# Choosing a drawing tablet brand

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## Overview

No brand's products are consistently perfect.

All brands will eventually ship a product that has defective units or that will have sporadic problems with their drivers, etc. So, at some point you will need help.

This is why you MUST choose a brand that:

* Supports its customers well:
  * Is publishing driver updates
  * Had good documentation
  * Has active customer support
* Has enough other people using their tablets, so that you can get help from online communities.

## Brands I generally suggest

I generally steer people toward:

* Wacom
* Huion
* XP-Pen
* Xencelabs

More here: [Brands](https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/brands)

You'll find people who've had good and bad experience with each brand. Though generally I do think Wacom has a better experience for customers overall.

## Brands vs specific tablets

Within a brand, they will have good tablets and bad tablets. Even Wacom, which is the market leader has some tablets I will not recommend.

Instead of only thinking of the brand, consider specific tablet models.

## Online communities

Communities are where a people can learn and get help with drawing tablets. Depending on the brand there are different options. More here: [Community](https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/resources/community)

## Discussions

* <https://www.reddit.com/r/wacom/comments/zt9c2p/debating_on_what_to_do_with_these_two_tablets/>
* <https://www.reddit.com/r/wacom/comments/y8n9yp/how_much_of_a_difference_between_wacom_xp_pen_and/> - brands compared


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