Nisis Easypen USB Graphics Tablet 6x4.5

I found this pen unresponsive and very inaccurate. The mouse was unusable as a mouse and the pressure monitoring was a joke (despite being adjustable). It was hard to draw a straight line let alone a decent digital sketch.

I now have a friend who has Arthritis and is now using this instead. As far as she is concerned it has helped her immensely as she finds a mouse painful to use.

So for her it's great for me it's rubbish.

Pay the extra for a Wacom device. You will not be disappointed.


good -- once it started working   November 27, 2004
K. Marcus (london, uk)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful

i had a nightmare trying to install this tablet. apparently all the drivers and installation guides supplied with the tablet are out of date. i had to download a massive amount of updates from the nisis website and it still didn't work. my installation cd gave me a black screen when i tried to run it. i emailed nisis who sent a replacement cd which did the trick (excellent fast customer support).

since installing the pen i've found it does what i expected for the price - not too smooth when tracing and the positioning isn't very accurate, but nice pressure sensitivity and very easy to use. the mouse is a nice extra but i find it a bit annoying to use on such a small surface. i've yet to try out the handwriting recognition but that would be a nice feature if it works.

4 stars for product/value for money, 2 for it not working, 5 for customer service.


Great for trying out tablets   July 6, 2004
18 out of 18 found this review helpful

I really wanted to buy a tablet for drawing, but didn't have the money to get a really good one. I eventually bought this because of value for money. It seemed to have a greater active area and a higher resolution than most other tablets out there for the same price.
After having got over the shock of how cheap it looked, and getting used to working with the pen, it turned out to be very easy to work with. The pressure sensitivity met my expectations - even though it didn't prove easily compatible with some graphics programs it worked well with my favourites. There is no way I would go back to using the mouse for colouring now :)
The only serious weird behaviour I've come across is when you open a pdf file, the cursor become restricted to the top left hand corner of the screen (easily solved by logging off).
I wouldn't say I would be happy working with this tablet forever, but I am not disappointed with my choice and would recommend it to anyone buying their first tablet.