I dony know about monoprice but i use one of these http://www.amazon.com/Turcom-TS-658.....=Turcom+tablet and it works like a charm for me.

EW, that looks like it's from the same company that made my new HUION tablet...

It really makes me want to go back to using Wacom.

Really? I thought it works pretty good...but, ive never used a wacom tablet so i wouldnt know;)

I know one thing...

YOU DON"T HAVE TO CHARGE THE BATTERY IN THE STYLUS.

And I can work really far away in big pictures and still have stable lines.

I've heard good things about Wacom tablets. That's what my graphic design friends use.

Wacom is the gold standard, and makes the tablets I own, but I was considering a cheaper alternative.

YOU
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That is true. But, period, if people are getting good results from cheaper tablets - I'm not saying they are, that's what I made this journal to ask, it might be worth a try.

I use the cheap small Wacom INTUOS one, retails at about £50 here in the UK, and I'm yet to have an issue with it, great sensitivity and customisation, available wired or wireless, and more or less plug and play, other than the drivers which come on a CD so you don't have to faf around getting the right ones from the net

You never have to "faf" around for any Wacom drivers anyway.
They give you the driver by using the number on the back of the tablet to make it that much simpler. lol

I've read that in some reviews as well. I guess it's Wacom or nothing. Hopefully I can get one of thr old ones working.

So, I can speak to both the smaller digitizer tablets and the larger Cintiq-style one, which is the one I would recommend, since I factually own both.

There is some truth to what others have said on the smaller ones. They have a cheap feel to them and in that field do not save you a significant amount of money over the Wacom, so I wouldn't recommend them.

Now the Cintiq-knockoff, is actually worth the money as a starter in the tablet-display category. I got mine for a third the price of the cheapest Cintiq on sale and I like it quite a bit. Strengths include obviously the size - it is enormous compared to all but the largest Cintiq (and their commercial products) and the fact that the software and drivers can actually be acquired from the original manufacturer (not Monoprice, in other words).

Unfortunately, the viewing angle is poor, so I usually set it in my lap, for which it is a bit cumbersome - but so are a number of the Cintiqs - the screen is thick, if you were at an angle you would see quite a gap between the pen and the LCD - and the blasted thing has no hotkeys. Such an obvious failing. I use an old left handed touchpad for hotkeys when I use it.

So, to wit, compare it more to a Cintiq than an Intuos, and you will see the appeal of the $3-400 price tag.

I bought a dirt cheap Monoprice 10x6.25 inch tablet that works well enough for my limited abilities. Much better than the old tablets I used. The drivers works fine with my win7. I been playing around with Krita and all the features seems to function.

When I was working as a Tech Support specialist for a university, they thought it would be prudent to buy a fleet of Monoprice tablets so they could save a few bucks. Bad plan. They got larger tablets and a lot of them, sure, but the art students HATED them. "Why," I asked, "would you make the effort to buy all Mac computers for the art labs and all the stupid mac-specific software for the students and pay out the ass for licenses for Creative Suite 6 so the students would have the best money could buy, but then you skimp out on the main part. The one thing that really matters?"
The human/computer interface. The part where all that honed skill and attention has been focused. In the hands of the artist.

Buy a Wacom tablet. Get a small one if you can't afford a big one, but for the love of God, please don't waste your money on the Monoprice tablets. I ended up buying all new Wacom tablets to replace the Monoprice tablets at the university because the instructors and students hated them with a passion. I can go into detail if you'd like, but suffice to say they are poor quality and have no customer support.

Please don't waste your money. You need the right tools for the job.

Thanks for the info. Until now I just heard "You get what you pay for" and it is nice to hear from someone with actual experience. I'll wait for a Cintiq sale.

I think you won't regret your decision.