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3.0 out of 5 starsGreat starter drawing tablet for kids
Reviewed in Canada on August 9, 2023
This tablet would be perfect if used for kids to draw on, during travel, when you don't want the mess and clutter of paper and pencils. They're lightweight and thin so easy to put in your purse or a small backpack. They seem to function well, though I can't speak to their longevity. The main drawback for me was the lack of precision when writing - writing on these with the same stylus as on the Boogie Board produces a much thicker line, so when trying to write small letters and numbers, it just doesn't work as well. I ended up buying a new brand name board for my work, and I'll use these boards for gifting.
To see the context to my comments, read on.
I use LED drawing tablets for my work in place of a scratch pad. My work involves taking notes from patient charts, entering data into the computer after which the notes are no longer needed, so LED tablets are perfect for this purpose, avoiding waste of pens and paper. I have typically been using the original Boogie Board brand for this, but due to price, I thought I'd try an off market brand. Unfortunately I found that these just didn't have the precision to accommodate writing notes in small numbers and lettering, as I need to do when taking multiple notes from a chart. I need to have enough space to take as many notes as needed before finishing each chart, and very often that involves filling up the entire tablet. I've included a picture that shows the difference in writing on each tablet with both the Boogie Board styles on the left and the stylus that comes with this tablet on the right. Neither achieves lines small enough to meet my needs. So to sum up, there's nothing wrong with these tablets per se, but they don't meet my very specific niche use of them.