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XP-PEN Star06C Drawing Tablet with 8192 Levels Battery-Free Pen Stylus, 6 Hot Keys, Dial Knob, 10×6 inch Area, for Digital Art Creation with Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, SAI and More

Price: $69.99

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Andrea Acailawen

Solidly performing tablet at a great price

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2018

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I’ve been exclusively using Wacom tablets since the late 1990’s, when I used them in the graphic design program at a local two-year junior college. I bought my first Intuous in 2001 and it lasted for six years. My last tablet, a Wacom Intuous 3, finally needed to be replaced (it was 8 years old), so I started looking for a new one and was intrigued by the alternatives now on the market. After reading reviews on several tablets, I decided on this one. I received it the same day via Amazon Prime Same-Day delivery.

After unpacking the tablet, I downloaded the drivers from the XP-Pen website, uninstalled my Wacom drivers (important) and installed the drivers for this tablet. Installation was very easy. The pen was immediately recognized by my system and worked in Photoshop with minimal fuss.

A few notes:
– If you have a previous tablet and it isn’t an XP-Pen tablet, make sure you uninstall the drivers before installing the drivers for this device.
– Download the most recent drivers from XP-Pen’s website to save yourself time and hassle.
– If you use Creative Cloud applications, make sure you have Wintab drivers installed so that your applications will recognize pressure sensitivity.

The tablet works exactly as expected, with very good pressure sensitivity and no issues across my two-monitor setup. Switching from pen to mouse mode is as easy as checking and unchecking the Windows Ink checkbox. I also like how lightweight and functional the tablet itself is. The buttons are sturdy and scroll wheel moves smoothly. I am also now realizing just how useful a scroll wheel is for zooming in/out as I work. I’ve never had a scroll wheel before. I like it!

Why four instead of five stars?
– As with other third-party tablets (i.e. non-Wacom tablets), the pen does not have tilt or rotation capabilities. I only tend to use this on my iPad Pro due to the design of the Apple Pencil though, so for me, it isn’t an issue. But, for some, it might be. So, -1/2 star
– The USB plug is in a rather awkward location, so the cable run across my desk while I”m working and it falls into my lap periodically. It’s only mildly cumbersome though, certainly not enough to make me feel like I should have gone with the wireless model (the Star06 is wireless, while the “c” in Star06c denotes the use of a cable). So, – 1/2 star

Overall, I like this tablet a lot and I am quite satisfied with my purchase. It is well worth the money spent and an excellent tablet at this price point. If I run into any issues, I will update this review.

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Maria Margarita Nuñez Herrera

Excelente

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023

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He usado la Wacom Intuos Draw CTL490DW desde el 2014 y decidí cambiar por una Tablet mas grande y definitivamente ha mejorado muchísimo todo, por ejemplo la sensibilidad del lápiz es mucho mejor y los gestos de navegación son mas exactos, la presión del lápiz es mas exacta, el trazo es mas fluido, el puntero es mas exacto cuando trabajo en programas de edición de video. definitivamente valió cada dólar invertido y la relación calidad precio es inmejorable.

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Chicken&Frog

Good tablet, especially for the price

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2018

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I felt like the drawing space was going to be bigger, admittedly. It’s a little bit of an adjustment, a little smaller than my old wacom, but it’s a great upgrade sensitively-wsie. It comes with a lot of little fiddly things I don’t really associate with a drawing tablet, but most of them are useful. I’m still not sure what these white gloves are for, but the black drawing two-finger glove is an awesome bonus. It’s a great tablet, the pen doesn’t need to charge, it’s A+ pretty much. The cord port is slightly weird? And I wish it came in wireless (my wacom was) but it’s not a terrible adjustment. If you want to use your own cord for length though, if you’re not as close to the USB port on your computer as I am, make sure to get one with a really small plug in, or maybe just get a male-to-female USB adaptor to just lengthen the provided cord instead.

For the record, I’m an experienced tablet user, in that I’ve been using a drawing tablet for over a decade now, but I’ve never gotten one of the big expensive ones. This is good for most artists, including beginners and professionals. My personal art style means I don’t use the buttons or wheel much so I half wish there was a simpler option, but I can disable them so that works. That said, I wish the buttons were closer to the edge, and more textured or touching or SOMETHING. They’re just slightly wrong. I just set all the buttons on the left to the same function (undo) since I use it…a lot.

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Faith Woody

almost 5 years later and it’s still the best tablet I’ve ever used

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2023

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I got this in 2018 and I still love it and use it every day!! don’t hesitate, just get it but get the wireless one if you can because the wire is a bit annoying but it’s still a great drawing tablet.

Moe Review

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2022

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I got this for my teens, one is enjoying it a lot the other seems to be a bit not excited about it and I suppose it’s the plug and play aspect of the tablet, you will need to use with other software and requires time to set up so I guess that affected one kid from really making the most of the tablet but ones the tablet is set up it really does impress.
Budget time to set up right.

I really want to love this tablet

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2018

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This is my first graphics tablet. The build quality is good and it works perfectly on my MacBook straight out of the box. Sort of. This tablet comes with lots of accessories plus some bonus software for handwriting recognition. The buttons on the tablet are ostensibly fully customizable, which is nice. The problem comes in the limitations to what commands can be assigned to the buttons. So far I’ve only really used it with Adobe Photoshop, so maybe this isn’t such a problem with other software but there is a limited list of choices for the commands that can be assigned to the buttons. (You can theoretically add custom commands but they don’t work the way you’d expect.) The list of commands excludes several of the things I use most often. Even worse, the tablet insists on going into eraser mode basically all the time and refuses to go into any other mode. So I end up having to stop using it altogether and go back to just using a mouse. Id like to think that’s not a problem with all tablets in general and Photoshop is the gold standard in photo editing software. It’s definitely popular enough that it should be fully supported. So I really and truly want to love this tablet but I just can’t.

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Ali G.

Was an incredibly promising product, but fell far too short of what it could have been

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2017

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This was an incredibly promising product, but after purchase I soon realised it was not at all what it was cracked up to be.
For a little context I’m a design student and graphical artist, I have used graphics tablets for 7 years. My most "recent" tablet was the HUION H610, which I had for 6 years, the previous was also a HUION. It was an incredible tablet, especially considering how many years of regular and rough use it had been put through. It was fluid, good sensitivity and the express keys were a godsend, however I had issues with their pens not being durable with low quality material and also having sensory issues/ spasms on screen which only worsened after a small drop. Long story short I had to replace the pen 4 times which ended up being roughly twice the price I bought the tablet for (tablet was roughly £35-£40) thus felt like I needed an uprgrade. Strongly considered a Wacom cintiq13hd but was not economically feasible, as well as the intuospro but couldn’t justify the cost considering what little extra I get from it. I then came across this tablet, did a lot of research and thought the reviews were enough to justify the purchase.
As said in the beginning it was an incredibly promising product. The dial express key was incredibly convenient (but was a tad low quality), the weight of the product and texture on the screen made it feel like a high quality product and natural to write on, the fact it could be programmed for left handed users (like myself) really made life easier. It also came with a lot of extras (3 pairs of gloves, a brush, usb stick with driver files, pen holder and nibs) which made it seem like a product which was too good to be true for the price. But sadly, just like in most cases, it was…
Starting issue was with the driver files, upon installation came the initial hints of what was to be in store: Broken English and oddly recurring misspelling. Also note that the misspellings followed through onto the use of the product where the shortcut commands that appear on screen had words, like "preset" and "brush" appear as "bursh" and "perset". This did not at all effect the use of product, just an annoyance which also suggested that the finesse of this product was lacklustre. However going online and downloading the most up to date driver version fixes this problem, but that was also not the easiest thing to do.
The next issue is the drawing it self, starting with what I was mildly aware of beforehand: The "jitter" or "janky" lines which can be drawn from this tablet. Basically, lines were not perfectly smooth as they would deviate away from the path you drew and/or would make curves look planar. The HUION did this to an extent, but this tablet had the issue in excess and was a lot more off-putting to draw with than I was expecting. You basically would not be able to draw smoothly unless you zoom in so much that you can only see a tiny portion of the drawing.
Finally the deal breaker for me, which was lag. Not the typical lag you get with tablets (move pen, slightly delayed mouse response). This one was more irritating and combined with the previous issue made the tablet for me unusable. The issue was on files with a canvas and/or memory size that was considered either medium/ large or beyond. Whenever a project reaches this medium size threshold, the software(s) I used on this tablet (in this case Photoshop and illustrator) would become incredibly slow in response to the tablet. To clarify, when I move the tablet/ mouse moves with no lag, but the process of seeing what had been drawn was lagged behind be a minimum of 1 second and was also of a low refresh rate (aka jumpy/ no fluidity) which was unbearable to work with. I have a high performance computer and all my previous tablets did not have this problem so it was down to this tablet and/or the drivers. From my experience with previous tablets, this is not a "one-off" or faulty product problem.
Troubleshooting didn’t help, the XP-Pen website did not have any FAQ’s addressing this problem, also updating the driver and altering settings as well as deleting all other tablet drivers and firewalls did not solve the issue.
So all in all, it had all the potential to be a tablet that would throw all Wacom and other low budget tablets out of the park. But fell behind massively when it came to the use and usability of the product.

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Clear Vision

I’ve owned one for 9 months and I’m generally pleased

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2018

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I bought this as someone who has been drawing on paper for a few years and wanted to try out digital art, but I had no idea whether I would like it or not. I decided to go for this tablet as it was cheap enough to the point where if I didn’t like digital art and couldn’t get a refund, it wouldn’t be too much of a loss, but if I did end up liking it, it has enough features to carry me through, and this tablet comes with everything that you need to get started.

It also comes with a 4GB USB stick that had a text file on there telling you to go to XP-PEN’s website in order to download the drivers instead of having the drivers on the stick itself, but this isn’t an issue and I now use the USB stick to back up my drawings in case anything happens, which is quite convenient.

The pen at least for me is slightly uncomfortable if using the tablet for long sessions, but the main reason why I’ve given 4 stars instead of 5 is not because of this, but rather because there is an issue with XP-PEN tablets where the pressure sensitivity will occasionally stop working properly which interrupts my workflow (it’s not exclusive to the Star06 either). XP-PEN is yet to address this in any driver updates as far as I’m aware, and this is the only gripe that I have with the tablet that is worth mentioning.

If you’re on the fence about buying this tablet, then I still would recommend it overall, especially if this would be your first. It’s quite cheap for the features that it has, has decent build quality, is a good size, and it’s more than sufficient to create good quality art if you pair it with with a good drawing program (Medibang/Firealpaca and Krita are free programs that are worth looking at if you have no money to buy software as well).

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Nicola Sinclair

Perfect for me, a beginner

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2020

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I bought this art tablet as I wanted to get into digital art, but had no tablet before now. It works fine, not really gotten to grips with all the buttons, but can draw on it perfectly fine. Love the fact that it comes with a glove to stop your hand sticking to the tablet’s surface, and also the extra pen nibs. Very easy to install on the computer as well. Won’t need to upgrade for a long time, I think!

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james

Star 06c

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2017

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Never normally feel the need to do reviews but i feel xp pen deserves some good feedback for this product.

Im used to using an old wacom intuos and have been debating the new pro version but decided to take a gamble on a lesser known brand to save a few pennies (about 2500 pennies).

I can say whole heartedly that this tablet is incredible, honestly no need to spend hundreds more for an eraser on the pen and tilt, thats just plain daft. This is all you need so hats off to xp pen, the days of wacom monopolising the industry are well and truely over.

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Jaime

Excellent beginners tablet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2022

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Never used a drawing tablet before? This one is super easy to set up
And with no further configuration works fine and provides a nice large drawing area to play with

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10" / 26 cm
8192 pressure levels stylus allows you to draw lines of any weight, sense every gentle touch for your purpose; Battery-free pen features you the ability to work without any charge, encourage you to create more;
10*6 inch large active area with increase refresh rate of 266RPS and 5080LPI ensures a responsive and natural drawing without the restriction of space, provide real time drawing with precision for creation;
6 shortcut keys and a dial with fully customizable features, allows quick access for designing software shortcuts that fits your personal streamline work flow for better productivity;
Compatible with Windows 10 / 8 / 7 and Mac OS 10.6.0 or above; Driver program works with creative software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Macromedia Flash, Comic Studio, SAI and more, ideal for any type of design work for professional or amateur;
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