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# Choosing a drawing tablet brand

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## Overview

No brand's products are consistently perfect. All brands will eventually ship a product with defective units or sporadic driver problems. At some point, you will need help.

This is why you must choose a brand that:

* Supports its customers well:
  * Is publishing driver updates
  * Has good documentation
  * Has active customer support
* Has enough people using its tablets 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](/drawtab/brands.md)

You will find people who have had both good and bad experiences with each brand. In general, though, I do think Wacom offers a better customer experience overall.

## Brands vs specific tablets

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

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

## Online communities

Communities are where people learn and get help with drawing tablets. Depending on the brand, there are different options. More here: [Community](/drawtab/resources/community.md)

## 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