Wacom CTL471

1772 reviews

Nov, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1772 reviews of Wacom CTL471. The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the durability and size. The design and price also get good views, but some have doubts about the reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Wacom CTL471 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 16 user reviews of Wacom CTL471 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers are impressed by the design. The usability also gets good feedback. Some have doubts about the price.

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94% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1725 user reviews of Wacom CTL471 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the durability and size. The design and price also get good feedback, but some have doubts about the reliability.

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92% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Jamie Lendino (pcmag.com)

Wacom Bamboo Splash CTL471

Thanks to its excellent ArtRage Studio software, the Bamboo Splash is the bargain-priced drawing tablet package Wacom should have released last year. Though we still miss the pen eraser.

Accurate drawing surface. 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity. Works with both PCs and Macs. ArtRage Studio paint software is loads of fun.

No eraser. Lacks multi-touch support.

Software, Performance, and Conclusions So what's on the new CDs? ArtRage Studio is a painting program, and a pretty full featured one at that. Autodesk Sketchbook Express offers a variety of brushes, pencils, and pens, and is more suited for detailed...

Jul, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

5 weeks in and it stopped working correctly

i love art in all forms and i enjoy drawing artwork this tablet is a wonderfull buy if your just trying to start out

worked great for 33 days,

after i got home from work literally a little over a month the tablet stopped recognizing pressure sensitivity. wich made the tablet quite useless for art. im currently trying to contact the customer support for a replacement

Nov, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Tablet!

This tablet is very fun and easy to use. Setup is very simple (plug in, install drivers, ready to go!) The price wasn't bad. Also the software that came with it was nice, but I needed something with a bit more depth so I purchased Autodesk Sketchbook Pro.

Oct, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Works Sometimes

When it wants to work it does good

A lot of the time it will randomly draw horribly. The tablet will work, but the lines are very jagged, rough, and bumpy even when i do the smoothest line I can and I can not figure out why for my life it does this. The cord is HORRIBLY small and barely...

Mar, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Nice beginner's tablet

We bought this graphics tablet for my wife. She's been an artist for years, but has not owned a tablet since around 2004, and she wanted to get back into digital work. The tablet is fantastic, and it's like drawing on a small-format sketchbook. The...

*Easy to install *Excellent price -- I got it on sale, but even without the sale, the price was pretty good. *Light on resources *Free full-use graphics software included -- we own an Adobe suite, and the tablet works really well with it, but the free...

*The pen is too big for the wife's hand. She is used to drawing with regular pens, pencils, and smaller artist's paintbrushes. The pen that the Splash comes with is about the same size as one of those pens that has 4 different colours in it. *The cord...

Sep, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Fantastic Item

I bought this for an aspiring young artist in our family and she is able to sketch using this in the same or better quality than she can on paper. She is able to effortlessly zoom in on edges and small areas for finely detailed work that I would think,...

This device is so accurate and smooth that it is as like drawing on paper, maybe better.

There are no cons that the artist I bought this for has commented upon other than she did have issues with "pressure sensitivity," as she put it, but that turned out to be an issue in the operating system and not in the device. The information to...

Aug, 2013

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Consumer review (tigerdirect.com)

Very nice unit

I have had several tablets in the past, but this is by far the nicest and most responsive. The driver install could be a bit cleaner. I use dual monitors and only wanted the tablet to respond to the second monitor. Once I figured out where the setting...

Apr, 2013

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Consumer review (tigerdirect.com)

Fantastic for the price!

Works under Linux with mypaint, inkscape, GIMP, and others. I'm using Ubuntu. Pressure sensitive pen works like a charm. Seriously, this is the bomb for those of us that know how to use graphics programs and wish to manipulate scans and pics.

Apr, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Awesome

Bought this for my girlfriend and she has been using it every day. She is very happy with this product and has had no issues with it thus far. :)

None at the moment.

Mar, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

bamboo tablette

great buy so far 100$ with garentee not bad at all .

hi jsut wnated to sya i bouth thsi bamboo table from staples for 100$ witha 2 years garantee i'm not a professional art guy but i'm loving it .

jsut for a 100$ more it could get more option ona tabler go directly tot he site of wacom ro see other wacom product you understadn , the wire to connect to tablette to pc or laptop is little shorter then i aspected , i need to plug in in front on my...

Mar, 2013

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