Wacom Intuos3 6x11 Pen Tablet

Average customer rating: 4.5

Wrist aid
Best investment for the money
Just beautiful
quality product
Handy and fun

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Wacom Intuos3 6x11 Pen Tablet

Manufacturer: WACOM
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000BVB2FK

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Product Description

Wacom's Penabled? technology gives you the natural feel and superior performance of Wacom's patented cordless and battery-free tablet technology. You'll find that using an Intuos pen, mouse, and tablet gives you more control, comfort, and productivity. Alternating between the comfortable Grip Pen and the ergonomic five-button Intuos3 mouse reduces repetitive motion. It's an easy and natural way to work. It's easy to use a pen tablet because every point on the tablet has a matching point on the screen. When you move your pen over the tablet the cursor moves in precisely the same way on the screen. Where you touch your pen tip to the tablet is where you click.

Customer Reviews:

Wrist aid.......2007-06-11

The wacom tablet has helped slow down my carpal tunnel in my wrists. It is a great alternative for a graphic designer to use instead of a mouse for that reason as well as more precise actions in drawing vector art.
I have noticed that the tablet itself can be scratched fairly easily, but other than that, it is a good buy.

Best investment for the money.......2007-05-12

I have been thinking of purchasing this for a long time and finally got around to it. Being a designer and having a girlfriend who is a fashion designer, this has been the biggest boost to our productivity in a long time. Its easy to use and very natural in terms of feel and abilities.

I recommend this for anyone who is artistically inclined, its not a replacement for traditional media but opens a whole new world when it comes to design and art. My only issue with the tablet is that I do most of my work on a 15" Powerbook, and this tablet is definitely made for large screens like a 24" or larger LCD monitor.

In all this is an amazing buy. Well worth the money and then some. I highly recommend it.

Just beautiful.......2007-05-10

I'm taking a raster painting class, which uses tiny 4x5 Graphire3 tablets. Now, I have really bad wrists, from doing so much computer work. I took one look at that tiny tablet the school had provided and I thought to myself, "No way". So, I brought in my trusty 6x8 Graphire4 to use, which I'd been playing with for about half a year or so.

Halfway through my class, my roommate's cat snuck into my room and chewed through the cord to my beloved Graphire4, forcing it into early retirement. Anger at the cat aside, I decided to treat this as a blessing in disguise and went all-out when it came to getting a replacement.

My laptop, which is my primary graphics computer, has a widescreen, so I went with a 6x11 this time. I don't honestly feel like the ratio makes much of a difference, but the more space, the better. I eagerly awaited its arrival.

It finally arrived a few days after I ordered it, and it was love at first sight. It's huge! I know I could've gone up a couple of steps size-wise, but this seemed like the best combination of size and reasonable price.

The feel of the tablet is so much smoother and more responsive than the dinky little Graphire3s at school, or even my loyal Graphire4, may he rest in peace. The buttons on the sides have been immensely useful, and I find myself using them constantly. The switch on the side of the pen (which is itself much more comfortable than the graphire pens) are MUCH easier to press.

It came with three different nibs, a plain one, a 'stroke' nib, and a felt nib, but I find myself using the stroke nib almost exclusively. It doesn't really have the feel of a brush, like Wacom tries to assert, however, it DOES have a spring built into it so you get more feedback on how hard you're pressing down, which really helps me a lot. The felt nib is... interesting, but it feels a lot like you're drawing with a felt-tipped marker that has run completely out of ink.

There are, however, a few small problems with this. The main one being - the size of it, which is a double-edged sword. On one hand, having so much tablet real estate to work with can be wonderful (especially if you have bad wrists like mine which make tiny hand movements difficult), but it can be hard to make desk space to accomodate it, and good luck fitting it into a laptop bag. I had to order a special bag for my tablet, although I don't mind that much. Also, due to the aforementioned difficulty with getting desk space to set my tablet on, I can't make use of the mouse, which has been languishing away inside the tablet box ever since it arrived.

The only other problem that I have with this tablet is the fact that the pen isn't comfortable enough. I don't know, maybe I'm holding it wrong, but I notice that it gives me pains in my hands after a while. It's more comfortable than the graphire3/4 pens by far, but still not quite comfortable enough.

The last problem, which others have mentioned, I'm sure, is the fact that the top isn't clear. I really liked that feature of my Graphire4, however, I can learn to live without it.

All in all, this is a wonderful product, and I'm very glad to have purchased it. 5 stars.

quality product.......2007-04-30

The product is well designed and quality production.
If you considering anything less.... dont.
Buy this unit.

Handy and fun.......2007-04-23

Takes very little time to get used to. Pen is very comfortable and the mouse is okay. Software bundle is surprisingly complete but a bit basic. Doesn't come with much in the way of storage sleeve or cases though. You can use it with Mac Inkwell to use your computer entirely with the stylus instead of a mouse. It's a good size for designing and sketching. I love it except I have no way of keeping it safely protected and stored so 4 stars instead of 5.

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