Bought a $40 drawing tablet from a random brand on Amazon, actually shocked it worked

I was super skeptical about those no-name tablets since my friend swore by Wacom. Picked up a Huion HS64 on a whim last month for 40 bucks during a sale. Plugged it in and the pressure sensitivity was actually decent for sketching in Krita. Been using it for 2 weeks straight on my daily doodles and haven't had a single driver crash. Anyone else find a cheap tool that surprised them?

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the_nina9d ago

My old Bamboo Fun from 2012 finally gave out last year and I grabbed a 30 dollar Veikk tablet off Amazon just to test. Thing actually worked with my iPad through an adapter which caught me totally off guard since I figured it would need some obscure driver. It lasted about 8 months before the pen started glitching but honestly for the price I got way more use out of it than I expected.

nancy4759d ago

Wait, are you sure it was an iPad? I thought iPads don't support standard USB tablets through adapters unless they're designed for iOS. Most cheap drawing tablets need a specific driver to work, and iPads don't run Windows or Mac drivers. You probably connected it to an Android tablet or a computer through the adapter instead. iPads use a different system for pen input, like the Apple Pencil or specific supported Bluetooth tablets like the Wacom One. A random Veikk from Amazon plugging into an iPad via a simple adapter sounds off. I've heard of people using tablets with Android phones through OTG cables, and that works because Android handles generic HID devices better than iOS. So unless Veikk secretly started making iPad-compatible tablets without telling anyone, that adapter was more likely going to a Samsung tablet or a laptop. Either way, 8 months for $30 is a steal. But double check what you plugged it into because that detail kinda changes the whole thing.

grant_allen859d ago

Hell yeah, $30 for 8 months of solid use is a win in my book.