Ugee 2150 Graphics Tablet Drawing Monitor

Let me start off by saying what a superb bit of kit I highly recommend it for anyone who isn’t interested in reading my whole review. The Ugee 2150 arrived well packed and protected so I set about unpacking, all the peripherals came in a separate box within the main box apart from the screen protector so I unpacked everything and laid it out ready to set up.

The setup is fairly simple if you follow the instructions and is a case of link up all the cables then use the install DVD provided. I wanted to set this up as a duel monitor and took some time calibrating the screen until I had an exact match or at least I could not see any difference at all. I have been using Photoshop now for over 15 years and in the early days concentrated on releasing actions but in recent years have been doing a lot of photo reconstruction and repair so decided it was time I looked at getting a drawing tablet, a mouse works but you are never able to replicate the smooth up close and personal transition you get using a pen and always have the detachment between screen and applicator. I dipped my toe in the water with the Ugee M1000L Graphics Drawing Pen Tablet which is a really good budget drawing tablet but as I needed a second monitor and loved the idea of drawing straight onto my work I decided to invest in this.

I did a small video test I know it’s not the best but I am not an artist and tried to do something fast and simple. I have specific projects for this screen which involve hours of close up work in repair and reconstruction of photo areas but hopefully this will show give you some idea and at the end I write ‘this is a simple test’ to do this with a mouse is virtually impossible or at least would take a very long time and this took seconds hopefully showing you it’s precision.

I didn’t use the screen protector provided as personally I just don’t like them on my phone so didn’t really see any reason to put one on this, the pens are well balanced and feel nice in the hand and the drawing tablet has a very nice adjustment so you can get it just at the right angle that suits you, it comes with loads of spare tips and two pens which is great so I can always have one on charge.

What I liked
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- Ease of operation
- Simple straight forward setup
- Excellent precision and accuracy
- Adjustable stand works great and very stable
- Multitude of connections giving you the option of HDMI, DVI or VGA
- It fits my needs perfectly
- Two pens so one is always charged

What I Didn’t Like
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- I really haven’t found anything but if I do I will return and edit the review and adjust accordingly

Summary
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I did a lot of research before deciding on this and am very pleased I went for it, overall I found the performance of this outstanding and way beyond what I had hoped for, the setup is simple and it really is not only easy to use it has been making jobs that would take me an hour with a mouse to do take a fraction of the time with more precise results. I would without hesitation recommend this drawing tablet.

Price: £459.99

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Ugee HK1060 10*6 Inch Active Graphic Digital Drawing Tablet

Very nice compact easy to use drawing tablet, I purchased this for my brother as an early Christmas present as he had been admiring the Ugee I use and went through showing how to set it all up and use it on my PC. The Ugee 1060 pro arrived well packed and protected so opened it up took a few shots for the review and set it up.

Very simple setup just plug it in to the USB port with the lead provided, put a AAA battery in the pen provided, insert the DVD and install the drivers and you are good to go, the instruction manual is very clear and easy to follow. I started up Photoshop as it’s my go to graphics program and I have been using it for both work and pleasure now for over 15 years and away we went.

I used a free screen capturing program to grab some video called Icecream Screen Recorder, it’s fairly simple to use and I have only been using it about a week and had to find an online converter to change it to MP4 for upload but there are plenty of them. I am no artist and use Photoshop mainly for photo repair and reconstruction so it is more a demonstration of it’s use rather than my artistic ability which is limited.

 

The movement is very smooth and I did everything in real time no cuts or edits so you will see the odd pause in the video. The tablet comes with a neat little pen holder which also doubles up as a spare nib storage container coming with 8 pen nibs, just for reference I am using Windows 10 and had no issues at all.

What I liked
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- Ease of operation
- Simple straight forward setup
- Excellent precision and accuracy
- Good price
- Lightweight and easy to manipulate
- Easy to set up and remove when not in use
- Well balanced comfortable pen with a rubber grip

What I Didn’t Like
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- Not really anything not to like about this tablet if I wanted to be really ultra picky I would say it could have come with an AAA battery but it does state it doesn’t

Summary
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Very nice precise drawing tablet that performs very well, my brother is extremely pleased with this and I would certainly recommend it.

Price: £54.99

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Ugee 1910B Digital Drawing Monitor 19 Inch LCD Screen.

I love this.
I work from home a lot and had been debating a second screen for some time. Most of my work is word processor based, which requires a dedicated keyboard, however I do a fair amount of Graphical Interface amendment to mapping systems, so the ability to be able to not only work on a larger screen, but to also edit with far more accuracy than a mouse can give made this an Ideal present for myself. I also like to sketch and generally produce designs for Christmas cards and such for home use as my partner likes the personal touch.

The item arrived very well packaged and contained the necessary cables (HDMI and VGA) to set up a dual monitor system, although I was surprised that there was no DVI cable, as there is a DVI port. There’s 2 pens and 2 charging cables (USB) for them, a screen protector, power cable and a silk-like, part glove which can be worn to protect the screen and reduce friction. There’s also an installation disc, however I downloaded my drivers from the Ugee website.

The screen itself is very sturdy, largely due to the connected stand, which is metal and can be adjusted to a number of viewing/drawing angles by pulling the retaining clip up.
Setup was a breeze and once connected to my laptop I had a dual monitor display in seconds.
Using it was a pleasure. The pen is very sensitive and requires no effort to draw with..Using the glove adds a new dimension: - It’s virtually friction free. I tested it using Paint.net and have attached a video and a number of photo’s to reinforce my review.

Overall, I’m very pleased with this. The quality of the build and the methods in which it can be connected are superb

Price: £349.99

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