Wacom Wireless Accessory Kit for Bamboo and Intuos Tablets (ACK40401)

Excellent wireless solution for the Wacom. For most of us in photo editing or illustration, our desks are already super cluttered with wires from charging and data cables. Mice, phones, cameras, etc. Any wireless solutions to reduce the clutter is welcomed. The Wacom wireless kit is definitely helpful in that regard. It allows me the freedom to use my Intuos 5 tablet in any orientation and angle I please.Installation is very fast, Just pop out the rear battery cover and plop in the battery. Open the side door to plug in the wireless dongle and plug the receiver into your computer. The connection is very fast. From the minute you press the power button, the tablet connects to my computer via the wireless dongle. There's no hesitation or wait time. I can't tell if there is any perceivable lag compared to the wired version in terms of use. Both pen and touch functions seem instantaneous. After a few minutes of inactivity, the tablet turns off automatically to save power.The system works so well I wonder why it was not incorporated into the tablet naively. As most of us who own Wacom tablets know, these things are quite expensive. Having a wireless solution natively would have been a much better idea than a separate attachment that you had to purchase. A part of me think this is just one of Wacom's strategies for you to spend more money on accessories.My only issues so far is interference. Once in a while I've notice that the tablet spazes out and I have to turn it on and turn it off again. No big deal as all wireless devices are prone to the same issue. Most wireless devices share the same 2.4ghz spectrum. I try to keep my wireless mouse away from the tablet but sometimes it's unavoidable.I would also have liked to see the power on button more pronounced in order to press by feel. Right now it's flush against the tablet side and you really can't find it if you're working in the dark or by feel.Overall, it's a well made wireless module.

Let me tell you why you should listen to me when I say that this product is great. I purchased this product more than two years ago and have used it just about everyday since. I am a high school math teacher and I wanted to use a tablet to do my on screen annotations, so I bought a small Wacom tablet. That was great, but then I wanted to be able to walk around the room and use it, so I got this.Pros:- This product works, bottom line. I wanted to be able to walk around the entire classroom and still use the tablet, check.- The battery is great, not sure it would last all day, but in between classes I usually plug it in and that gets me through three 80 minute periods a day, and I don't charge it when I leave the class.- This thing has been used for two and a half school years now and seems to be working great (knock on wood)- When we have visitors from district or other schools, they all comment and ask me what I am using in my classroom. They would like to try to get them to all the math teachers in the complex, and I would welcome anyone to try it for themselves. It has been that consistent.Cons:- It will drop out maybe, once a week (will just turn off, I press the power button, reconnect and go, no big deal usually). I'm not sure if it's just a battery thing or what, but I can't tell you that it works 100% everyday. (more like 97% to be honest).- I can disrupt the signal however if I go all the way to the back of my class and hold it below my students' heads, I guess the signal then can't reach the dongle. So I believe it works best from afar if you maintain line of sight.Conclusion:Given the way that I use this everyday for work, I would almost guarantee that if you are doing an art or photo project with this and just want to say, work with it in your lap and connect it to your monitor or TV, it would be great. If I can walk to the other side of a crowded room with it, and use it all day, I think it will serve most people just fine. I would definitely buy this again if mine ever dies out (probably will eventually given the heavy usage).

As an art teacher with a smart board I draw on my smart board by using my tablet and stylus using photoshop creative suites software. One thing I have never liked, is being tethered to where my computer is located, as I draw or interact with tablet and keyboard, thus making it hard to assess kids who are out of my line of sight. I wanted to be able to walk around my room as I draw on the interactive smart board (yes I want it all). I was pleased that the installation was super easy. Just slip off a small section of the back cover, and their are two places made for the installation of the kit. The instruction sheet is one of those printed in multiple languages for each step, and is a pain to read. As long as you make sure you put the battery pack in as instructed, so you don't mess up the contact points, the rest of the install is pretty intuitive, so don't waste the time reading the stupid direction sheet. There is even a little spot to hold the wireless USB dock. (After waiting the 6 hours for the wireless battery to charge)Next, I tested things out. Wonderful!!! No lag time! Self installed drivers!! Didn't need to call IT for simple software install. Even better? I wandered around my classroom with the tablet and my wireless keyboard. I could write on the board from every desk in my classroom (up to 15 feet away from my CPU). Literally like having a portable CPU without all the hassle. I worried about forgetting to turn the battery off, but the pad goes into hibernation. I'm not sure if the stylus was a little glitchy coming out of hibernation and reconnecting with the tablet or if I made it glitchy because I didn't know what I was doing. Thinking later not former (Maybe I should have read the directions?). The only problem I have is seeing the tiny lettering on the board as I moved from window to window or tool to tool in Photoshop. Now I need new glasses :-)