What size drawing tablet should you get? 

My experiences with a pen display were not good. Maybe I would have liked it a little bit more if I got something bigger than a 16-in, but I found that it hurt my back and my neck because of how I had to sit in order to use it, I tried to have it standing straight up in front of me, but then it would make my arms tired because I had to have my arm lifted up to draw on it. Also, having my hand block a significant portion of what I was seeing was annoying. I used it for maybe a year or so before I felt like no amount of adjusting would make me like it, and in the end I changed the active area to one of my normal monitors and tried using it as a regular pen tablet, like what I had been using it before I got the pen display, and it was a night and day difference. I found that I could still draw perfectly fine, and all of the stuff that had been annoying me was gone. I could sit in a comfortable posture, I could have my head facing straightforward at my monitor instead of craning my neck down to look at the pen display, etc and I use 24-in monitors, one of them is a tiny bit smaller, and even though they were farther away and the amount of my field of view that they took up was probably about the same as the pen display because of how close I had been keeping that to my face, since I wasn't looking so close I wasn't straining my eyes, and it just felt more spacious looking at a regular monitor. Some people will be able to think about these things and figure out what they want without having to waste money trying a pen display and then finding out the hard way that it's not for them, but unfortunately I think a lot of people will have to make that mistake of buying it and trying it to know its not for them.

This video is so impressive in its scientific approach and removed all my confusion on which tablet to pick. Great work 👏 wow

This is literally one of the most informative channels about everything drawing tablets! thank you so much for making these videos.

It cleared a bunch of thoughts on switching to a pen display, makes me appreciate my back more! brother this is some good stuff right here.

This is criminally underrated. thank you very much for the valuable information, like and comment for the algorithm. In my case, I'm moving away from a Cintiq 16 because of the posture/neck problems it gave me hunching over it. I haven't decided yet on a medium or large Intuos Pro. I get 2.45 and 1.8 scaling with my 27 inch monitor respectively. Do you think a medium would be enough or should I go for the large? Thank you very much.

Best video on selecting the right size, should have a million views at least, thank you for sharing...

For a graphics display its best to get a monitor arm that can support the weight. You can also raise,lower and even tilt and angle the display to your liking. I have an erotron HX holding the 24 inch cintiq display and its what I use everyday. I occasionally do move it to the side and switch to my intuos tablets and look at my 34 inch widescreen monitor. I have experience on both and can use both, though if theres someone new who believes just buying an expensive item and believing that such a device will produce good works out of the box will be greatly disappointed. A tablet or display tablet is just a tool, an extension of a person. Its up to the user to know and have experience so they can create art. For anyone out there looking for a tablet, look for one that fits your budget, is good quality and offers high pen pressure and pen tilt along with an eraser on the back fn the pen. Theres even used tablets on ebay that can be purchased 2nd hand for those on a tight budget.

Great video, tyvm!

Thank you so much for this video! Exactly what I needed to know.

Just got myself a second hand intuos Pro Large (2017) for real cheap, and after testing it feels like its waay to big for my monitor considering its a 24.1". I also have the Pro Medium (2017) and it just feels nicer to be honest, at least with a monitor of such size.

Quick question if you don't mind, coming over from a reddit post I saw you in. Looking to buy my first display tablet after quite some time, so far I have it narrowed down to these two since they're pretty much the same price and regarded fairly well, * 2022 HUION Kamvas Pro 16 2.5K * HUION Kamvas 22 Plus I was originally considering doing them refurbished via the manufacturer as it would save quite a chunk but for something like this I'm told new is advised. Happen to have any thoughts on these two and which may be the better choice? Or even possibly another option up to this price range of 5-600? Thanks and keep up the great work!

Heey, any thoughts on H1161 and HS610? I've been thinking about swapping out my oldie H420 that I haven't used much because of it's size and these two options seem the most suitable for my budget

Hi I have a question is deco min 7 good or Deco small size good ? I have a drawing tablet that is 10 moons G10 I had a hard time carrying the drawing tablet from school to home cuz it's so damn big and it barely fits on my bag also i noticed that the drawing tablet I had is so hard to use especially whenever I draw it doesn't feel so right cuz whwnever i draw straight lines and justa circle or square it doesn't do it perfectly, i kept checking myself to draw in trad just to make usure if its right but I guess the brand im using is terrible

Hii! I am considering to buy XP Pen Deco Pro.. although i confused which size i should buy. The small (9x5) version sits perfectly within my budget, the medium (11x6) version is kind of over my budget.. but as this is going to be my first pen tablet, i really don't know about the sizes. I will use it for 2D/ 3D model animations.. So which size you think is should buy?? Any suggestions??

I also noticed something I'm not sure if anyone else experienced it. The smaller the pen tablet, the faster I draw??? I finished my drawings faster when I used a small Intuos (square one) than when I used a medium Xencelabs tablet (which is my favourite tablet) Maybe because I also use a 15" inch laptop, so that makes a difference?

Which pen tab would u recommend for note taking for a student on tight budget?

What about Inspiroy Giano G930L [16 " diag} vs Intuos Pro large[16 " diag} [16 " diag} ?

What would be a good started tablet? Screen less also preferably cheap

Does the Xp pen Deco mini 7 have a good size for me to draw on?

Great video! +1 Sub

i can't decide which one to get Intuos S or Intuos M...