GAOMON PD1161 Drawing Tablet with Screen, Digital Art Tablet with Battery-Free Stylus, Tilt, 8 Shortcut Keys for Paint, Design, Illustration, Editing, 11.6-inch Graphics Tablet for Mac, Windows PC

Amazing Tablet for the price!!
I have had this tablet for about a year now and I can confidently say this is an amazing tablet! It a wonderful start out if you’re looking for a larger screen but don’t want to drop $1-2k on the higher name brands. I’ll give a couple pros and cons about the tablet and hopefully it’ll help those who are deciding if they want to get one!Pros!*Large screen! – I’ve have used the 12.9 iPad Pro for almost 6-7 years, but always wanted something larger. This screen suits my needs so well! I don’t like to use shortcuts so I’m able to adjust my program to accommodate my tools and windows.*Sensitivity – I was worried with it being a lower cost tablet that there would be some sensitivity issues…nope!! It’s perfect! The pressure can be adjusted to your desire as well, but I pretty much left it how it came out of the box! The is no lag, but I will say it depends on your computer. I noticed I got a bit of a lag on my iMAC, but that’s because it’s old and I had to unselect screen recording to have it optimized better. But I had no issues when I used it in my Windows gaming Laptop. Just keep in mind on your processor. That my only concern on that part.*Price- Is there more to be said?! It’s at an amazing price for someone wanting to start out on a larger screen but not sure if they want to go and drop over $1K on the name brand tablets. I will say I have use a Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 during a convention to try it out, and while obviously there are some differences in quality and performance, the Gaomon PD2200 performs insanely well for its price.*Accessories – tablet is build with its own stand and already installed so no assembly required or having to purchase a stand separately! You get the display pen along with additional tips and a holder for your pen! As I’ve mentioned I have had the tablet for nearly a year and have yet to change the tip yet. But I will say I don’t use it very often as life is busy, but I will put a guess if you use the tablet everyday you may just need to change the tip out every 3-4 months depending how much pressure you use.Now to the Cons:I don’t have many but the couple I would put out would obviously be involved on how it’s priced. You get an amazing and large sized tablet for the fraction of the name brands, but it’ll come with its downsides.First would be the buttons- the buttons to turn the tablet on/off are not synced properly so I have to maneuver around to have to turn off the tablet when I’m done. It gets annoying especially when it takes more than a minute to figure out the right spot to press. The short cuts being on the top right our a bit annoying. I wish they were at the bottom but like I mentioned earlier the screen is large enough that you an adjust your tools to your liking that suits your needs or you can just use keyboard shortcuts. This is also something to keep in mind if you’re a left hand drawer. It’ll be more difficult to select the shortcut keys.Display Match – Trying to display match was a nightmare. It took a lot of time and effort to get it remotely similar. I would suggest going to your computer graphics settings and set it that way. Trying to adjust it from the tablet itself is difficult and when the buttons not being syncs properly, it makes it even more frustrating when trying to adjust the display settings. I have used this both on Windows and Mac, and Windows took a little more time but iMac has preset settings to match with it, and it made it a little easier but it’s not perfect. So just something to keep in mind when drawing. Your colors will be off so always reference from a screen you’re used to and the tablet for best results!That’s all I really have. It’s still an amazing tablet if you’re starting out on wanting a larger screen! I love this tablet despite its quirks and really happy with my purchase!!

Great Tablet, Weird Buttons.
I’ve been a Gaomon Customer for years, and I’ve bought a multitude of their tablets from their PD1560, to their PD1161 and I’ve been satisfied with all of them. I bought this tablet because it had the size of the 1560 [but bigger] and the nice laminated screen that the 1161 had. I’ve loved these tablets and wanted to try something a big larger. Was a little cautious about the touch buttons, but I’ll get to that later.The Screen itself is good quality and a great size compared to the overall tablet. The PD1560 had some issues displaying certain colours like purple, but this one doesn’t have that problem as far as I’m aware. However, there is some pretty noticeable ghosting in the tablet screen. If you don’t know what that is, its when you’re moving images around on the screen, some red afterimage markings pop up and sometimes that can be a little strange or disorientating. The PD1560 also had some noticeable screen stick which this tablet does not have because it is laminated. My hands glide across it smooth without needing the included glove. The screen being laminated however causes your pen nibs to degrade faster, but this is hardly an issue with how many they give you to start out or how cheap replacements are.The adjustable stands are nice and responsive, though I’m a little confused as to why there are two of them. Having the extra adjustable stand is great don’t get me wrong, but it does make it hard to connect the wires to the actual tablet. Normally, Gaomon tablets plug into the side of the tablet screen, while this one plugs in the side of the box that connects to the stand behind the screen. If you’re like me and don’t really adjust your stand after you find that perfect sweet spot, then this shouldn’t create any issues.My only main issue with this tablet are the buttons. The 5 touch buttons to the right side of the tablet that control the menu and brightness functions are fine since they have a safety lock so you don’t accidentally hit the buttons while drawing. The 8 programmable touch buttons on the left however are where my only negative thoughts for this tablet come from. They are quite small and it is VERY easy to accidentally slide your finger onto a button that you didn’t intend to use, especially if you have large thumbs. It can also be a little uncomfortable to have these buttons on the top of such a larger screen as well. Personally, the placement of the button’s functions are strange too. Having the bottom button default to the eraser is weird when the eraser tool has usually been defaulted to one of the buttons on the pen with other Gaomon products. The buttons have predetermined icons on them that you sadly cannot change as well so button customization is a little hard for this tablet. If Gaomon continues to make tablets, I would be happy if they kept to physical toggle buttons, instead of the touch buttons. The only other tablet I think that has touch buttons is the PD1610, so I hope they continue making ones with the toggle buttons.This might be a personal experience, and might not have anything that has to do with the product or it’s performance but I thought it was worth mentioning just in case. A lot of the time these touch buttons don’t even work or randomly work when I’m not touching them. I’ve had my tablet just ‘undo’ several times without any input from me or my pen. Sometimes the buttons won’t function at all when pressing them multiple times in a row. I have tried multiple drawing software. Another issue is my CTRL key keeps getting stuck even when I’m not pressing it or not even having a keyboard plugged in. This only happened when I started drawing with Gaomon products, but I cannot confirm if they were the root cause of this. Just something to keep in mind. I recommend buying a standalone keypad, keydial, or remote of some kind to handle shortcuts if your tablet/computer happens to behave like this.Overall, great experience and great feel. Just the design is a little… ‘off’

Totally impressed with how smooth it is, also using as a second monitor. There are some design flaws that could’ve been improved, connectivity is outdated, but I can deal with it.

So, I’ve been using the tablet for over a month now and honestly it’s superb.I used to own a Wacom, and honestly the Gaomon is on par.It feels just as comfortable to use, the screen has great visibility, no glare and the pen is impressively responsive.The preloaded hockey’s are pretty solid, but super easy to change in the software.It feels nice and sturdy, with top quality design.Make sure you download Gaomons drivers abd software to change the screen the tablet responds to immediately.Its super easy. That way your cursor is only on the tablets screen while using the pen, abd not your computer monitor.No need to fiddle around with PC settings.It works beautifully with Sketchbook Pro.My main complaint is that you have to buy the stand separately rather than offering a bundle including it.If you want to start getting into digital art, and require a screen (like me) I absolutely reccomend this tablet. It costs a fraction of the premium brand, while offering similar quality, and includes accessories such as pen nib replacements, and a drawing glove.