivers package, you do need to either reboot your system (what I did) or maybe just log out and back in. At that point, when you plug in the tablet, an icon is added to the system tray for the xp-pen configuration tool. Just beautiful - no hassle whatsoever. Finally, a few words about this tablet's general utility. Keeping in mind that I'm an absolute newbie: 1) It may be that the 'tilt' feature has been confusing me. I've shut the feature off, and I think the pen is operating better for me for now; 2) I really like how easy it is to change the tablet rotation using the configuration tool; 3) The pen works fine for drawing in programs such as Krita and KolourPaint, but because it's speed is calibrated for drawing it's slower than what you would want for a mouse, so it's annoying to use in order to move long screen distances quickly to press buttons and make selections from feature grids on the sides of canvases. What I've started doing is moving my mouse to my left side and using my left hand for the mouse so I don't need to put the pen down in order to quickly get fast mouse navigation. It would be nice to be able to program one of the pen buttons to increase the pen's distance-speed while pressed.

This was the first drawing tablet I ever bought. I got it right after high school when I wanted to try out digital art. I remember trying to get used to not staring at my hand when I draw, but once I got the hang of it, I fell in love with drawing again. I used this tablet religiously for a few years and never had an issue. When I was gifted a screen display tablet by my then-partner, I kept it for when I wanted to draw digitally away from home. Eventually, I gave it to my aunt, who still has it.

This is essentially my first drawing tablet and I gotta say, it's very beginner friendly. Having used a mouse and GIMP, it's easy to migrate to after a little time with it and I've quickly noticed it becomes much easier to get at those precision edits and curved angles. I've yet to use it in Sai, but I imagine it's pretty great there. I especially love the extras you get with the kit (protective screen, glove, extra pen tips, a pen holder, usb adapters). The pen has a small, but nice weight to it. Personally, I like that the two buttons positioned on the pen make it easy to click/hold using your thumb without having to lose your hand position and I can easily rotate the pen in a natural manner to avoid accidental button presses. I'm glad it has a soft grip for your fingers to rest on too instead of just hard plastic all over. It just feels good. The tablet itself is also nice and big for its work surface. Its sensitivity can be adjusted via the driver panel. The shortcut buttons on the tablet also make it easier to zoom in/out or undo/redo mistakes. I love it! Seriously, no cons from me or my wallet.

This is my first tablet and it did not break the bank getting it. Set up was a breeze and I've had it for a few months with no major "omg this is trash" issues with the tablet. It's a really nice size for the price compared to other tablets which cost more and are smaller. I'm no Picasso and did not feel the need to purchase a tablet with a hefty price tag just to do basic drawings. In the end it comes down to the skill level of the person drawing and the program used to make the drawing. The tablet and pen are lightweight. There are extra nibs in the pen holder and the tablet has hotkeys that can be set up, but I've chosen not to do so at this time. It also came with a glove to prevent smudges and a protective cover for the tablet itself. Be sure to remove the plastic film on the tablet before you start to draw and before placing the protective cover over the tablet. It also comes with at adapter that allows you to connect the tablet to your phone. The connection is fine but the cursor doesn't show up when using the tablet to draw in SketchBook and I had no pen pressure in SketchBook. I've been using it to practice in Medibang and Krita with no problems. I didn't have any lag at all when using the tablet on my pc, but there was a few milliseconds of lag when I connected the tablet to my laptop. NOTE: the attached photo are from an image that I used for reference purposes only from google images and recreated on my own pc and I do not own the rights to the original.

So far this tablet works great, especially for the price point. I love that i could get it in pink and that it came with a protective thing for the actual tablet that doesn't interfere with the ability to draw/clock the pen. I also really like the pen: it's the same shape as much old one but with a little more weight. I do have some issues with it: The pen pressure isn't as customizable as I would like and the 16384 pressure levels are... very unnecessary. As far as I can tell you cannot make any of the buttons null (as in, not do anything). Physically, not having any separation between working and non-working area is annoying at best, plus the keys being smaller, more flush with the tablet itself (esp with the protective sheet), and closer together in an effort to be more aesthetic causes me to hit the wrong buttons constantly. Months later I really wish I had stuck with Huion, the tablets might not come in colors or be as pretty, but at least they're better to physically use.

Ich habe mir dieses Tablet vor gut 3 Jahren gekauft und verwende es hauptsächlich für digitale Kunst. Meist nutze ich dafür Krita unter Linux. Und hier kommt schon ein großer Pluspunkt: Das Tablet, sowie auch die meisten anderen Produkte von XP-Pen funktionieren nativ unter Linux. Für Druckstärken- und Arbeitsbereichanpassung sollte man sich allerdings den von XP-Pen zur Verfügung gestellten Treiber herunterladen. Ich wsr überrascht, dass Linux hier auch komplett abgedeckt wurde und ich das Tablet nach Belieben konfigurieren konnte. Der Stift ist solide und verfügt über 8192 Druckstufen. Damit lassen sich in Krita oder Clip Studio Paint organische Linien ziehen. Natürlich sei angemerkt, dass die Lernkurve bei einem displaylosen Tablet sehr steil sein kann und man die Hand-Augen-Koordination dafür erstmal trainieren muss. Die Ersatznibs lassen sich für den Stift problemlos hier für wenig Geld ordern, doch bis ein Nib erstmal abgenutzt ist, kann es schonmal ein Jahr dauern. Das Tablet ist also perfekt zum Einstieg geeignet. Durch den fehlenden Bildschirm gibt es kein Parallax und das Gefühl beim Zeichnen ist angenehm. In meinen Augen ist es den Wacom-Äquivalenten vom Komfort und dem Preis deutlich überlegen. Ein noch besseres Gefühl mit dem Stift habe ich mit dem Stylus vom XP-Pen Artist 12, das ich ebenfalls besitze, da dieser gefühlt noch sensibler auf die Druckstufen reagiert. Trotz dem Umstands, dass ich mit dem Artist 12 ein Tablet mit Bildschirm besitze, komme ich immer wieder und auch für den Großteil meiner Zeit zurück auf dieses Modell, weil es schlicht, günstig und effizient ist. Klare Kaufempfehlung von mir! Das gilt im Übrigen auch für die Firma XP-Pen allgemein. Seit Jahren bin ich dort Kunde und wurde nicht enttäuscht, nur immer wieder positiv überrascht.

Tenia una tableta Huion HS611 y despues de 2 años la pantalla y el lapiz ya comenzaron a fallar (pero por uso DIARIO). Vi esta opcion, me llego hoy y justo la use para una Comision. Reseña actualizada al dia (28/09/205) como Ilustradora de nivel Intermedio y que trabaja 24/7 de comisiones. Ya tengo bastante tiempo de usarla asi que: 1. El tamaño es perfecto, es lo suficientemente grande y comoda. 2. Al principio iba con algo de delay y forzosamente tenia que ampliar el lienzo para dibujar trazos cerrados, pero ahora ya no ha fallado y va bien con cualquier programa. Yo uso Medibang y me va perfecto (Lo que si recomiendo es que modifiquen la curvatura de presion del lapiz, eso fue lo que me sirvio). 3. Los botones no se han sumido por el uso constante y estan bien posicionados al agarrar la tableta. Fuefacil configurarlos desde un inicio. 4. 100% recomendado que usen la mica que trae la tableta, la mia hasta ahora esta sin rallones y parece nueva. 5. (En mi caso) se me ha caido muchas veces el lapiz y ha resistido y se mantiene funcional. 6. Los accesorios que trae me han parecido excelentes y utiles (adaptadores, guantes, etc.) 7. (En mi opinion) el cable de conexion de la tableta no ha sido una molestia, ya que yo recargo la tableta en mis piernas o a veces en una base inclinada. 8. La conexion de la tableta a mi compu sigue siendo rapida (sigo usandola todos los dias desde que la compre) y no he tenido problemas. Fue una muy buena compra calidad-precio. Definitivamente la comprare de nuevo en un futuro.

The delivery was a bit slow but honestly worth the wait. Responsive enough to let me draw the girlfriend I will never get. 5/5

Delivered fast and smoothly! Everything is placed neatly in the box, works well especially after downloading the driver to your laptop. Having some trouble with the mobile version but other than that its great!!

My son loves it. After almost a year still working fine.