Monoprice 110594 10 x 6.25-inch Graphic Drawing Tablet (4000 LPI, 200 RPS, 2048 Levels),10" x 6.25" 5080 LPI, Black

I purchased the Monoprice 10594 graphics tablet a month ago as my first graphics tablet to use in Adobe Flash and Gimp. For a someone used to creating digital art using a mouse, this tablet is defiantly a worthwhile upgrade for transitioning to using a tablet. While I cannot speak for the durability of the product yet, I can give my first impressions on the features.The 10594 is a rebranded Huion H610 Pro at a slightly lower price. The drawing area is a good size to work on small details without needing to zoom in and out often. The surface texture is a smooth matte plastic that feels almost like drawing on cardstock. The 10594’s pen has around one inch of hover detection. This can feel like a lot at first and be rather finicky without a little practice to get used to moving the pen on and off the drawing surface; though this is likely an issue with transitioning to any graphics tablet. With 2,048 levels of adjustable pressure sensitivity, this tablet can be set to precisely the pressure level you feel comfortable with. The sixteen programable function buttons are very helpful for quickly changing tools, with the eight primary tool buttons being setup for Adobe software; all buttons can be configured for custom macro functionality in the Huion driver software. One issue this tablet has out of the box is that the included drivers do not work in applications, showing up as a single tool in Gimp and not at all in Flash Animator. It does work on the Windows desktop due to Windows built-in mouse emulation. These problems can resolved by installing the H610 drivers from Huion’s website, allowing the tablet to be recognized properly as multiple tools in drawing applications as well as enabling function button remapping.At this price point the 10594 is a great deal compared to similar Wacom tablets that are double the price. While it does not have all the features, such as pen tilt, of more expensive name brands, it does make for a good tablet for getting used to graphics tablets and deciding if they fit one’s art style before spending money on a more expensive model.Overall the 10594 is a good starting tablet and works well, so long as it is setup properly. It is important to spend some time experimenting with the sensitivity settings to tailor the feel to your own preference rather than using the default configuration. I would definitely recommend this tablet to anyone interested in moving from drawing with a mouse to trying a tablet due to the ease of setup and low price.

A couple years ago, I passed on the recommendation for this particular tablet to a friend looking to buy her first tablet. The recommendation came from another friend of mine, who has used other tablets in the past and is a graphic designer by trade. She's had her Monoprice for quite a few years and swears by it, for price, functionality, and durability.Fastfoward to this year. My old Wacom Intuos started giving me a few issues. I say "started" but it was giving me a couple of the problems from jump, no matter what drivers I installed, no matter what I tried to change in settings, no matter anything. The problems just mounted and got worse until I got sick of constantly trying to coax functionality out of the Intuos (the second Wacom I've owned, the first being the Bamboo over a decade ago that gave me similar problems).I now I had 2 friends who swore by Monoprice, so I decided this would be my replacement. And omg. What a difference from my little old Intuos. A wonderful, wonderful difference.First off, I was able to get a Monoprice with nearly double the drawing area for half the price of the old Intuos. I didn't necessarily NEED a larger area, but I've been enjoying it immensely. (If you're strapped for space to use it on, that could be a problem.)Second, there are more shortcut buttons on this one than my old one (and they actually work properly; half the time settings would get mysteriously reset on the Intuos and I'd have to go in and redo them) and they are not only fabulous because they're on the side instead of along the top, but they're set for the things I need them to do with no customization needed.Third, installation of drivers wasn't any more difficult than the Intuos had been (I did take the suggestion of other reviewers of downloading Huion drivers instead of the ones bundled with this tablet).Fourth, the pen. It does require a AAA battery, which makes it slightly heavier than the Intuos pen, but at this point, I don't even notice anymore. It's also thicker, which has been really nice for my hand pain.I use 3 graphics/painting programs with regularity--an ancient version of Photoshop (it's so ancient it's old enough to vote and in another year it'll be legally allowed to drink), PaintToolSAI, and Krita. The Intuos gave me issues in all three, all the time. The Monoprice has given me exactly zero issues. (Not counting that I was 2 versions behind the newest Krita so touch sensitivity wouldn't work until I upgraded).The pressure sensitivity works like a dream, even if I plug the tablet in after starting the program; if I didn't plug the Intuos first, pressure sensivity never worked and half the time it still wouldn't even then (program reboot fixed that part of the time; system reboots were required for the rest). The pressure sensitivity also appears to work pretty well in ZBrushCore Mini (so I imagine the rest of that program line as well), from what little I've messed with it.The shortcut buttons on the tablet work consistently between all 3 graphics/painting programs, with no need for extra effort on my part to make them. This is a little less true of ZBrush; the short time I've messed with, I think the brush size buttons are the only ones that do what they say there (the zoom in/out buttons appear to both operate as, I believe, the ctrl key, so they do function in ZBrush, just not to zoom).I've found only 2 very minor downsides, which in no way affect my rating or happiness with this tablet.1. No tilt support. But I knew that going in, and didn't really care. I didn't have it with the Intuos, and while it's a cool feature, it's not one I would use very often, if at all, anyway.2. I haven't been able to find a wireless adapter for it (one did exist for my Intuos, but I'd be hard pressed to find it now, old as it is). Again, not a dealbreaker. I don't absolutely need it, as the cord is a good length. I just like fewer cords, but I can live with this.Coming back to the price of this one...I spent around $80 for my Bamboo back in the day, and while the Intuos was a gift a few years later (I wouldn't have gone with another Wacom otherwise) I know that model was retailing for around $100 at the time. Despite the price tag and the supposedly good reputation of Wacom, I wasn't really happy with either of them.I have nothing but good things to say about this Monoprice tablet, though. It's excellent for beginners and advanced users alike, it has good features and a nice sized drawing area, seems pretty durable (especially considering it lives in my laptop bag when not in use), and you really can't beat the price.

After a lot of contemplating, I finally chose this as my drawing tablet. Cheap, easy to use, and available. It came faster than I thought it would, on a Sunday too! It took about 15 minutes to install the driver since my computer did not have a CD port (if you're experiencing the same problem as I did, go on another computer with a CD port, put in the CD and plug in a flash drive, put the installer on your flash drive, then put the flash drive in your USB port and download the driver). It takes a few tries to get used to the tablet, but overall the use is very easy! I would recommend this tablet to beginners and I would recommend I bigger size to professionals! Also, the pen isn't very heavy and works very well.