Parblo Coast10 10.1" Digital Pen Tablet Display Drawing Monitor 10.1 Inch with Cordless and Battery-free Pen+ 4ports USB3.0 Hub+ Glove

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But there’s really no major issues with the Coast10 aside from setup. And the smaller size is a massive benefit when traveling. But shortcut buttons work well. When the buttons are pressed, there's a loud buzzing sound which unfortunately cannot be turned off. If there’s one consistency with this tablet it’s the build quality. Everything just fits together and it feels like a solid piece of hardware. With the foldable retractable stand makes the product thinner as a whole, supports 15°- 85° angle adjustment The two USB-C ports on the pen displays are labeled and are not interchangeable. The actual USB-C port is recessed quite deep inside the hole which is why you can't see the shiny metal part in the photo above.

Coast10 Pro - Parblo

You may be able to go into the drawing software settings to tweak the lines so that they can taper sharply, but the thing is you have to spend the time and effort to tweak the settings. This would be unnecessary if everything worked alright out of the box, such as with Affinity Photo and Clip Studio Paint which worked really well and did not have any line tapering issues. Interestingly, the pen designs are different for Coast 12 Pro (bottom), Coast 16 Pro (middle) and Coast 22 Pro (top). They are interchangeable though and can work with other the other two pen displays. Near the edges you might find a very slight skew from the point where you place the pen compared to where the mark gets made. I only notice this within maybe ½-¼ of an inch from the edge. The Coast 16 Prographic tablet comes with a battery-free stylus that has 8192 levels of pressure sensitivity and 5080LPI pen resolution, these numbers can meet all expectations of artists.

I think this Parblo model fits the bill perfectly. The LCD screen measures 11.4″ x 8.3″ which is large enough to get professional work done. This is very close in size to the Wacom Intuos Pro which is one of the best higher quality non-screen tablets you can buy. But since this Parblo model has an on-screen monitor you get the best of both worlds. Initial activation force is quite low. Thin lines can be drawn easily. There is slight jitter with diagonal lines. Parblo’s customer support isn’t great either, and since the manual isn’t very descriptive there’s very little recourse to get help with the setup.

Parblo Coast10 Battery-Free Digital Drawing Pen with 10 Parblo Coast10 Battery-Free Digital Drawing Pen with 10

So if you’re looking to save money and want a display tablet that actually works and feels solid then I’d recommend the Parblo Coast10 hands down. The matte screen protector also introduces some grain or colour noise to affect the image quality. But overall image quality is still pretty good mostly due to the 100% sRGB colour gamut.Display quality is glorious and this is one of the cheaper tablets with a fully functional on-screen display. It doesn’t recognize finger taps but the pen can function as a mouse which makes it a versatile tablet for any occasion.